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re: Visiting the USS Alabama
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:15 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:15 pm to 777Tiger
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try not to dwell on it, my son, your country called upon you, and you did not let us down
All kidding aside, I did feel guilty from time to time. My solution was to drink and chase women until the guilt dissipated.
I was invariably successful.
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:18 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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My solution was to drink and chase women until the guilt dissipated.
good strategy, there was a training reserve unit where I used to work, VTU, we called them the vegetable training unit, must have been some sort of hush hush outfit, we never new what they did, but there were some serious partiers among them
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:22 pm to 777Tiger
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must have been some sort of hush hush outfit,
I still can't talk about everything I did. Not bragging, because we rarely went into harm's way, but I'm proud to say we made a difference.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:28 pm to Cuz413
We went last week. As others have said, $2to park and see most of the outside exhibits. Watch for fire ants, they are everywhere. We skipped actually going on board. My kids, 8, 5, 4 decided they wanted to get to the Track and ride some go-carts. I think in a year or 2 we will make the whole tour.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:07 pm to MSWebfoot
I went one summer in the late 80s with a childhood friend and his grandfather when I was 12. Great childhood memories from that trip. My friend's grandparents lived in Fairhope just behind the small church on the main road south of the Fairhope Pier (heading towards Point Clear). We rode our BMX bikes all over downtown Fairhope, caught bait in the Bay (shrimp, pinfish, croackers, crabs, etc) at night with a sane net, and went down to Fort Morgan where his dad fished for sharks on the Bay side while we caught blue crab in a lagoon behind the Fort. I miss those days and this thread about visiting the Battle Ship just gave me a flashback. 
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:21 pm to 777Tiger
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There's two airplanes on display there, that I have flown.
Obviously the Spad is one of the two, what was the other one?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:23 pm to Cuz413
You'll melt, but it's definitely worth seeing.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:26 pm to lsu_tiger_az
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Obviously the Spad is one of the two, what was the other one?
bite my arse shrouded turboprop
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:32 pm to 777Tiger
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bite my arse shrouded turboprop
Hey Now.... I flew the A-7D/E before I flew the Twin Hoover Vacuum Cleaner....
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:32 pm to Cuz413
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Is there a fee to park? Are there additional fees to just walk around the grounds and take pictures?
USS Alabama museum website
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:36 pm to lsu_tiger_az
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Hey Now.... I flew the A-7D/E before I flew the Twin Hoover Vacuum Cleaner....
damn, you're older than I thought, what was it like having Robin Olds as your T-bird instructor?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:54 pm to Cuz413
Kids loved climbing on every thing. We went during the school year on a Friday... Saw maybe 20 different people the whole time, had it to ourselves.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:06 pm to 777Tiger
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damn, you're older than I thought, what was it like having Robin Olds as your T-bird instructor?
Actually, my instructor pilot was Wilber Wright's son....
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:14 pm to lsu_tiger_az
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Actually, my instructor pilot was Wilber Wright's son.
gotta come clean, the old man gave me my first phase check
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:17 pm to MSWebfoot
Thanks for the replies.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:21 pm to 777Tiger
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gotta come clean, the old man gave me my first phase check
I was in 1980 and out in 2000....
wanted to go back in 2001, but Mrs. AZ said she would divorce me.....
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:22 pm to 777Tiger
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There's two airplanes on display there, that I have flown.
I find this very hard to believe.
Please expound.
ETA: I only ask, because I have seen some of your other posts that are absolute bullshite.
This post was edited on 7/3/14 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:22 pm to lsu_tiger_az
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I was in 1980 and out in 2000....
we're actually peers, may have asked you this before, but are you a Cacti?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:25 pm to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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I find this very hard to believe.
not the actual plane down to the tail number, but the same type as two that are on display there, the way they keep expanding, maybe more to come
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:28 pm to 777Tiger
ah, O.K.
that makes more sense
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