tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post5149992769915787621..comments2024-03-28T00:18:09.974-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : That Whirring Sound is Bill Lear, Spinning in his GraveComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-46080417685244682672021-02-14T11:18:56.851-05:002021-02-14T11:18:56.851-05:00Having been an avid skier in my younger days, Bomb...Having been an avid skier in my younger days, Bombardier will always be close to my heart. They make a majority of snow-grooming machines for the US. Big old tracked wonders that take a mushy and rough ski hill and turn it into groomed carpet.<br />On a soggy day at Mt. Shasta, one of my favorite rides was following that groomer at a safe distance, back down the trail. Perfect untracked snow in its wake.<br />They aren't all bad.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16170634128728336652021-02-14T07:17:05.962-05:002021-02-14T07:17:05.962-05:00For years FL410 was an approved altitude for any d...For years FL410 was an approved altitude for any direction of flight (functionally, not technically) as the only A/C up there were Learjets and it was just really hard to get them together. Probably not until the '70s did we regularly see anyone else up there.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired.<br /><br />LRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3141165516390201882021-02-13T18:18:57.717-05:002021-02-13T18:18:57.717-05:00It looked like a fighter jet because it was based ...It looked like a fighter jet because it was based on a Swiss fighter prototype, the P-16. Wings, tip-tanks, and landing gear were unchanged.<br /><br />My dad flew in the "glass noise" of the B-29. His group was scheduled for Operation Coronet.<br /><br />J4rh34dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759694044252710582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-64920535405354190242021-02-13T17:31:43.421-05:002021-02-13T17:31:43.421-05:00Agreed. And the Learjet still looks sexier than a...Agreed. And the Learjet still looks sexier than any of the competition, like the Citation II. The Spitfire of private jets.re the paragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988373870598859833noreply@blogger.com