KSCessnaDriver
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So can we call this pilot an ace now, since he got 5+ enemy kills?
French Valley Airport California
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WacoFan
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No. They were ground destruction, not air-to-air kills, unfortunately.
Didn't they have some kind of scoring system, in some war, that accounted for ground destruction of airplanes. Or was I high on model-airplane glue at the time?
swisspilot
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Love that open cockpit cherokee six!
fholbert
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Your school? What was your school?
It would have been Santa Ana Airport too. Orange County always hated that the airport was named after the city of Santa Ana and fought to change the name. When John Wayne died the Hollywood crowd joined the fight too. They even tried to change the ID to DUK (Duke) but somewhere an NDB outer marker was using that ID in the 80's.
smack300
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Orange Coast College.
fholbert
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I went there for a couple of years too. Back before girls had tattoos.
smack300
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Ha nice, yea I am there doing the aviation classes. They got a good program.
Air Pirate
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It was one of those stereotypical French Valley afternoons with winds shifting South to North, anywhere in between, and back again. Supposedly he was landing 18 and decided to go around and that's when he lost it. Clipped the vertical stab/rudder on a new 182TC that was taxiing north, landed/bounced on the Cherokee, clipped a Yak and Mooney as he plowed into the 180 and sheared off its tail. All in all, it looks like 3 planes totalled. VERY lucky to walk away.
