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Plane Tales

The View from Our Side of the Cockpit Door

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Ramstein Flugtag 1988

Ramstein Flugtag 1988

It was a hot and sunny day at the United States Airforce Base at Ramstein near Kaiserslautern in West Germany… a perfect... Read more

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Well Defined

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A break from Tales of death and destruction with a little bit of aviation word play.  What was your score?

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