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From: david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: The Original Starfighter Yarn
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 22:23:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 22:23:33 1985
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Well, all the reminiscence about Daryl Greenamyer (the guy who put
the Starfighter together by gathering scrapped parts) brought out a lot of
good stories. But since nobody came up with the one I was thinking of --
and Steve Bourne hasn't posted anything about it either -- I thought I
would give it my best shot. I can't tell it like Steve, but it remains a
good story.

It seems Daryl was preparing to leave a busy airport -- maybe even the
very air show that David Smith saw the plane at. The tower says:

"Report passing end of runway, then say altitude each two thousand feet
till ten thousand."

Daryl gets a bit hot under the collar at this suggestion, piles on full
afterburners, and hauls the stick all the way back. He contacts the tower:

"F-104 at 2,000...4,000...6,000...8,000...10,000...cleared end of runway!"


-- 
          Dave Fiedler
{harpo,astrovax,whuxcc,clyde}!infopro!dave    People Phone: (201) 989-0570
USMail: InfoPro Systems, 3108 Route 10, Denville, NJ 07834
Flight Instructor: "What would you do if I jumped out right now?"
Student: "Close the door and retrim?"