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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: earl1937 on November 24, 2013, 05:37:45 AM
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:pray As we journey through life, all of us find "loves" which we Cherish and hold closet to our hearts. Mine have been Barbara, who passed away this past Sat AM and aviation. For those who prayed for my wife, thank you, believe me it helped! :salute
As for aviation, it will always be with me, until I am called to duty in heavens Air Force.
As far as my love for aviation, it all started in 1948, walking about 2 miles to the local airport, all 1800 feet of dirt runway. After making some friends at the airport, I begin to wash aircraft for free flying time, a PT-19, a Taylorcraft, a Ercoupe and a Piper PA-12A. These were all good aircraft, but the PT-19 was my favorite. It had a inverted Ranger engine, ball bearing controls and fixed gear and manual lowering flaps.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/PT-23A_zps711f50a9.jpg) There is a "closed" cockpit version, the PT-26, which I never got to fly as non was around.
After flying all of the aircraft at the local airport, I moved on in late 53 and early 54 to the Beechcraft T-34, then the T-28, The C-45 and C-47, then to B-26 school.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/800px-T-34A_USAF_zps84405fda.jpg) The T-34A, great little trainer aircraft, based on the Beechcraft Bonanza.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/t28_zpsd57701f3.jpg) One of the best flying, fun aircraft you will ever fly!
While I no longer trust my health enough to fly solo, bad eyes, irregular heart beat, I still have friends who do own aircraft and I still get plenty of offers to kick the tires, light the fires and leap into the blue.
But the one thing that I do have, is the ability to log into Aces High and fly a number of aircraft, interact with friends on line and generally just enjoy a touch of aviation which only costs $14.95 per month! There is no way that you can get the entertainment that this game provides anywhere in the world for that price!
:salute To all who love aviation and play this great game!
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So sorry for your loss, Earl. Very glad you are part of Aces High <S>
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So sorry to read that Earl. I know from what you said her health problems she was ready to move on to a better place. Bless your heart.
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Condolences, Earl
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You were fortunate to have each other, Earl. Our hearts are with you in these hard times.
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Sincere condolences, Earl. :salute
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Sorry to hear that Earl, but we could use that trainer to teach players new to the game.. :salute
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:cry sorry to hear that Earl :salute
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I'm very sorry for your loss Sir.
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Very sorry for your loss ET.
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I'm sorry to hear about your wife Earl, my condolences.
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My condolences Earl. God bless you.
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My condolences for your loss Earl.
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Sorry for your loss bud :salute
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I'm sorry to hear that, Earl. My best wishes to you and your family. <S>
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Sorry to hear of your wife's passing, Earl. :salute
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My condolences for your loss Earl.
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We're sorry for your loss. You're in our prayers Earl. ~S~
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I'm very sorry to hear about your loss Earl, condolences from Down Under.
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Sorry to hear of your loss Earl. May the Lord comfort and sustain you in this time of sorrow. :pray
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Extremely sorry to hear that!! May you find peace with it.
You have my prayers and and all the prayers of the Peacemakers
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:pray As we journey through life, all of us find "loves" which we Cherish and hold closet to our hearts. Mine have been Barbara, who passed away this past Sat AM and aviation. For those who prayed for my wife, thank you, believe me it helped! :salute
As for aviation, it will always be with me, until I am called to duty in heavens Air Force.
As far as my love for aviation, it all started in 1948, walking about 2 miles to the local airport, all 1800 feet of dirt runway. After making some friends at the airport, I begin to wash aircraft for free flying time, a PT-19, a Taylorcraft, a Ercoupe and a Piper PA-12A. These were all good aircraft, but the PT-19 was my favorite. It had a inverted Ranger engine, ball bearing controls and fixed gear and manual lowering flaps.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/PT-23A_zps711f50a9.jpg) There is a "closed" cockpit version, the PT-26, which I never got to fly as non was around.
After flying all of the aircraft at the local airport, I moved on in late 53 and early 54 to the Beechcraft T-34, then the T-28, The C-45 and C-47, then to B-26 school.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/800px-T-34A_USAF_zps84405fda.jpg) The T-34A, great little trainer aircraft, based on the Beechcraft Bonanza.
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/earl1937/t28_zpsd57701f3.jpg) One of the best flying, fun aircraft you will ever fly!
While I no longer trust my health enough to fly solo, bad eyes, irregular heart beat, I still have friends who do own aircraft and I still get plenty of offers to kick the tires, light the fires and leap into the blue.
But the one thing that I do have, is the ability to log into Aces High and fly a number of aircraft, interact with friends on line and generally just enjoy a touch of aviation which only costs $14.95 per month! There is no way that you can get the entertainment that this game provides anywhere in the world for that price!
:salute To all who love aviation and play this great game!
:airplane: I really appreciate everyone's comments and thank you for being my friend in time of need! :salute
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My condolences Earl.
May God bless her and ease your heart. She will always be the wings of grace upon your shoulders.
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Very sorry for your loss Earl :salute
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I'm very sorry to hear that, Earl. All my best. :salute
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Very sorry for your loss Earl.
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Very sorry to hear such a fine fellow has experienced such a terrible loss. Remember the good times, Earl. Best Wishes...
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Very sorry to hear this bad news Earl. Cherish the memories.
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My condolences, Earl. And thanks for letting us share this part of your life. :salute
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I'm sorry for your loss! I sense you've had an incredible set of memories, hard earned and worth every bit of it....from both of your loves. No doubt your wife fully understood and supported your second love, which makes for an awesome marriage. I hope in a few decades I'm as happy as you have been.
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I'm sorry for your loss! I sense you've had an incredible set of memories, hard earned and worth every bit of it....from both of your loves. No doubt your wife fully understood and supported your second love, which makes for an awesome marriage. I hope in a few decades I'm as happy as you have been.
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:airplane: Not only my loving wife, she supported all my activities in Aces High and usually, until the last 6 months, would sit and watch me fly in the game! She especially like to watch when we had a B-29 mission.
She to, loved to fly and I had taught her to fly in a Cessna 172, but would never let her solo, I just wanted her to be able to get herself on the ground, if something happened to me during one of our many flights together!
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:airplane: Not only my loving wife, she supported all my activities in Aces High and usually, until the last 6 months, would sit and watch me fly in the game! She especially like to watch when we had a B-29 mission.
She to, loved to fly and I had taught her to fly in a Cessna 172, but would never let her solo, I just wanted her to be able to get herself on the ground, if something happened to me during one of our many flights together!
As expected, she was a truly amazing woman who supported the love of her life also.
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Sorry for your loss, Earl. :salute
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Deepest condolences Earl.
I hope you stick around and talk about airplanes for a while my friend.
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Deepest condolences Earl.
I hope you stick around and talk about airplanes for a while my friend.
:airplane: One of my loves, Barbara, had a memorial service today at 3PM. It was a beautiful service at the Ringgold United Meth church. Many, many friends of ours and some people I did not know was in attendance. I will be forever humble to that pastor and church for today.
We are having a memorial flight in honor of Barbara, at 8PM, EST, in the main late war arena, featuring B=29's. She would sit by my side during the times I was on line ,in the game, until about the last 4 or 5 months. She enjoyed all the banter back and forth and really like the dialog missions we flew and the B-29 was her favorite aircraft in the game, followed by the B-17.
Many, many times, she would actually be at the controls and I would handle the radio VOX. I never could talk her into using the radio. I taught how to fly in a Cessna 172, but as I said before, never would let her solo, just wanted her to be able to land herself if something happened to me during one of our many flights.
As far as God will let me, I plan on being in this game, until my eyes finally give up the ghost or worse, I have to report to heavens Air Force.
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So sorry for you loss Earl.
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Outstanding job leading the herd tonight Earl! Barbara would have been proud and I think she would have been disappointed if all those bombs got hauled back home. :salute
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Very sorry to hear this, Earl. :salute
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We are having a memorial flight in honor of Barbara, at 8PM, EST, in the main late war arena, featuring B=29's.
I just read in the general forum that you're a Rook! I love you!
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I am truely sorry Earl. I hope you take solace in the knowledge that she is with god and you'll meet again one day. In the mean time I can't wait to read more of your posts. The knowledge contained in them is priceless.
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I am truely sorry Earl. I hope you take solace in the knowledge that she is with god and you'll meet again one day. In the mean time I can't wait to read more of your posts. The knowledge contained in them is priceless.
:airplane: Its very hard for me to explain the emotions that I have gone through in the past 2 months. first, her two heart attacks and the doc's saying she would never recover, then placed in nursing home. Just the day before she passed, she was actually walking with me in the hall way outside her room and I thought, she is going to beat this thing.
Then that dreaded phone call the next morning at 6AM: " Sir, your wife walked the halls all night and we finally got her to lay down at 4:30AM and when we went back to check on her at 5:15AM, she was gone"!
I was crushed!!
She was cremated and I now have her at home with me, so I have some little comfort that she is still with me. She was a great woman, wife and friend. I truly believe she is looking down on all of us. She was the one who inspired me to post so many different aircraft, along with a story about them. She used to log in and read the different post's about all the different aircraft stories posted in this forum. We get three different aviation related maz each month and she used to, up until about a year ago, read every line in all three maz's
Thanks for all the comments and I can see the compassion in them, and for that :salute to all and maybe some day we will all be together again in Heavens airforce.
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I am sorry to hear of your loss Earl.
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I am sorry to hear of your loss Earl.
:airplane: Thank you sir! :salute She is in a much better place now and I am sure that God welcomed her with open arms, she was a GOOD person!