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16 May 2017, 8:06 am
_________________ It is easy to go down into Hell; Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air – There's the rub, the task.
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17 May 2017, 1:29 am
Earth Wind and Fire, Ozzy Osborne mashup
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Joined: 9 Jan 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 12,948 Location: Queensland
18 May 2017, 4:57 am
Really the 50s and 60s, but still interesting when compared with air travel today.
_________________ It is easy to go down into Hell; Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air – There's the rub, the task.
Really the 50s and 60s, but still interesting when compared with air travel today.
in the '50's intelligent young men were selected to train for jet-fighter pilot, my grandparents had to fight that decision hard to not let my dad be that, he'd become medic as a result, and finally became assistent to some american professor in bio-medicine, later i had a friend who's dad had been pilot, they had a photoalbum, a large, terribly large, number of men had a cross on them on the photo (died)
Joined: 9 Jan 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 12,948 Location: Queensland
30 May 2017, 8:44 am
^ Hmm, if that'd been me I would've fought tooth and nail to be a fighter pilot back then, if qualified and given the chance. It's weird how some things work out. Actually, it's amazing to think of the safety features in aircraft today implemented as a result of earlier fatalities – even something as simple as the rounded windows in passenger aircraft.
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_________________ It is easy to go down into Hell; Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air – There's the rub, the task.