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Just a little help by timing the takeoffs to benefit from a rising bow. which if mistimed would have been disastrous. It would have been interesting to see if they would have made it to their Chinese landing sites except for being discovered and reported by a Japanese picket ship, which necessitated launching 10 hours and 160 miles further from Japan.

The last surviving crewman of the 16 B-25 bombers that took off from USS Hornet died today. Known for the incredibly aggressive mission taking off from an aircraft carrier and bombing Tokyo, the group is well known for its annual reunions. Each member had a goblet with his name engraved in both directions. At each reunion they would toast the fallen of that year, drink a shot of cognac and rotate the goblet. Today, the last goblet is turned over. So well done.

Goodness. This is stupid.

You grossly misstate any claim on who Virginia recruits. They aren't lemons or sad sacks, and nobody ever said they were. Kyle Guy was Indiana's "Mr. Basketball." Bennett runs a great program. When (last) head coach Dave Leitao was running the program you wouldn't want your wife or kids within 15 rows of the bench. Gross profanity. Coach K was like that as well, but may have settled down. Not like that at all now, and it goes well beyond the court. Bennett runs an intelligent, hustling pack line defense, which is basically a combination scheme, and it really works when played well. They have stumbled in the tournament in the past, and this is the first year they've gone into it without serious health issues. Great program. Great coach. National champions.

Not going to bother quoting this nonsense. It is a great group of kids on a great team coached by a truly great guy, that just won a national championship after winning their conference twice. Virginia is never going to get the kids that Duke or UNC Chape Hill get. I lived in Raleigh during the Laettner years and loved those programs. It is completely different now. Virginia still does is right, and I am immensely proud of my home town team.

Just stupid. What "came out of Charlottesville" is a national championship, this year, from an incredibly well coached, talented team that lost a total of four ACC games the last two years. Ya...He doesn't like offense, and he just won the national championship. So proud of this team and this program.

Your post read as if it was directed at UVA basketball, and again, it is a program I am very familiar with. They don't get the five stars. They get kids who are very disciplined, very serious academically, and very good. Tony Bennett is all about what is good in collegiate sports. Root for either team you want tonight, but Virginia is a tremendous program that competes against other ACC teams who have unique advantages. So proud, and so hopeful. Go Hoos.

You are absolutely, totally, dead wrong. I am very familiar with this program and these kids. They are the least "pretentious" group in the ACC, and if you don't know that, you are not aware of what goes on at UNC or Duke. It is a great program, run by a great coach, and full of great kids.

Easy now. The Vulcan canon is an internal gun. A round can cook off in the firing process. By the way. Strafing with the Vulcan, 20mm rounds at 6000 per minute, (100/sec) is really fun. Line up the gunsite on the HUD. Squeeze the trigger on the stick for about two seconds. Get off the trigger before you hear anything. Hear the "bzzzzzzzz" as the gun fires, airplane yaws left. Roll 120 degrees and fly over the school bus just as it explodes. No holes. The thing explodes. A nine foot by nine foot wall of high explosive incendiary does interesting things. Go Hoos.

My Hoos of course. If they can play close to as sell as they did in the regular conference season, they should be fine. Ty Gerome is the key.

There is precedent. I was born in South Buffalo and swam in local waterways as well. Had a non gender specific neighbor named "Cazenovia." We called it "Nove," and it was never selected during youth sporting contests. Our oldest is named "Lasagna." Folks can figure out why, but those fine Italian dinners lead to "activities." Best thing we ever did for him though. All the girls would say "I'm going out with tonight's special....Lasagna"

Well stated. There has been a lot of talk about UVA, but what is never mentioned is that they almost always win the second half, and never give up a second half lead. They generally struggle in the first half and strangle the other team in the second half. Major kudos to Auburn.

It will be insane here on Monday. Such a great group of kids and such a great coach. Everything done right. Just the best of college sports teams. Win or lose, what we all hope sports can be.

I'm an honest man.. They clearly blew the double dribble. Still, fouling on a three when down by two cost them the game, and it was clearly a foul. I like Auburn and they played well, but they lost. Can't wait until Monday, but what a great tournament. Virginia, who has not played anywhere near what they did in the ACC regular season is in. Can't ask for more. Mayhem at my house.

Absolutely the right call. Kyle Guy was hit in the hip, and his dead on three came up short as the result. Stupid foul, but the right call. Rockin in Charltottesville tonight. WAHOO-WA

Great National Anthem. Go Hoos.

Final Four starts tonight. My town, home of UVA, is on fire. Go Hoos.

They got caught in a bad situation. When Diakite had that long tap back, and Clark ran it down, they needed to guard Virginia's top two shooters, Guy and Ty Gerome. Both were calling for the ball, but Jerome was in pretty good position, so Carsen Edwards ran at him, leaving Diakite open. A perfect pass.

Overrated! Wahoo-WA

A catapult shot. Flying wing.

The Ducks played well. Virginia is a very good finisher though. Not happy their threes aren't dropping and they got nothing from the bench tonight.

Big family plans for Thursday's opener. Ordered my granddaughter a Nats onesie and hat for her first birthday in April.

The flight attendants thought the flight was scheduled for Ediburgh as well. It is called a "wet lease," where the entire operation is subbed out to a leasing company. You don't have to worry about it in the US. Contracts prohibit it. "Well can you guess?" "In about two hours." "You can guess in about two hours?"

The "they" in my post was in answer to a question about the cockpit crew. Nothing to do with the passengers.

Their schedule told them. They have a schedule and they do not change that without notification. It involves a number of things, hotel/transportation changes etc., so if there is a change to your schedule, you know it. I'm not familiar with London City airport, so it may be that the crew boards from the ramp, or there are no terminal ..destination signs, and I have never looked at baggage tags. Still, I am very familiar with flight management system uploads and how flights are managed from the flight deck. You don't get the plan up-link until you type in the destination ICAO identiier. Not possible they typed in the identifier for Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf, as it would cause a host of other issues. Point is they were expecting to fly to Edinburgh, had a flight plan for Edinburgh, loaded the flight management system for Edinburgh and flew to Edinburgh. Not possible to stare at a screen that displays your route and not notice it is going northwest instead of east, and a hundred other things that would have tipped them off. In short, not their issue.