One thing I have done is to re-post the Powerhouse build photos as a reference point for a mate in the US. The building board has also been left to it's own devices for the last few weeks while Christmas and other annoyances got in the way. Not a lot has happened since my last post and the recent bush fires here in Tasmania curtailed flying activities to some extent. I think that it is amazing how the " media" chooses our "heroes" these days.Įlvis, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston & the like. Please forward this post to everyone you know. Let's give Shifty his own memorial service, online, in our own quiet way. No wall-to-wall, back-to-back 24x7 news coverage. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it.Īnd mine are brimming up now as I write this. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in coach while I was in First Class. And it 's real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said "Yes. and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. " I was standing with a genuine war hero. I told him "yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem. do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped. " at which point my heart skipped.Īt that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the " Screaming Eagle ," the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. 45 size four stroke - NOTE: This is a CHALLENGING build! Sopwith Tabloid - 1 sheet - 1/6th scale - 51" Wingspan. Vickers Wellington Mk X - RCM & E plan - 2 sheets - 1/12th scale - 86" Wingspan - 2 x. 56 size two strokes.Īlbatross C111 - Dave Hurrell design - 2 sheets - Sorry SOLDĭouglas Sky Raider AD 7 (AH-1) - CAP plan #11 - 3 sheets - 1/10th scale - 62.5" Wingspan. 25 two strokeĭH103 Hornet - Aviation Modeller plan - 2 sheets - ?/? scale - 80" Wingspan - 2 x. Supermarine S5 - Schneider Trophy Seaplane- RC Modeller plan - 2 sheets - 1/8th scale - 40" Wingspan. Sikorsky S39 Seaplane - RC Modeller plan - 1 Sheet - 1/6th(?) scale - 76 1/2" Wingspan. Tom Polapink Design - 2 Sheets - 1/6th scale - 71" Wingspan. NB: This model has ALL the scale rigging!Īlbatross DVa. 25 two strokesĭH2e - RC Modeller Plan - 2 Sheets - 1/6th scale - 60 " Wingspan - for a. Boeing B17F Flying Fortress - By Royal Products Corp - 2 sheets - 1/16th scale - 77 3/4" Wingspan - for 4 x.
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