Since I don't have a snappy avatar of me in a fighter jet, and my last name is not Trump, the closet thing to hunting fame is my mug in the February 2007 Magnum, in an article written by my PH on our buff hunt. The angle of the story is that a .375 H&H in the right hands (mine-really??) is enough for buff.

BTW- can anyone in RSA tell me if the February Magnum is out yet? Need to get my hands on a couple of copies for my historical records.

I'm flattered.... jorge

PS: It's just a T-2 "Buckeye" Jet trainer.....

Jorge

When I was flying a lot on my private license I had delusions of buying a T-6 for zipping around...I see now they are crazy expensive. My crazy brother bought a YAK fromm some soviet block country and brought it to the US, tried to kill himself for months but finally gave up and sold it.

The FAA examiner for my commercial license, a WWII Corsair pilot, told me not to be a 100 mph pilot in a 200 mph airplane. Since then, 3 people I knew from the airport augered in, one taking his wife with him. I have tons of respect for any safe pilot, and even more for you military pilots.

E-mail Elizabeth at Magnum and buy some copies:

manmagnum@saol.com

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not to be a 100 mph pilot in a 200 mph airplane

Well said.

404: A good friend of mine and former squadron mate has a T-6 and he loves it. On the 100/200knot philosophy, well said indeed. When the airplane I flew the most, the S-3 Viking came out, it presented huge problems for the S-2 pilots as they transitioned from the 200knot "Stoof' to the 400 knot S-3.

Back then I and others in my yeear group were all jet trained in the T-2 and TA-4J so it was the "nuggets" that brought the new Viking community out of the prop age. Just continue to be safe and remember NEVER to push it, NO flight is ever "routine" and always remember that it's mcuh better to be "down here wishing I was up there" than "up here wishing I was down there! jorge