tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315953.post1781421982185144366..comments2023-12-23T12:40:56.313-05:00Comments on YIKES!: In the Shadow of the BladeKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367064141753344111noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315953.post-29873817263795369642007-07-26T18:45:00.000-05:002007-07-26T18:45:00.000-05:00Frasypoo: You will love it - it is a beautiful th...Frasypoo: You will love it - it is a beautiful thing! :)<BR/><BR/>Indian Chris: THANX! Wednesday's Hero post to go up shortly... a little late, sorry! :-/<BR/><BR/>"C" -- what a cool story - sounds like Ray was an awesome guy. I hope he's in Heaven, too - sounds like someone I'd LOVE to meet & talk to! :-)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367064141753344111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315953.post-45364151895321542252007-07-25T20:14:00.000-05:002007-07-25T20:14:00.000-05:00I'm a whirly-bird guy at heart; even though I work...I'm a whirly-bird guy at heart; even though I work on supersonic lawn-darts now, I started with the choppers and will always have an affection for them.<BR/><BR/>Several of my friends were UH-1 pilots in the Vietnam war, especially a type of father figure I had when I was a 206 mechanic, Ray Wilson, who had 19,000 hours, many of them in combat. He'd had two helicopters shot out from under him and crashed another after the engine decided it didn't want to be an engine anymore.<BR/><BR/>Everyonce in a while while repositioning helicopters or during test flights he'd get us down on the deck between trees and through valleys. It was the best flying I've ever done.<BR/><BR/>Ray passed in 2003 shortly after I joined the Air Force; if there is one person in Heaven whom I hope is there, it's Ray; I knew him before I was a Christian and we never talked about it, but if he's there, I know he's giving flight lessons to the angels.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post Kat.Canyon Shearer, DMinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532193132267331015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315953.post-60540991213582258732007-07-25T11:01:00.000-05:002007-07-25T11:01:00.000-05:00I resent the post. If it doesn't show up try chec...I resent the post. If it doesn't show up try checking your SPAM folder. They sometimes end up there. Not sure why.Christopher Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422080978963114933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11315953.post-32631650136940606912007-07-24T20:16:00.000-05:002007-07-24T20:16:00.000-05:00I have to watch it!!!I have to watch it!!!Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855104479614125294noreply@blogger.com