Gardening.....

[Gungawoman]

(05-11-2011 08:40 PM)boomer Wrote:  A TAD huh? Maybe two or three tads based on my expert techowinkle gizmatic whiz band GPS unit, aka Dipsh*t.

Ya know NWo.....I was lookin at a map of England today, and it didnt even occur to me to ask if you have ever been over to RAF Mindenhall or RAF Lakenheath? I was stationed TAD to RAF Lakenheath and I didnt even think to ask. I spent a whole day over at Mindenhall watching those big lumbering B-52s take off and land. The two weeks I was at LAkenheath I almost went deaf from all those F-111's and F-15s taking off. At one point I swear about 10 of them took off at the same time!

If you didn't go deaf, that would be quite a sight! My Dad was stationed in Chelveston, England. Don't know where that is, though. He was a highly decorated B-17 pilot in WWll. About a year before he died, I took my youngest son (about 15 at the time) out of school, sprang my Dad from the Alzheimer's home, and the 3 of us went up for an hour flight in a restored B-17. Dad couldn't remember what he had for breakfast, but he knew everything about that plane! It was the most awesome thing EVER!