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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1190 on: August 25, 2009, 08:23:19 AM »
I have the good fortune of having the Air Force Academy in town.  The Thunderbirds put on a show every May for the graduating class.  Never tire of watching that well spent expenditure of my tax dollars.

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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1191 on: August 25, 2009, 08:37:38 AM »
I was stationed at Ft Eustis way back when.  The helicopter school was there.  I used to go over to the airfield on weekends and hitch rides for fun.  The guys were nuts (pilot prerequisite I believe ;) ).  I loved when they would do under wire and under structure training / quals, it was cool to fly under phone wires even if it was usually a Huey I was in.
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1192 on: August 25, 2009, 08:50:38 AM »
I was stationed at Ft Eustis way back when.  The helicopter school was there.  I used to go over to the airfield on weekends and hitch rides for fun.  The guys were nuts (pilot prerequisite I believe ;) ).  I loved when they would do under wire and under structure training / quals, it was cool to fly under phone wires even if it was usually a Huey I was in.

My brother was a chopper pilot at Hunter in Savannah. During the summer the Hueys on training and maneuvers would drop like flies in the heat and humidity and with the new pilots especially. He used to tell of Hueys with 15-16 people on board as they picked up crews from downed choppers. In those cases, you were damned lucky to make it back up to tree-top level for the return flight.
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1193 on: August 25, 2009, 09:38:48 AM »
ASPARAGUS

A lady had been taking the full-stalk canned style asparagus
that she pureed and she took 4 tablespoons in the morning
and 4 tablespoons later in the day.
She did this for over a month.
 She is on chemo pills for Stage 3 lung cancer in the
pleural area and her cancer cell count went from
386 down to 125 as of this past week.
 Her oncologist said she does not
 need to see him for 3 months.

THE ARTICLE:
Several years ago,
 I had a man seeking asparagus
 for a friend who had cancer.
He gave me a photocopied copy
of an article, entitled,
..Asparagus for cancer' printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979.

I will share it here,
just as it was shared with me:
'I am a biochemist,and have specialized in the relation of
diet to health for over 50 years..
Several years ago, I learned of the
discovery of Richard R.. Vensal, D.D.S.
that asparagus might cure cancer..

Since then, I have worked with him on his project.
We have accumulated a
number of favorable case=2 0histories.
Here are a few examples:

Case No. 1
 A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease
(cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated.
Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.

Case No. 2,
a successful businessman 
68 years old who suffered from
cancer of the bladder for 16 years.
After years of medical treatments, including radiation without
improvement, he went on asparagus.
 Within 3 months,
examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and
that his kidneys were normal..

Case No. 3, a man who had lung cancer.
On March 5th 1971, he was put on
the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable.
 The surgeon sewed him up and declared
 his case hopeless.
On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it.
 By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared..
 He is back at his regular business routine.

Case No. 4
 a woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer.
She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed
by the acting specialist as advanced.
Within 3 months after starting on
 asparagus, her skin specialist said
that her skin looked fine and no more skin lesions.
This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her
kidney disease, which started in 1949.
 She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition.
 She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

I was not surprised at this result,
 as ..The elements of materia medica',
edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that
asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones.
He even referred to experiments, in 1739,
 on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.

Note the dates!

We would have other case histories
but the medical establishment has
interfered with our obtaining some of the records.
I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and
help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm
the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy.

For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore
canned asparagus is just as good as fresh.

I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant and
Stokely, and I am satisfied that
these brands contain no pesti cides or
preservatives.

Place the cooked asparagus in a blender
and liquefy to make a puree, and
store in the refrigerator.
Give the patient 4 full tablespoons
twice daily, morning and evening.
Patients usually show some improvement
in from 2-4 weeks.
It can be diluted with water and used
as a cold or hot drink..
 This suggested dosage is based on
 present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may
be needed in some cases.
As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that ..
what cures can prevent'.
Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as
a beverage with our meals.

We take 2 tablespoons diluted in
water to suit our taste with breakfast
and with dinner.
I take mine hot and my wife prefers  hers cold.
For years we have made it a practice
 to have blood surveys taken as part
 of our regular checkups.

The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the
nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all
categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements
to nothing but the asparagus drink...

As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer,
and all of the proposed cures.
As a result, I am convinced that
asparagus fits in better with the
latest theories about cancer.
Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are
 believed to be active in controlling cell growth.
For that reason,
I believe asparagus can be said to
 contain a substance that I call cell growth norma lizer.
That accounts for its action on cancer
 and in acting as a general body tonic.

In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a
harmless substance.
The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good.
It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the
highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered
one of the body's most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.

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the kindness one has received,
even to the most undeserved person.
 
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1194 on: August 25, 2009, 12:43:38 PM »
I was stationed at Ft Eustis way back when.  The helicopter school was there.  I used to go over to the airfield on weekends and hitch rides for fun.  The guys were nuts (pilot prerequisite I believe ;) ).  I loved when they would do under wire and under structure training / quals, it was cool to fly under phone wires even if it was usually a Huey I was in.


I once watched a medical helicopter do a 3/4 turn and BACK under a power line into a parking lot beside our local hospital to free up the street as an LZ for another inbound medical helicopter.  I told the pilot I was impressed, since I'd never seen anybody parallel park a helicopter before.  His response, "I cut my teeth flying med-evacs in Vietnam.  You'd be surprised how much easier EVERYthing is when nobody's shooting at your ass!"
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1195 on: August 25, 2009, 01:00:54 PM »

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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1196 on: August 25, 2009, 03:59:28 PM »
Three events:

Many moons ago, when the USAF Thunderbirds still drove F-4s, I was blessed to see an airshow with them at a small rural airport. I was maybe 100 yards form the RR tracks they were using for alignment. Two of the F4s came over at tree top along the tracks - not fast, and down and dirty, wingtip to wingtip of course - and 1 was upside down!

Years later, Glenview (IL) Naval Air Station airshow, I'm driving down Lake-Cook road west bound, and there is one bright headlight in the air directly in front of me - F-14 also down and dirty. For the moment. As I watched (and tried not to hit anything on the road) it swung to my right over the airfield, sweeping its wing back and raising its gear and flaps. As I passed the airfield all I could hear was its engines as it ran north.

Traveling from the Custer Battlefield to Belle Fourche, SD, on a family vacation, I saw a speck off the horizon to the north. I watched the spec move across the horizon to my left, and then turn to move toward us. I stopped the pickup, got my boys out and we stood on the side of the road watching as the spec grew into  - - - a B-1B at about 300 feet that crossed the road a few hundred yards behind us - at full throttle. Damn he was moving. And loud!

Man, I love a good airshow, even the unscheduled ones!

We live in the flight paths of several bases and get buzzed on a regular basis.

The AF Base about 40 miles away is home to the AF Air Rescue Unit and do routine practice jumps out of C-130's at our small local air port. The turnaround flight path is always over our property. I can sit out in the yard and watch them line-up towards the air field and can even see the jumpers on the rear ramp.

Very cool.
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1197 on: August 25, 2009, 06:41:27 PM »
 When I lived down on the Sea Coast I used to go to North Hampton State Beach and sit on the rocks and read.
One summer day I thought I heard Harley's coming, pretty common, but it didn't sound quite right and the direction was a little off. B -17 Flying up the coast a little while later it flew past again heading back to Pease  (former AF Base).
Another time I was sitting there and heard engines, This is the middle of the summer there were about 200 people on the beach, but I was the only one who noticed the replica Fokker Triplane doing aerobatics for about 20 minutes, and then it to flew off, that one was flying out of North Hampton airport.
Pease used to be a SAC base so as a Kid it was common to see F/B 111 s alone or in formation, one of the Islands in the Isles of Shoals (Duck Island ) was a bombing range.

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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1198 on: August 25, 2009, 06:49:00 PM »
One of the guys at our deer camp is a flyboy.  I don't remember if it is F-16s or F-18s.  I know he has made hundreds of carrier landings and takeoffs.  Right now I think he is in the air national guard or maybe the reserves.  I know he has gone into and out of the service several times and has also flown for the big birds in the passanger airline industry.  I wasn't there  when it happened, but he has buzzed the deer camp.  The camp owner has a picture from the gun cam with the weapon sight cross hairs on his bedroom window of the cabin.  Kind of gives you a creepy feeling.  Sure am gald he's on our side.
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Re: Non Gun Stuff...
« Reply #1199 on: August 25, 2009, 07:06:43 PM »
One of the guys at our deer camp is a flyboy.  I don't remember if it is F-16s or F-18s.  I know he has made hundreds of carrier landings and takeoffs.  Right now I think he is in the air national guard or maybe the reserves.  I know he has gone into and out of the service several times and has also flown for the big birds in the passanger airline industry.  I wasn't there  when it happened, but he has buzzed the deer camp.  The camp owner has a picture from the gun cam with the weapon sight cross hairs on his bedroom window of the cabin.  Kind of gives you a creepy feeling.  Sure am gald he's on our side.

Just information.

The F16 never landed on carriers.  The airframe is too weak to take the pounding, it was never intended for carrier use.

 

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