Re: Youngest boy to fly solo

In article <ihatessppaamm-CB4E6B.17501429062006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bob Noel <ihatessppaamm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <iKKdnb8WONZ71DnZnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Bob Gardner" <bobmrg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I didn't know until today that there was a "tradition" of dumping water on
a
newly soloed pilot. Whatever happened to cutting off the shirt tail? Now
that IS a tradition.

maybe each of those traditions helps to scare off the women pilots... ;-)

Women must wear white t-shirts.
.

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