Velocity173

Yeah I was thinking the same. Probably snuck out with friends / family before.

Several possibilities: 1. Figured he knew it all and didn't need to go through the effort of a checkride. 2. He's one of these guys...

Almost 140 hrs and still no PPL? Sounds like he may have had a medical issue and just elected to continue training instead of calling it...

Back in the day, the malls always had some activity happening to draw in customers. A local orchestra or a choir doing Christmas music...

Malls! The one I grew up with is still going strong but it's one of the rare few. I do remember the age when instead of being filled...

The stars at night are big and bright…

Back in my day I worked as a line boy. I had to be able to hand prop airplanes to send them on their way. (1954)

After those sign offs, the next program in the AM was two crooks selling this nonsense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_USA

Test Patterns on TV

Back in the day, malls used to be popular…and safe. The mall I went to as a kid looks like this now. Only 4 stores open.

Frown upside down made me think of another “back in the day.” We used to have huge toy stores including the one I used to work at.

Long before string trimmers were common, mom had one of thse and would send us outside to trim the grass along the sidewalk, driveway...

A family member had one ot these in his old Ford. Played 45 RPM records (if folks remember those) ...

Been in the works for a while now, and Boeing has a similar plan. It's coming eventually.