Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "PeriscopeFilm" channel.

Takes me back to a simpler time when Detroit was a decent place to raise a family. I remember going on a class field trip to the Rouge Plant back in the 60s when production was still hopping along at a brisk pace. We were a GM family but our neighbor was a test driver at Ford and he used to get a new company car every year. He got a T-Bird he kept for a few years and then they made him pick one to keep for his own. At that time he had a Lincoln Mark V and the T-Bird. I told him he should have kept the Lincoln but he kept the T-Bird. Hard to believe what has happened to that town since. If you didn't grow up there, you won't get what I mean. Where there was once neighborhoods full of kids having fun now there are empty fields and burnt out houses that were once homes to families. Heartbreaking. Anyway, it's nice to come across a video showing the city the way it used to be. I don't look at the ones showing the way it is now. I've seen it up close and personal and that's enough for me.
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Hickam AFB was my first duty assignment. I went to the Arizona Memorial and it was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I remember the bullet holes still present on the buildings at Hickam, a reminder of what happened and a warning to us all to always be vigilant. 80 years ago today. It's hard to believe it was so long ago. I was fortunate over the course of my career to speak with several WWII veterans. There are so few left. If you meet one thank him or her for their contribution. They saved the world.
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Couple of drawbacks to The Bug. First, at least back in my day, the heaters didn't work worth a damn. My brother owned one as two friends and they all had problems with the heaters. Second, they sucked when it came to doing donuts, a lesson my brother learned the hard way. That top heavy design just wasn't built for THAT particular type of double-dog-dare maneuver. I was never a big fan of the Beetle but I thought the Karmann Ghia was awesome when I was a kid. And the Microbus was the ultimate hippie-mobile.
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Back when we did great things most everyone could get behind. I feel for the kids today.
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I remember getting this Cap'n Crunch pen and paper kit when I was a kid. I think I had to send in a certain amount of box-tops and there may have been some kind of handling charge my folks paid. I was six-years-old and when it arrived in the mail I was jacked! Not only was it the coolest thing I owned it was the first piece of mail I ever received. Ah the 60s, crazy stuff going on for sure but a great time to be a kid.
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That's awesome. I was stationed at Hickam at the same time. Hard to believe that was 35 years ago and the attack on Oahu happened 80 years ago. Time flies.
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I was a C-130 Crew Chief so I'm partial to fixed wing aircraft (loved the Herc back then) but I worked at a rescue squadron that had H-60's (Blackhawks). THAT is a very good chopper. I also worked at a unit that H-53's and THAT was a bucket of bolts. When I deployed as a maintenance controller during Desert Calm there were days I had to send status reports back stateside informing the higher ups that we had no rescue capabilities and THAT didn't go over very well. We had three 53's. On a typical day, one was airworthy, one was hard broke and used to steal parts from, and one was almost airworthy. During my time in rescue we had three crashes, two involving loss of life. All were choppers. Now, I'm not saying choppers are dangerous, but we never lost a Herc while I was working on them. I had chances to fly in a chopper but I passed on them. I logged a lot of hours on the C-130 and didn't see the need to press my luck. But the chopper guys were okay so please don't get mad or think I'm bad mouthing your bird. Just not my cupa-tea is all. ☕
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I taught aircraft mechanics for the Canadian Forces for a few years and as of 2010 we were using the Shell films on supersonic flight. The students used to get a kick out of some of the visuals, especially the toy cow walking along a board that was lifted an angle to explain the transition zone along a swept wing, but the theories were sound and the films made it easier for me to explain supersonic flight. I love these old vids.
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@RetiredSailor60 Must have been quite a ceremony. Maybe you went to Byron's for a Teri-Burger afterwards? Of course, there were a lot of other joints for celebrating a return where the drink of choice was a bit stronger than guava juice but I won't go into all of that right now. Fond memories indeed.
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@OceanSwimmer Thanks for the kind words and for your family's distinguished track record of service.
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