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Title: A good read...
Post by: lothar on June 17, 2003, 11:41:31 AM

I went to lunch one day with some employee's from one of our customers.  For some reason the talk drifted around to airplanes and WWII.  One of the guy's, Ed,  said his uncle, Phil Bacon, had been a pilot during WWII and flew P40's and P47's.

A few years back, Mr. Bacon decided to write down his memiors of his experiences in WWII for his family.  Ed took the time and compiled it into a PDF document.  He volunteered to send to me a copy to read.  I asked if his uncle would mind if I shared it with other people.  Ed emailed back and said "No Problem".

http://homepage.mac.com/edtravis/Phil's%20book.pdf

Just remember, this was originally written for his family, not general consumption, so it does contain a lot of personal views and comentary.  

Enjoy,

Lothar

Title: A good read...
Post by: mrniel on June 17, 2003, 05:07:40 PM

Thx. for sharing. Printing it now for bedtime reading.

Title: A good read...
Post by: lothar on June 19, 2003, 08:05:46 AM

Punt....

You folks should read this, it's pretty good stuff.

lothar

Title: A good read...
Post by: devious on June 19, 2003, 08:15:42 AM

Nice, thank you !

Title: A good read...
Post by: Reschke on June 19, 2003, 09:24:20 AM

Thanks

Title: A good read...
Post by: Higgins on June 19, 2003, 02:20:42 PM

I can't seem to get this thing to come up.  I have Acrobat an all but it just gives me a blank screen.  Can someone possilby e-mail it to me at ryanhiggins@att.net.  Thank you in advance for your time!

Ryan Higgins

Title: A good read...
Post by: TracerX on June 19, 2003, 02:26:07 PM

Same here, Blank page, send to me too.  TracerX@serranosaz.com

Title: A good read...
Post by: GScholz on June 19, 2003, 02:36:27 PM

Right-click, "Save target as" guys.

Btw. TracerX, your brother kicked my bellybutton today.

Title: A good read...
Post by: lothar on June 19, 2003, 07:24:04 PM

Sorry, I should have warned it is a large file.  I think about 6MB total.  That most likely why you are getting a blank screen.  Wait a few minutes and watch the progress bar.  I tried zipping it, but it didn't make much difference.




lothar

Title: A good read...
Post by: TracerX on June 20, 2003, 11:03:36 AM

Sorry to hear that GScholz.  He asked me if I knew who you were, and I told him you are a good stick.  He is a good pilot and a great shot, so I struggle against him too.  Hope he was cordial enough, he is a good guy, but sometimes he lets his emotions control his behavior.

I still can't download.  It says that it cannot find the file when I try to save target as..