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Time Flies - Especially for a Top Gun

12/13/2016

11 Comments

 
Time sure does fly! Looking through the veteran's files at the Elgin Military Museum is one of my favourite things. It's a chance to see many of the names and faces of my childhood from an adult point of view. The stories I heard at gatherings on the lawn at our house on Hwy 4 and on the veranda at the cottage at Port Stanley take on a new dimension as I read through the files and move on to the war diaries. Those were the faces that had just come through WW II and before. I expect them to have a 'folder'. 

It is slightly more alarming to come across an item announcing the 1994 retirement of someone who was a friend of my younger brothers at Wellington St. School! As I said, time flies and some are better at it than others. Bruce Robinson had a stellar career in the RCAF and went on to graduate from the US test pilot training school at Edwards Air Force Base in California - a real Top Gun.
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10/30/2024 06:58:51 am

This is truly a great opportunity for me to look back and see a good friend of mine who graduated from my own high-school. We saw each other crossed paths @ Edmonton. I was a GCA controller and did have a chance to bring his Aircraft in a few times in early 80's. I haven't seen him since we both retired 😕. All the best Bruce!!

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    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Research Veterans Collection
  • The Services
    • ARMY >
      • D-Day
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      • The Perfect Man
      • The Kangaroos
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      • Links to Army Stories
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      • HMCS St. Thomas
      • Radar Man
      • Links to Navy Stories
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