Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote: > >To my eyes, the B-58 Hustler was one drop-dead gorgeous airplane. And one >of the most appropriately named. After all, what is a hustler, if not >Born >Beautiful, Lived Fast, and Died Young! > My most vivid memory of the B-58 was one I saw while backpacing with my father in the Sierra Nevada in the late 1960s. We had stopped for a break when I spotted a totally silent B-58 flying directly overhead. I pointed it out to my father with the warning "sonic boom". That was a BOOOM. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com