french Flight

Randy Haskin · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:25 am

I sometimes wonder if people making such snide remarks have ever actually been to France, or met a Frenchman.

Reminds me of many of the things I've heard said about Americans in numerous places I've been to around the world -- equally ignorant and stereotypical.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:00 am

I can hear Robert Shaw in the BoB now.
"Snail Squadron Airborne!"

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Use a proper term of respect like Snail Squadron, please.

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Dan K · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:16 am

JDK wrote:

:nuker:

Please forgive me, James...was just trying to make light of the situation. :wink:

I think the following tutorial will help explain the typical American male's unique flair at problem solving:

astixjr · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:31 am

So shoot me. I'm just having some fun with our French friends. After taking six years of French in Jr and Sr high school, I made my first trip to France in 1980 I think. As I recall, the only person who showed me the least bit of kindness was a Cuban expat waiter in the hotel's restaurant. I've been back a few times since and for the most part, I got the same treatment but I was ready for it by then and a bit more understanding of their culture.

James, you do your best posting when you are a bit p*ssed off so forgive me if I seem like I'm poking fun a bit.

Jack, I have some tensiometers but I have no idea what model they are. I'll swing by the hangar this evening and look at them. You are welcome to borrow them but I can't confirm they are in "calibration".

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:42 am

that's cool thanks Al.
BTW do you recall how Goundskeeper Willie refered to the French.
I was there also and they seemed a tad rude :shock:

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:39 pm

Jack, I have a C8 Tensiometer that’s been calibrated by USATCO.

I’d have to have someone’s first born as collateral from whoever needs to borrow it. I’ve had some bad luck loaning stuff out over the years and these things are (literally) worth their weight in gold, LOL!

Sril · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:01 pm

Hi

With probably yellow outlined roundels, lack of markings, I think it is a picture of the Centre d'Instruction Chasse (Fighter School) of Meknès, Morocco. This school used D520 from 1943 to the begin of 1946.

Please don't shoot at the frogs, they can serve to legend the pictures :lol:

Regards

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:20 pm

The record box these were in was labeled N. Africa 1943.

Bill Greenwood · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:27 pm

Many Allied air crew owe their escapes to the French, as well as Dutch, etc. But I don't believe any group is so fragile that one can't make an obvious joke about them. Ever heard any good natured jokes about pilots, Texans, Aggies, even Longhorns, etc.? Have you ever seen the skit Robin Williams does about the French and their love for smoking, where the French Mom is sharing a cigarette with her baby in the cradle ? Funny with a ring of truth. As for Frogs, I don't eat them , but had some excellent escargot recently.
Whether deserved or not the French, at least in Paris, have a reputation as unfriendly to foreigners, and Americans. One day I was skiing on Aspen Mountain and stopped to help a couple of other skiers with directions. They were Brits and I asking them how they liked skiing Aspen. Now it happened to be an almost perfect day, sunny, 28*, 3 inches of fresh dry powder, blue sky for 80 miles, no wind. Of course they loved it and one of them said the best thing was "NO FRENCHMEN", in contrast to skiing in Europe. I have not skied France, but I have visited Paris once, where I found some rude, some friendly. A pilot friend tried to visit Le Mans for the 24 hour race on his honeymoon. Even though he was close he could not get the train ticket agent to help him because he did not pronounce the word with the perfect accent.
One contribution to WWII was excellent wine/champagne to celebrate the victory, as the man in the movie does at Normandy when the invasion arrives. Drinking Bud or warm Brit beer would not do as well.

EDowning · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:49 pm

I once saw an ad on gunbroker.com for a WWII French MAS rifle.
It said the "condition was like-new, as it was never fired and only dropped once".

Now, that's funny.

EDowning · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:50 pm

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:41 pm

Sril wrote:

With probably yellow outlined roundels, lack of markings, I think it is a picture of the Centre d'Instruction Chasse (Fighter School) of Meknès, Morocco. This school used D520 from 1943 to the begin of 1946.

Please don't shoot at the frogs, they can serve to legend the pictures :lol:

Thanks for that, appreciate it.

Gee, that wasn't that hard, was it. Thanks also for the confirmation Jack.

I just find it interesting that so many Americans choose to forget some staunch support supplied from France when they most, first needed it.

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American Revolution

Lfafayette also met General Washington and a friendship developed between the two men that lasted as long as Washington lived. In addition to his military service, he contributed $200,000 of his own money to support the [American] Revolution. He also helped persuade France to send more soldiers and supplies to the Americans.

Lafayette offered his services to the Americans as an unpaid volunteer.
...

Lafayette's first battle was Brandywine on September 11, 1777, where he was wounded in the leg. Shortly afterwards, he secured the command of a division — the immediate result of a communication from Washington to Congress of November 1, 1777, in which he said: "...Besides, ... from the disposition he discovered at the battle of Brandywine possesses a large share of bravery and military ardour."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du ... La_Fayette

One French 'knife' America was happy to take to a 'gunfight'.

astixjr wrote:

So shoot me. I'm just having some fun with our French friends. After taking six years of French in Jr and Sr high school, I made my first trip to France in 1980 I think. As I recall, the only person who showed me the least bit of kindness was a Cuban expat waiter in the hotel's restaurant. I've been back a few times since and for the most part, I got the same treatment but I was ready for it by then and a bit more understanding of their culture.

James, you do your best posting when you are a bit p*ssed off so forgive me if I seem like I'm poking fun a bit.

I am of course a factually driven android with occasional twitches of humanity. Normal service will be resumed as soon as I've arranged to poison the water of your town. There may be some collateral damage, but this will pass. We thank you for your interest. Have a nice day with plenty of hydration.

RickH · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:53 pm

Don't forget the other one Eric,...

Do you know why the New Italian Navy has glass bottomed boats ? Why so they can see the OLD Italian Navy, of course ! :lol:

I have heard the MAS joke about the Italian Carcano as well.

astixjr · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Jack,
My B-2 has gone AWOL but I think I know whose hangar it's hiding in. In any event, I've got these two. One is marked for flying wires and the other for control cables. I've never used them and have know idea if they work but you are welcome to them. Just PM me with UPS delivery location info and I'll send them your way.

I certainly would not want to be accused of hijacking this thread so in keeping with the original theme, I present my first attempt at a still life photograph. And yes, it's a bottle of Domaine De Coussergues Syrah, 1997 to be exact. Product of France!

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