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Stories from the Etchings on My Mind, Learning to Fly

December 18, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

THE BEGINNING. Living in the Mid-West in the late 20’s and 30’s, southern Illinois to be specific, our main news source was word of mouth for local news and newspapers […]

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Growing Up

Rambling’s, Memories of Growing Up

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

My parents were married in Nashville, Illinois on 12 Sept. 1917. My brother Charles Hobart was born 26 Oct 1918. I was born 20 Jan. 1921, and my twin brother […]

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Growing Up

Life at Ashley, Illinois 1925-1938

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

My family lived in a seven room frame house on the north end of town. There were six of us; my parents, my older brother, the twins, my brother and […]

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Growing Up

My love affair with the “tall tails!” Flying the Big Bombers

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

How many sweethearts or love affairs can one man have or expect to have in his short life time? How many times can he look at someone or something and […]

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B-36, B-52

Aircraft Vs. Snakes – OR- Snakes on a Plane!

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

We’ve all read stories or have heard of conflicts between aircraft and many different forms of wildlife, but how about SNAKES? Who has ever heard of an aircraft problem with […]

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B-52

Learning to Survive! Strategic Air Command Survival School

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

             Shhhhhhhh! Quiet!! See him there? Down by the road! My two companions froze as we strained to see. It was nearly midnight with only a sliver of moon lighting […]

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B-36, B-52

You Aint Nothing But a Hound Dog! (The Hound Dog Missle)

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

The 1960’s  were  great years. Elvis was king and was constantly  belting out his “hits” and packing more and more  money off to the bank. One song  he made very […]

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B-52

An Unexpected Flying Experience, Decompression!

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

Have you ever been unexpectedly whomped  across  the chest with a club? While at night? While at 36,000 feet? While piloting a B-52 eight engined jet bomber?  Well I was, […]

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B-52

My Life In SAC – The USAF Strategic Air Command

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

“Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrooooooogah” came blasting through the building. It was two o’clock in the morning this time, when that raucous electrifying blasting klaxon horn announced that an aircraft launch message […]

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B-52

The Day I Became A Millionaire

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

THE DAY I BECAME A MILLIONAIRE             How well I remember that day in 1948 when I was given $75,000,000. (yes that’s 75 million dollars) in good old American greenbacks. For […]

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