michaeladams
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wow,you guys are old.me? i'm still in denile
So you know your old when...
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When you can remember http://www.startribune.com/entertai...UoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl
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Dsbasecamp
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You know your old when..... Your pricing sleds with electric start & reverse.
snow_monkey
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You know your old when a new sled costs more than your first new car.
Oh yes, I certainly remember "the day the music died"!
What's even worse, as I learned several years later, had they waited out the storm overnight at Clear Lake, IA, the weather the next morning would have allowed an uneventful flight of less than 270 nm (300 sm — perhaps a 2½ to 3 hour flight) from Clear Lake, actually Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW), Mason City, IA to Moorhead Municipal Airport (JKJ), Moorhead, MN, allowing them to arrive well rested and well in advance of their scheduled performance at Moorehead, MN! Damn sad!
Here's a link to a transcript of the Official Civil Aeronautics Board Report of the accident.
I learned early in my flight training to not succumb to "get-home-itis" in the face of deteriorating weather, unless you're prepared to arrive home in a pine box!
In fact on a flight from DVT to CMX I once spent three days on the ground at the old Denver Stapleton airport, hanging out at the Flight Service Station while awaiting a break in the weather. I was finally able to continue enroute, spending nearly half (≈400nm) of the uneventful flight in clear blue skies in VFR conditions on top of an extensive and virtually solid flat cloud deck to just short of FSD.
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Good Call ,Not too many OLD BOLD PILOTS AROUND these days!! What was the cause of that crash? Weather ?,because of icing or just coundn"t see VFR ? not enough pre-flight ?overweight with the tuba player? or just didn't turn the fuel on ? I dont think they made it to far from the airport! At Stapelton you mention the flight service station.You sure it wasn't the 19th AREO SQUADRON PUB ? 8hrs from the bottle to the throttle ! lmfao!!
mezz
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Though I know I am old, I can honestly say that I do not remember the "tour from ****", cause I wasn't born yet. So, I guess for all intense purposes, I can feabily call my self young?!? Yeah. 
Anyway, I know I am old-er. I can remember party line telephones, black & white TV, first man on the moon, first color TVs, rotary telephones, 45 rpm records, 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Albums, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, the first VHS (VCR), the so called better format Beta Max players, Camcorders that were as large as what you would find in a Television studio, the first CD players, The first Cell phones that were as big as a house phone. Though it's been nice to see the changes through the years, it doesn't seem that long ago. Sleds have evolved into fast, reliable nice rides, I-Pods, I-Phones, Phones that take pictures & video. Kid's just don't have a clue, yet. Maybe I'm not old, just well versed on the progress of technology!? Nope, just Old. BTW, I get to hit the big 5 0 this year, possibly feeling the effects of it all. Oh well, I am glad to be on this side of the sod & able to do what I do. Enjoy your youth when you have it, it goes by quicker than you think. Live Life, enjoy every moment, even reflecting back on things.-Mezz
Anyway, I know I am old-er. I can remember party line telephones, black & white TV, first man on the moon, first color TVs, rotary telephones, 45 rpm records, 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Albums, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, the first VHS (VCR), the so called better format Beta Max players, Camcorders that were as large as what you would find in a Television studio, the first CD players, The first Cell phones that were as big as a house phone. Though it's been nice to see the changes through the years, it doesn't seem that long ago. Sleds have evolved into fast, reliable nice rides, I-Pods, I-Phones, Phones that take pictures & video. Kid's just don't have a clue, yet. Maybe I'm not old, just well versed on the progress of technology!? Nope, just Old. BTW, I get to hit the big 5 0 this year, possibly feeling the effects of it all. Oh well, I am glad to be on this side of the sod & able to do what I do. Enjoy your youth when you have it, it goes by quicker than you think. Live Life, enjoy every moment, even reflecting back on things.-Mezz
mezz
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Alaska became the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
Ye gods, I was 4 months into my sophomore year at MTU, and virtually living in Dr. G. Cleaves Byers' digital computer lab, well on my way to a 40+ year career in digital computers!
My, how time flies when yer havin' fun!
Alaska became the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
Ye gods, I was 4 months into my sophomore year at MTU, and virtually living in Dr. G. Cleaves Byers' digital computer lab, well on my way to a 40+ year career in digital computers!
My, how time flies when yer havin' fun!
Yeah, I know...you're so old when you went to school they didn't teach history...it was too soon!
Tee Hee....
