In article <j28lpd9le0i1gqh9oegloojqshbaultg39@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 13 Sep 2018 10:18:31 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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>>In article <4BwmD.144101$YL3.102346@fx48.iad>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>My father came down with rheumatic fever soon after graduating from flight
>>school in '43 and was considered not combat qualified but kept in anyway as an
>>instructor...B-24s.
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>Obviously your father had a lot of stamina to be able to wrestle the
>Liberators.
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He was short like me...to reach the pedals he told me he was a 5 cushion
pilot...three to put behind him and push him forward and two to sit on to raise
his height. Not sure how serious a comment it was.
When I was in flight school, there was a guy in my stick who carried around a
green cushion to sit on to raise his height...poor guy was given the nickname
"cuch"
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