pilotyip
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I get a call from one of the USA Jet pilots that I used to work with. He tells me a story about a guy he sat next to while flying on an airline. This guy he is talking to is a retired DAL MD-11 Capt. They chat a bit more and it comes up they are both ex-military, the ex DAL pilot mentions he used to fly P-3's. The USA Jet pilot says oh we had some P-3 guys flying for us and mentions my name. The ex DAL almost spits out his peanuts. The ex DAL guy was my PPC when we flew the P-3’s in Vietnam. We did alot of very long missions together. He left the Navy in the summer of 1969 and I had not heard of him since. We got to swap phone calls yesterday and will get together sometime in the next year. It was fun catching up. He was truly a lucky guy, hired a DAL without a college degree and never furloughed his entire career. So watch out when you spread wild stories about what you flew and where you flew. You are only 3 pilots away from someone who knows you. BTW both of our kids are pilots
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