#28, RE: Excerpt: Get the Girl...
Posted by Prince Charon on Oct-06-12 at 04:11 AM
In response to message #26
>I've had this thought in my head for a while, and I'm going to let it >out: > >Major Campbell should not have been given the Distinguished Flying >Cross alone. > >No, they should have also created some kind of medal for transcendent >levels of flying skill just for her. Cause, damn, she didn't just land >'safely', it was described as a 'textbook landing'. With no power >assist. And the other two guys that ever tried that kind of landing >ended up trashing their planes (and one of them developing a severe >case of deceased). > >-- >Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron >Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support. >"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!" Hmm. Medal of Awesome? “They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.” -- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington
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