Comments on: Log Book http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-274105 virgil xenophon Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:34:42 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-274105 Was it "Chou" vz "Chau"--memory fades. Was it “Chou” vz “Chau”–memory fades.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-274104 virgil xenophon Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:32:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-274104 PS: The FAC house at 31 Phan Boi Chau was just down the street and around the corner from the Stone Elephant Navy O Club for all you Navy types. PS: The FAC house at 31 Phan Boi Chau was just down the street and around the corner from the Stone Elephant Navy O Club for all you Navy types.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-274102 virgil xenophon Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:30:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-274102 Stormyo3bravo: Sorry, my tour was 67-68--knew a lot of the DaNang-based FACs tho--both in and out country-fast-Stormys-slow-Prarie Fire, etc. Hell, knew a lot of the 20th TASS in-country I-Corps guys stationed downtown and in Quang Tri City, Hue, Quang Tin and Quang Nai City as well. Used to drink with them when they were in town downtown at the I-Corps FAC "House" at 31 Phan Boi Chau. Was a great place--used to be an old French Officers billet--14' high ceilings, tile floors, the whole bit--felt like you were in the colonial 1930's. DaNang was originally built by the French and named Tourane, you know--used as their province capital. Stormyo3bravo:

Sorry, my tour was 67-68–knew a lot of the DaNang-based FACs tho–both in and out country-fast-Stormys-slow-Prarie Fire, etc. Hell, knew a lot of the 20th TASS in-country I-Corps guys stationed downtown and in Quang Tri City, Hue, Quang Tin and Quang Nai City as well. Used to drink with them when they were in town downtown at the I-Corps FAC “House” at 31 Phan Boi Chau. Was a great place–used to be an old French Officers billet–14′ high ceilings, tile floors, the whole bit–felt like you were in the colonial 1930’s. DaNang was originally built by the French and named Tourane, you know–used as their province capital.

]]> By: stormy03bravo http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-273811 stormy03bravo Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-273811 A little over a year ago, we took the older of my little ones to Texas so that my grandmother could see her (the other little one, not being born yet)....while there, she was showing me some stuff of my uncle's that included his own personal logs that he recorded in a non-official logbook of the Stormy (fast fac) missions that he had been flying...the last entry was the last flight before the flight on which he was declared MIA. I had read Bury Us Upside Down shortly before this visit, and it really gave me a better appreciation of his short notes of those flights and the operational tempo of the flights compared to normal. Virgil, were you still flying out of Danang in 1971? If so, you may have crossed paths with my uncle. A little over a year ago, we took the older of my little ones to Texas so that my grandmother could see her (the other little one, not being born yet)….while there, she was showing me some stuff of my uncle’s that included his own personal logs that he recorded in a non-official logbook of the Stormy (fast fac) missions that he had been flying…the last entry was the last flight before the flight on which he was declared MIA. I had read Bury Us Upside Down shortly before this visit, and it really gave me a better appreciation of his short notes of those flights and the operational tempo of the flights compared to normal.

Virgil, were you still flying out of Danang in 1971? If so, you may have crossed paths with my uncle.

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-273698 badbob Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:30:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-273698 E-Boss, Glad to see you got a promotion to Martin-Baker! Alameda must have been paradise in those days before Castro Steet and the whole area "redefined" itself... b2 E-Boss,

Glad to see you got a promotion to Martin-Baker! Alameda must have been paradise in those days before Castro Steet and the whole area “redefined” itself…

b2

]]> By: ChrisP http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/11/02/log-book/comment-page-1/#comment-273548 ChrisP Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:29:30 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=6009#comment-273548 Lex, I'm really glad we all badgered you into keeping your logs. I think there's probably a book in there, somewhere, sometime. Thank you, sir, for sharing. Cheers! ChrisP Lex,
I’m really glad we all badgered you into keeping your logs. I think there’s probably a book in there, somewhere, sometime.
Thank you, sir, for sharing.

Cheers!
ChrisP

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