Queeg -> RE: Wings Over Houston Airshow 2014 (11/7/2014 3:02:27 PM)
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My dad did his flight training at Ellington Filed in Houston in WWII. Nearly sixty years later, he and I went to the airshow there. Being an old bomber pilot, he made a bee-line to the B-17. He just stood quietly for awhile, and had just turned to leave, when another old guy called his name. Turned out to be an old crew mate - a gunner - who flew 20+ missions with my dad. The really poignant thing was that they had separated when my dad rotated back the States for a spell and both had heard that the other one had died during the war. Easily the most awesome experience of my life, watching those two old guys being 20 years old again for a few moments. We miss them.
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