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Many years ago while on my first class map reading classes, I decided to walk a grid to practice on the weekend. I think I may have missed a waypoint along the way through inattention but not perfect so I just had to adjust. I was stopped by a couple in a car, the driver pointed at a farmhouse and said, "You look like I used to feel a long time ago". "Stop at my house and I'll make you some coffee". Turns out this guy had flown 109's and 190's back in the day and we talked aircraft becasue, people do and he said along the lines of (It was 1977 after all) "we sent kids up and pretended they were trained enough". "It did not even matter if they could land 100% but we still sent them up". I do not have facts of the training but even getting some defence into the air at that time was a monumental achievement that cost a lot of good lives, I hope we as a species can get a grip.

<blockquote data-quote="Foo Fighter" data-source="post: 540827" data-attributes="member: 11864"><p>Many years ago while on my first class map reading classes, I decided to walk a grid to practice on the weekend.&nbsp; I think I may have missed a waypoint along the way through inattention but not perfect so I just had to adjust.&nbsp; I was stopped by a couple in a car, the driver pointed at a farmhouse and said, &quot;You look like I used to feel a long time ago&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;Stop at my house and I'll make you some coffee&quot;.&nbsp; Turns out this guy had flown 109's and 190's back in the day and we talked aircraft becasue, people do and he said along the lines of (It was 1977 after all) &quot;we sent kids up and pretended they were trained enough&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;It did not even matter if they could land 100% but we still sent them up&quot;.&nbsp; I do not have facts of the training but even getting some defence into the air at that time was a monumental achievement that cost a lot of good lives, I hope we as a species can get a grip.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Foo Fighter, post: 540827, member: 11864"] Many years ago while on my first class map reading classes, I decided to walk a grid to practice on the weekend. I think I may have missed a waypoint along the way through inattention but not perfect so I just had to adjust. I was stopped by a couple in a car, the driver pointed at a farmhouse and said, "You look like I used to feel a long time ago". "Stop at my house and I'll make you some coffee". Turns out this guy had flown 109's and 190's back in the day and we talked aircraft becasue, people do and he said along the lines of (It was 1977 after all) "we sent kids up and pretended they were trained enough". "It did not even matter if they could land 100% but we still sent them up". I do not have facts of the training but even getting some defence into the air at that time was a monumental achievement that cost a lot of good lives, I hope we as a species can get a grip. [/QUOTE]

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