Formerly Aloft

Retired Navy. Former airline pilot. Catholic, husband, father.

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@SabinHoward @NoVA_Campaigns @GWOTMF Looks like something from the Soviet Union.

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@Boneyardsafari @pimaair The empennage, viewed from behind and above, is particularly artistic. Before everything became CAD.

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@USN_Submariner The submariner would have also had an ashen green face after a deployment. That’s what I saw in the mirror in the head of the tender in Holy Loch, as we headed home from an SSN deployment.

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@AirlineReporter @BoeingAirplanes Ah, planes with more than two engines.

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@DissidentWire I’d love to respond but the algorithm has killed me enough.

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@ManFromMalpaso He’s a fine man.

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@MCCCANM Dude, that’s perfect.

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@OMADPA @WesleyHuntTX I worked for a black man—highly qualified and one of my best bosses—he detested this stuff because it demeaned his achievements.

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@WesleyHuntTX You are the real deal.

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@WPAOG We owe our victory at Yorktown, in great part, to the French.

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@USN_Submariner Genius.

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@DrHelenFry Loved The Odessa File. He could really capture an era and create a heart-thumping mood.

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Ah, my friend of German descent friend gets it!

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Am I the only one who finds this sign funny?

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@ShadowofEzra One of the most ignorant things I have ever heard someone say.

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@TheCinesthetic Ironic, because General Patton was as competitive as they come.

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@Turbinetraveler No offense intended, had the pilots of the two Max’s not re-engaged the autopilots (contrary to the QRH for runaway stab), the probably would not have crashed.

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@For_Film_Fans Thank you, but please, not at ludicrous speed.

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@RonMann19 @PhilipWegmann @ZitoSalena @UnionPacific That is so great.

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@jpr747 Epic photo.