Comments for Kewl.

Kewl.

2005-09-21T16:02:58Z

H/t, CAPT H.

Update: As SGT Jeff points out, this story could also be a TINS that got out of hand over time... and sucker-punched the Guardian, too. I admit to scepticism when I first read it... but then saw where it was coming from and said... "Kewl".

Geez. We can't fact-check *everything* the MSM does... even if we do fact-check each other out the wazoo!

Even better, in a here and now sort of way - someone I know has sold their first novel! How kewl is that!

Comment from Zoe Brain on 2005-09-22

2005-09-23T04:43:00Z

Is it too nasty to torture yer hubby with pix of the fighter pilots you could have had? No, just the ones you did.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2005-09-21

2005-09-22T04:12:43Z

Hmm. When Dad and I went through the safe deposit box after Mom died, we found several sets of what I think are Dutch East Indies Air Force pilots' wings. I think she kept them, like the photographs of their donors, to torture Dad when he got out of line. (The exiled East-Indian Dutch Aviators trained in MS during WWII.) Query, for the gals here: Is it too nasty to torture yer hubby with pix of the fighter pilots you could have had? Mom made the right choice, IMHO. Fighter pilots tend to die at a young age, and had she been silly that way, I wouldn't exist.

Comment from Pete on 2005-09-21

2005-09-22T00:07:47Z

Interesting. Nobody said "shot down", they said brought down,and the DC-3 is darn near indestructable. I'll put it in the wierd s**t happens catagory.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2005-09-21

2005-09-22T00:03:31Z

Heh. Some have suggested a Guardian hoax, too - in which case they're having a good howl over their bitters! One thing's for sure - after today, there will be stuff in Google about Bert van Sloten!

Comment from Boquisucio on 2005-09-21

2005-09-21T23:49:34Z

I'd be inclined to rechristen this one a TIBS

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2005-09-21

2005-09-21T23:27:16Z

SGT Jeff is right, if you go back to Tim Blair's place, the controversy rages. A TINS that got out of control, perhaps. If that's the case, they got the Guardian!

Comment from SGT Jeff (IRR) on 2005-09-21

2005-09-21T23:06:18Z

This one is looking more and more unlikely every moment...

Comment from J.M. Heinrichs on 2005-09-21

2005-09-21T19:06:21Z

For a pilot, all things are possible; nay, even probable. Cheers JMH

Comment from Comforted Boquisucio on 2005-09-21

2005-09-21T17:03:43Z

How do you shoot down a Do-17 with a C-47, and then manage it to come atop a platoon of tanks? Geez, everything must have been aligned just right for that to happen. Oh - and Grolsch always has the same effect on me too.