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I met a retired Air Force Major today . The wife and I had some business in Seattle today , our four year old grand kid was with us . While in town the Navy Blue Angels did a flyby . It's Seafair weekend in Seattle, Hydroplane races , Navy Blue Angels perform there this weekend , Navy fleet is in town and NHRA drags next weekend .
After our business we went up to the Space Needle and watched the Navy Ships pull into town , then headed down to the museum of flight to check out the Blue Angels at Boeing Feild . While at the parking lot watching a Blue Angel take off and land we met retired Air Force Major Brian Shul . Maj. Shul flew 212 combat missions in Vietnam . He was shot down near the end of the war . He was burned so bad they gave him little chance to survive . He fought back , made it and survived his injuries . When I met him today it looked like he was severely scared on. 100% of his body and face .
I'm guessing he could have called it quits and retired then on a disability . Instead he recovered and got back into a cockpit of one of the most fascinating air crafts of all time . The SR 71 Blackbird . This weekend he will be doing a presentation at the Boeing Museum of flight Fri. , Sat . , and Sun. ,at 2:00 pm about what it's like to fly the SR71 Blackbird at. 80,000 feet at over 2000 mph with just a camera in the plane over hostile territory . I cannot wait to hear his strory and read his book ( s) .
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