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[quote]QUOTE: Warthog (WH) Lucky guy, getting to play and blow up things. The A-10s are an awesome looking plane. I like them. [;)] [/quote] Yes, I do consider myself very lucky, sometimes I'm close to pinching myself to make sure it's not a dream...something I've wanted to do since I was a little boy, and now I get to do it for real! Most of my fellow 'Hawg drivers' and I wouldn't refer to them as awesome looking, but rather, 'Ugly - but well hung!' To get back on topic, being an A-10 pilot has its railfanning perks, too. We're one of the only platforms slow enough to go low-level just about anywhere that isn't too populated, which leaves most of Pennsylvania open for play. Doing some 'recon' of the ex-PRR middle division from 500 feet is a LOT of fun! The heat generated by locomotives makes them awesome targets for IR Maverick missiles, too...but again, I digress. Model railroading really is a large hobby, and it's a smaller world than you might think. I never said anything to my squadron mates about being into it for fear of being labeled a 'train geek' (believe me, being in a fighter squadron is akin to the middle-school days sometimes). Wouldn't you know it, six of us packed onto an Army King Air to go pick up some jets from another base, and a senior Lieutenant Colonel pulls out some magazines to read. One of them was Model Railroader, the other was Railroad Model Craftsman. Needless to say, we had lots to talk about on the ride out to Michigan - and since it was a Colonel, no one gave us any flak for being 'train geeks'! I guess you could say until then, I was a closet train geek! [:D]
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