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April 2002 Archive
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How Much Difference A Year Makes
Remember what you were doing a year ago? I sure do. It was Easter Sunday, my wifes grandparents had just left after having dinner, and I was hunched over my laptop, trying to put the finishing touches on a website scheduled to go live in about 8 hours.
That website, of course, was CadetStuff.
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The Search for 928
This month's site ain't nothing pretty to look at but the story is simply amazing! Join the adventures of Tom Mahood as he searches the deserts of the west for the long-forgotten crash site of an A-12 reconnaissance plane - a CIA-sponsored cousin to the SR-71 that was so secret it's existence wasn't revealed until 1981! Mahood explains how tough it is to find something that is supposedly out in plain sight. Deduction, reasoning, land navigation, 4x4 savvy, and a little bit of luck are just a few of the things required. Oh, yeah, and probably a lot of money.
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This is the ATC - Part 1
The history of the ATC can be dated back to around 1938, just before the outbreak of World War II. Air Commodore (equivalent US rank would be Brigadier General) J.A. Chamier formed the Air Defense Cadet Corps (ADCC) in response to a growing national interest in aviation and air power. The ADCC aimed to train young men (sorry girls!) for service in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.
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Drummond Island:Declassified - The Death March Pt 2
We continued to march along in our semi-zombie state until we ran across the bus. I was so physically and emotionally wrecked that I didn't even see it until I was ten feet from the hood. I was walking around in a stupor and my tunnel vision was getting really bad. One of the cadets from Charlie was being carried, but the rest of us had made it. Band-Aid Billy was bandaging some guy's foot. I noticed the rain had all but stopped as I climbed aboard. We waited about 10 minutes for some stragglers, and then we rode the few miles back to base.
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