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I get it. Just memories of a horrific crash in Richmond, Va in 1974 where the traffic copter lost it's rotary tail and crashed into a home killing the pilot, reporter and a young child in the home.

December 19 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-19

Interestingly enough the height aspect never really bothered me even though I'm nervous on ladders. I was a traffic reporter. The chopper pilots were veterans, the airplane guys were basically kids working to collect enough hours to get a better aviation job. We had a couple of :"incidents" that in hindsight give me pause (declaring an emergency into the old Navy Airfield north of Chicago to avoid a thunderstorm). A about a year or so ago wife and I took a trip to Las Vegas. The trip included a helicopter trip to the north side of the Grand Canyon, basically tribal territory. I enjoyed it tremendously. We landed in an area near the Canyon, and had a chance to go walk on the Glass Bridge over the Canyon. That was a bit nervy at first, looking at that big drop below (We were safe, but the illusion was interesting. Back to the flying experience. Chicago does an Air Show every Summer on the Lakefront. One year some promotion person had the bright idea to have the "Air 78 Squadron" do a flyby down the lakefront. I'm not sure how they managed to actually get that passed the FAA. They did make us fly single file only along the route (3 Cessnas and a twin engine plane from the flight crew). During this I was supposed to "chat" with the radio station anchors doing the radio "play by play" Anyway we're heading down over Lake Michigan at about 500 feet and I'm describing whai I'm seeing. One of the producers tells my wife who was managing the broadcast "he sounds good" Her reply, "he's ****less"

I spent about 6 of our 10 years in Chicago in the back seat of a Cessna 172, 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Filled in occasionally for the guy who was the "passenger" in the Jet Ranger. Not sure which was worse, cold weather or wind gusts over Lake Shore Drive. What really scared me was flying directly thru O'Hare airspace (over the tower) when I had chopper duty. Easy work, but in hindsight 25 years later not one of my favorite experiences,

Nothing there but smoke and mirrors. Another Trump scam. TDS...Trump Delusion Systems

When your "economists" fail 4th grade math. That would be an 87% price reduction.

Sounds like a great way to celebrate the Nation's 250th founding. Replaying the Hunger Games

What's the difference between Dr OZ and the Wizard of OZ The Wizard eventually admitted he was a fraud

Reportedly NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle, his wife and son were qmong those on the plane

Just robbing Peter to payoff Paul. The way Trump has always been doing business

The Skyway prices alone are reasons not to venture there. Even for a Bears game if they actually build a stadium.

Just another reason to skip DC in the near future

Basically, I've been hearing the same old Bears song for about 35 years at least. They have the old race track in Arlington Heights. Either build it there or sell the property. The song and dance of pro teams getting the cities to build there infrastructure has got to go. Build it or sell the team

The Bears were threatening to move to Gary back in the 90s. They have basically run out of places to threaten to move. I think the only remaining option is Batavia or next to Fermi

Would you buy a used Tesla from this man?

December 18 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-18?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1218-12182025

I missed the speech. A couple of hours of good music from Voices8 was definitely the better choice.

Then that means my $12,000 a month Ofev bill (before insurance deductions) will mean I should be receiving a check each month for $24,000. Thanks Grandpa Trump

I can think of a few tribal nations in the US that could say the same thing

Is Trump above the H20 line on any issue?

Totally MAGA thinking or TDS (Trump Disciple Syndrome)