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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2810621, member: 14873&quot;]I always felt safe and secure flying with my ex USAF boss Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole (George AFB, 1960s) and why not, for he was Jimmy Doolittle&#039;s co-pilot on the famous Tokyo raid (&quot;Thirty seconds over Tokyo&quot;) in early WW2 -- I figured if he could get a starved for fuel B25 from Japan to mainland China under wartime conditions safely, I shouldn&#039;t be worried with him as Pilot of our Base T29 during our short trips around the United States west coast. Anyway, he used to like to repeat that old bromide: &quot;There are old Pilots, and there are bold Pilots -- but there no old, bold Pilots&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I keep in touch with Lt. Col. Cole (who now lives in Comfort, Texas) and talk by phone with his daughter, Cindy (who acts as a go-between) periodically -- my conversations with her Father are painful for we are both deaf as doornails! He is the last surviving member of the Doolittle raiders and turns 102 on 7 September of this year. He recently suffered a fall. I spoke with Cindy on the phone this past week and she reports he is recovering satisfactorily despite breaking an arm and his hip (?). I hope he recovers from his fall in time for me to talk with him on his birthday -- and to live many more years.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/03/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-lt-col-dick-cole" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/03/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-lt-col-dick-cole" rel="nofollow">https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...esident-donald-j-trumps-call-lt-col-dick-cole</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So do not worry about flying safely, Erin, old (non-bold) Pilots are safe![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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