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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: 25 years ago in Av Leak... (them Fokkers...)
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 11:47:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 11:47:45 1985
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> > <AD>:  "Reliable-Versatile-Economical- The Fairchild F-27"  (them Fokkers
> > 	wuz fairchilds...)
> 
> Rather, them Fairchilds wuz Fokkers.

Yep, I know the geneology of the F-27, but was reminded of a (possibly
apocryphal) story supposedly from the "Tonight Show."  An old fighter pilot
was on, telling war stories liberally interspersed with lines like, "Those
Fokkers jumped us," or "I shot up one Fokker."  The crowd tittered
everytime he said "Fokker".  For those who never checked, "Fokker" is
pronounced "Fawker", not "Fohker".  Anyway, Carson supposedly held up his
hand at one point and said, "Wait a minute, folks, a 'Fokker' is a type of
German plane."

To which the old fighter jock replied, "Hell no, son, them Fokkers wuz
Messerschmidts!"

					 Ron Wanttaja
					 (ssc-vax!wanttaja)

"Well, I was screaming down the Yalu, doin' Six and Twenty four,
 when a call came from the Major, he said "Won't you help me sir,
 I got three flak holes in my wingtip and my tanks ain't got no gas-
 MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, I got six MIGs on my a**!"

 Say halleluia, halleluia, throw a nickel on the grass, save
 a fighter pilot's ...."