What is Silver Wings Over Washington?: What IS "Silver Wings?"

Monday, March 14, 2011

What IS "Silver Wings?"

SWOW members, friends, and guests meet every other month at the Army Navy Country Club near the Pentagon in South Arlington to enjoy a guest speaker, an excellent luncheon, and great camaraderie. Please make your reservations at least four days in advance.

The President of SWOW is Ron David, a documentary writer and narrator, and former air show flyer. Our Vice President is World War Two Fighter Ace Admiral Whitey Feightner.

SWOW meets every other month at the Army Navy Country Club near Washington National Airport to share camaraderie, great stories, and a good luncheon. SWOW meets every other month at the Army Navy Country Club near Washington National Airport to share camaraderie, great stories, and an excellent luncheon.

The SWOW Board is chaired by Ron David and includes Adm. Whitey Feightner (VP), Joan Stalk (Treasurer), Carole Sue Coupland (Secretary). Board: Randy Brandt, Gil Coshland, Steve Craven, Debbie Gallaway, Charles Stallworth. Your Blog Editor is rondavid@gmail.com.

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The Round-the-World Saga of the Pacific Clipper

The flight of B-17s that arrived at Pearl in the middle of the Japanese Attack weren't the only victims of bad timing on December 7th, 1941. A lone Pan American seaplane, the "Pacific Clipper" was confronted with a similar dilemma.

When Pan Am received news of the Japanese attack, it radioed an inbound Clipper to bypass Hawaii and, with its great range, to take it 12 passengers and crew to Auckland, New Zealand. Thence it was to return to Conus by "flying West".

Thus began the longest, and most perilous circumnavigation of the Earth in airline history. Click here to read the story.

New Rules for Pilots Over Sixty

Submitted by Scotty Cameron (sw)

The recent change that allows airline pilots to continue flying past age 60 has generated some interesting discussion.

The following rules for 'older ' pilots were recently proposed at several major airlines:

1. All pants must fit and not be up in your armpits.
2. You must walk without shuffling your feet.
3. No Depends on the flight deck.
4. When using a toothpick, you must leave your teeth in your mouth.
5. If you need more than tri-focals, you are DONE! (period!)
6. No pictures of great-great-grandchildren.
7. Anytime you call the other guy "Sonny", he can hit you.
8. Never, ever mention AARP.
9. When in a restaurant with your crew, don't request the senior discount.
10. When checking into the overnight hotel, don't ask if the exercise room has shuffleboard.

(These rules apply to MALE pilots only. Everyone knows that women pilots over 60 are still pretty darn sexy.)

What is Silver Wings Over Washington?

Monday, March 14, 2011