{"id":1145,"date":"2014-07-03T08:13:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:13:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:13:37","slug":"old-bold-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/old-bold-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Bold Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/old-bold-pilots\/\" data-text=\"The Old Bold Pilots\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>There is a sayingthat there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots. \u00a0Meaning that &#8220;bold&#8221; piloting was risky piloting and therefore precluded a bold pilot&#8217;s reaching \u00a0&#8220;old pilot&#8221; status. \u00a0The statement is not universally true, and these guys are living proof. \u00a0Calling themselves the Old Bold Pilots Association, or OBPA, they number around 330, and every week at the Denny&#8217;s in Oceanside, California sixty or so of them show up for breakfast and a bull session. \u00a0And I would imagine those bull sessions are <em>EPIC<\/em>. \u00a0Though truth be told, most of these guys were young bold military pilots during wartime and were lucky or skilled enough to live through it to old age. \u00a0Some of their stories are shared in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airspacemag.com\/history-of-flight\/tales-old-bold-pilots-180950145\/?utm_source=airandspacenewsletter&amp;no-ist\" target=\"_blank\">Air &amp; Space Magazine article \u00a0entitled Tales of the Old Bold Pilots.<\/a>\u00a0 It started out with a few retired military pilots just getting together to shoot the bull with other guys who had stories to share and it took off from there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1147\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/old-bold-pilots\/oldboldpilots-1100-jpg__800x600_q85_crop\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1147\" class=\"wp-image-1147 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oldboldpilots-1100.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg\" alt=\"oldboldpilots-1100.jpg__800x600_q85_crop\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oldboldpilots-1100.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oldboldpilots-1100.jpg__800x600_q85_crop-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/oldboldpilots-1100.jpg__800x600_q85_crop-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">some of the OBPA in front of the Oceanside Denny&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve know some old military pilots, war veterans &#8211; my father was one. \u00a0The stereotype that these guys are always sitting around reliving their escapades it total fiction. \u00a0They almost never talk about it&#8230;<em>to people who havent experienced it themselves and can&#8217;t relate to it<\/em>, that is. \u00a0My father never told his stories unless his friends came to visit, then the adults would retire to one room and we kids would overhear snippetts if we were even interested enough to eavesdrop. \u00a0Once I was old enough to care, I had to read the stories in old newspaper clippings or hear about them from others who were there.<\/p>\n<p>So whenever these guys get together, their stories can be told and I&#8217;m glad for that. \u00a0Click over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airspacemag.com\/history-of-flight\/tales-old-bold-pilots-180950145\/?no-ist=&amp;page=1&amp;utm_source=airandspacenewsletter\" target=\"_blank\">article to read a few<\/a>, or click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuanaenterprises.com\/wordpress\/?p=6\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> or<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuanaenterprises.com\/wordpress\/?p=27\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a> to read a couple good ones at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cuanaenterprises.com\/blog.php\" target=\"_blank\">Men Out of Work Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet There is a sayingthat there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots. \u00a0Meaning that &#8220;bold&#8221; 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