pierre smith
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....by the incredible diversity and new faces that are encountered in this RV world! The wonderfully new relationships that are RV centered is unbelievable and in my opinion, one of the biggest rewards of building or owning an RV.
Today, a gentleman from Stockbridge, Georgia, named Spencer Grant, arrived at my doorstep. He had flown his -6 down for a BFR, so we headed out for lunch first. I sat in awe over a burger as he related his Flight Instructor status at different bases before and during WWII !! He talked about the BT-13 and what a killer it was...the T-6's and the B-25's and how he wanted to go to war and see action but they desperately needed flight instructors, so he stayed Stateside. About how we turned out combat-ready P-51 pilots in 160 hours and 7 months! How we lost almost every early fight with the Japanese until we learned new battlefield tactics and started kicking a$$. And he now flies an RV-6 after selling his Maule.......oh, he has a 35 acre Christmas tree farm and his own 1800' strip on it. Amazing guy...oh, and don't ask his age..he won't tell ya![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
It really made my day and he'll be at some of our fly-ins, including the one on Nov 8th in Millen (2J5). Let's see if I can load his picture.
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Today, a gentleman from Stockbridge, Georgia, named Spencer Grant, arrived at my doorstep. He had flown his -6 down for a BFR, so we headed out for lunch first. I sat in awe over a burger as he related his Flight Instructor status at different bases before and during WWII !! He talked about the BT-13 and what a killer it was...the T-6's and the B-25's and how he wanted to go to war and see action but they desperately needed flight instructors, so he stayed Stateside. About how we turned out combat-ready P-51 pilots in 160 hours and 7 months! How we lost almost every early fight with the Japanese until we learned new battlefield tactics and started kicking a$$. And he now flies an RV-6 after selling his Maule.......oh, he has a 35 acre Christmas tree farm and his own 1800' strip on it. Amazing guy...oh, and don't ask his age..he won't tell ya
It really made my day and he'll be at some of our fly-ins, including the one on Nov 8th in Millen (2J5). Let's see if I can load his picture.
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