[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl Kite,

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 12:54 PM 8/10/2012, J. Forster wrote:
>These are great kites. You need leather gloves to hold the string. They
>fly very well.

Yes, they do!   Reminds me when we flew one from our Tin Can on its
way back across the Atlantic from the Med.

(in response to the EMO (electronics maintenance officer) suggesting we
check out our emergency radio gear instead of sitting around the ET
shop!)

The ship was in it's 4 ship squadron formation and doing 20+ knots.

Boy, was he sorry!  (and the Flagship commodore who saw the whole thing) :-)

Ah, the memories.   A great funny story, but too long to be repeated here.

Perry  w8au