Question For Kalitta Pilots

[Otto Coarsen]

Why do Connie's eyes point in two different directions?

 

[Clyde]

A friend of mine said one of them is fake.

 

[GittinFatter]

He is the master of multi-tasking.
He lost an eye many years ago as a result of a shop accident.
It is kinda wierd, which one do you look at?
I believe the left one is the good one

 

[Otto Coarsen]

That guy is a character.... Don't know him, but I've seen him around... You would never guess "HE" was Connie Kalitta if you bumped into him. Heck you may even give him a quarter if you saw him at a bus stop.

I've hear some crazy stories about him in the old days.

 

[mrvmo]

That's why they call him walleye............one is always looking at the wall..............damn I crack my arse up!!!!!

 

[jobear]

That's why they call him walleye............one is always looking at the wall..............dang I crack my arse up!!!!!

I thought it was because he liked Ole Ron's fishin show

 

[JohnnyP]

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Speaking of kalitta, I am watching NHRA drag racin right now, and the last top fueler to make a pass was sponsored by Kalitta Air, as its main sponsor on the side of the body, kinda interesting. Never seen a racer sponsored by an aviation company.

 

[81Horse]

Never seen a racer sponsored by an aviation company.

Can it be you don't know Connie's bio?

http://www.nhra.com/50th/top50/C_Kalitta21.html

Wow. I must be getting old. Or something.

 

[JohnnyP]

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You refer to this like it is common knowledge. And you are correct, I do not know the in's and out's of connies bio. This mere mortal is now enlightened.

 

[B727CV640]

I Hear You 81 Horse,dios Mio!!!!!!

 

[81Horse]

You refer to this like it is common knowledge. And you are correct, I do not know the in's and out's of connies bio. This mere mortal is now enlightened.

Sorry, Johnny ... didn't mean to hit you upside the haid with it. There's no reason a younger pilot would know.

Like I said, I'm feelin' old!

 

[nosewheel]

The real reason for his eyes being the way they are....

Once upon a time ( back in the 80's) while Connie was making a 300MPH run in his Dragster, his helmet came loose and fell off just as one of his DC-8's was doing a low pass over the dragstrip ( against Connies wishes) and so Connie , keeping one eye on the track (smart thing at that speed) and the other on his airplane and with a 300+ mile an hour force of wind on his face, well you can just imagine what would happen to anyones eyes.:erm:

 

[Otto Coarsen]

:nuts:



(")(.)

 

[JohnnyP]

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No problem 81horse. Its nice to get a little schoolin once and a while.