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This is amazing...

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000617856

Now if anyone deserves a flight in the dual control Zero ...

August

ok....... he WAS THE ENEMY. key word "WAS"..... but I SALUTE HIS VIGOR & TENACITY.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

[[*]*]ok....... he WAS THE ENEMY


Not many of us had a choice where we were born...

Remember it is politicians not the regular folk who create war...

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Daviemax
Researcher of Post-War B-17 History
Maintains database of B-17s used from 46- on.

According to the article he was a Betty pilot (Ichishiki Rikko), which makes his longevity even more amazing. I wonder if he's seen the Harada Betty project?
Edit: Davie, you're right - he'd make a great interview subject - he should write a book! Paging Henry Sakaida...

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Thanks TriangleP! I think that might be him in the red shirt in photo #7 in "Betty Bomber Restoration".

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Wow great story. Thanks for sharing

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" I am a nobody in aviation, but somebody to my family."

Great story.

I've been working lately with George Neal, the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame pilot who test-flew for de Havilland Canada. He's 94, and just this spring sold his Hornet Moth, reducing his fleet to just the Chipmunk -- which he still flies.

Whatever these old guys eat, I need to order a truckload of it.

Dave