The South Vietnamese Flag on a Sand Pan

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The back seeder was hanging into parachute only this time the wind was really strong on the Gulf of Tonka and then it was really rough. So I look at him and I says well, we can't let that guy get back to the pilot and I said okay. Well go ahead and we'll go ahead and kill him...and so Harlan Armed a gun and he came back as we're turning on final. "What were these damn kernels here for? And so open the canopy and The first colonel up that's there says what are you doing here? You're you're supposed to be in Saigon"

Retired United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot, test pilot, and record-breaking aviator who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. He was born in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flying at a young age. He is the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager.

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