Garden City Army Airfield - Planesman Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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Abouf Nov. I Dear AI- - The minufe I casf my blood shof eyes across 'Ihe dusfy plains of Kansas fhis morning and fhey came fo resf on Garden Cify Basic Flying School I gof a sfrange unaccounfable feeling fhaf fhe beds here wouIdn'+ have inner-spring maffresses. I was sfill hearing fhe voice of my Commandanf of Cadefs back af Primary warning, in effecf, fhaf Basic would be rough. Now, as I look around af a counfryside so bereff of frees fhaf all fhe dogs are paranoic, I keep repeafing men'raIIy, l see whafcha mean. Buf, brofher, I didn'I' see. Noi' yef, fhaf is. Our arrival was comparafivel quie'I'. Thaf is. fhe mayor wasn I fhere wifh fhe key fo fhe cify. Nofhing fhey would wanf fo keep locked up anywa . I guess. There 'were fhe u perclassmen, fhougfi. bless fheir shabby Ihearfs. Tliiey were as congenial as a bufcher's commiffee eyeing a new load of beef. They were really a nice bunch of fellows, buf fhey all seemed fo have a speech impedimenf. All fhey could say -was, Parade Huf! Their immediafe inferesf in us was a 'rrifle em- barrassing and a Iiffle obnoxious. They were fhere fo puf us on fhe bail. In passing, Imighf sa , fhaf whoever 'Ihis guy is fhaf manufacfures fhe balls fhey are always frying fo, puf.us on musf doa land office' business., ' N V, -' . V ,. ' . Excepf for a islighf hardening of fheharferies, fhe four hours of Parade Resf fhaf followed our arrival didn I',f bofherr me af alI,1aI' all, af all, af all ...... The BT-I3s droning over our frozen pusses. however, held some promise of fhings fo come and so we bore up. The commandanf of cadefs gave us an orienfafion iecfure and fhe cards were layed on fhe fable. Ifiwas going fo be rough. If had fo be rough. The counfry club veneer fhaf we had ac- quired af Primary musf be knocked off. Pal, fhey're knocking and I'm peeling. 4 Morh-ey ' . . Abouf Nov. 22 Dear AI- V My 'olcl body has been moving around so rapidly 'rhese pasf few days fhaf my skin is covered wifh fricfion burns. Why, we, have ,fo move so fasf ini order fo meef schedulesyfhafif isn'f unusual fo walk info ffhe Iafrine and find 'fwo or fhree foolh brushes- suspended in mid 'air ,before fhe mirrors, fheir owners having vacafed onfhe zipple a splif second before. f .. I Why only yesferclay I frosfed around a corner so fasf fhaf fhe wafer on my 'knee became super- cooled. And guess who I ran info? ME! There I was coming back from navigafion when in realify I was on my way 'I'o P. T. Naw, if wasn'+ supernafural. Jusf moving so fasf fhal' I caughf up wifh m self. Hiya, I says, hardly giancing up. Hiya, I rowls back, plowing sfraighf ahead. Ten paces gurfher on somefhing explodes in my head-bofh of me. H Good God, fhaf was me! Raunchy looking creafure. Oughf fo be fouredg-'Wha-a-f am I saying? - I , Sucking up enough courageif- we both furned around and sfared. Righf away I becomes suspicious' so I squinfsidown my nose af me. which, of course, signifies fhaf I am suspicious., Hey, ' I says. Don'f I know you from somewhere? . I II s a lie. I've never been fhere and whaf's more 'I wouIdn'I' have faken if if I had, because if isn I' worfh much. . ' ' Righf away I can see fhis guy is off 'rhe deep end and I sfarfs a pincer movemen'I'. He gefs w.se and brings one up from fhe brogans buf I sabofages if wifh a righf cross. For fwo or fhree seconds fhere are more arms and legs in fhe air fhan fhere are in Minsky's bargain basemenf during a clearance! sale. Then, phfffffff. Someone hifs me wifh fhe flag ole. And iusf when I had my feefh sunk in his arm. Eesf meaf I've fasfed in weeks. Funny, cause I qof feefh marks in my righf arm foo. C'mon fellas fake off fhe shackles, Ieggo my leg, I know my business. Woof! Woof! Woof! - Morfrey

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