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Is dedicated to the movie Top Bird. It is the electric story of young, brash T-37 student, with a dynamic score composed and played by Yanni. He finds love, and a placenta, with a Hollywood starlet, ***** astrophysicist, ***** roller derby queen, but tragically loses his best friend who dies in a freak badminton accident. Our young hero does so well in the mighty Tweet, despite this loss, that he returns to teach TP stalls as a FAIP.

The hero after graduation night, proudly posing with his new mount.

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The hero and his best friend just prior to the fatal badminton match

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Tweets forever! :D

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An A-10 could run us down

Only just....barely.

I'll hit the brakes and he'll fly right by

And remember, you want to thumb the attenuators, not hit the brakes....or at least, don't select idle at any rate. You'll hit the ground before the engines spooled back up.

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But remember, you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber novelty puke out of Hong Kong!

I dont know about You :D tweet drivers tho.Ive had quite a few enjoyable afternoons at Vance watching all of the near misses and long landings.Almost like Abbot and Costello meet the TWEET.

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ROTC fam ride, summer of '75 hot un airconditioned dark blue usaf bus in the middle of Webb AFB Big Spring Tejas. After quietly waiting and waiting in the bus for two hot boaring hours I finally get to board the tweet for my 30 miniute ride. Sit down, strap in, hook up, pull down both visors on the helment. YEEEECHHH the clear one is coverd in dried out puke from yesterday's rides.!!

Helment off, wipe off the dried puke, helment on, off we go in a real USAF jet. Gear won't retract , declare a problem round the patch once, followed by the fire trucks back to the ramp.

At least I got to drive on the ground.

Bye Bye converters! May you be recycled in quiet.

T.

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Listen, can I ask you a personal question?

That depends.

Are you a good pilot?

I can hold my own.

Great, then I won't have to worry about you instructing on the Tweet.

I'm going to need a beer to puke up on my flight tomorrow. Yo! Great Mav, real slick.

Hey Goose you big stud!

That's me, honey.

Get me out of Vance or lose me forever.

Show me the way out of Oklahoma, honey.

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Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?

Yes ma'am, the data on the Flanker is inaccurate.

How's that, Lieutenant?

Well, I just happened to see an Su-27 do a...

We!

Uh, sorry Goose. WE happened to see a Su-27 do a negative 11g inverted cobra

Where did you see this?

Uh, that's classified.

It's what?

It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Lieutenant, the Pentagon sees to it that I know more than you, so unless you want to leave right now, where exactly were you?

Well, we...

Thank you.

Started up on his 6, when he pulled from the clouds, and then I moved in above him.

Well, if you were directly above him, how could you see him?

Because I was inverted.

Bullsh!t!

No he was man, it was a really great move. He was inverted.

You were in a T-37 and a negative 11g inverted cobra with an Su-27?

Yes ma'am.

At what range?

Um, about 2 meters.

It was actually about 1 and a half I think. It was 1 and a half, I've got a great Polaroid of it, and he's right there, must be 1 and a half.

Was a nice picture.

Thanks.

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