Best part of the Super Bowl!

[MooneyMitch]

1 hour ago, RJBrown said:

My father in law is an old B52 Jock.
(SAC Chrome dome. Arc light. Linebacker11, you name it if a B52 did it before 1980 he was there)

He is one of my heroes and a great stick. 

The Colonel retired in 1980 and never got a civilian ticket.

I took him flying every chance we could. 
He was the smoothest pilot I ever flew with and greased every landing.

Some pilots just “have it”

He hadn’t flown in over 10 years when we first met and I was amazed when he flew.

I really enjoyed just watching him fly. Only man I ever sat right seat in my own plane for.

He just turned 85 last week.

Love you Dad.

Beauty.

[N201MKTurbo]

Seeing that we were talking about the Super Bowl. Back in 89 my Mooney (and my TV skills) actually paid me to go to the Super Bowl.

A local TV production company that I worked for occasionally when they were desperate for crew, were working a basket ball game in Tucson. They had agreed to work at the Super Bowl the next morning at 8:00 AM (3 days before the game). All the flights were sold out so they asked if I could fly them to New Orleans? I told them I could if I was on the crew, that way we were all just flying to work. Well, they wrapped up the game and left the cleanup to others and bolted for the airport, we were airborne at 11:00 PM. We stopped for gas in Austin and landed at lakefront at 7:30, got a cab and were on location with 10 min to spare.

I mention this story because the other day I was searching through old boxes of stuff looking for a picture of me and the Mooney at Oshkosh 84 and found my credentials. I haven’t seen them in years and thought they were lost for ever.