>>13000840
did moar digging on Kalitta Bush sr
2nd hit check this out.
Old pilots bragging on forums
pulled out relevant part but worth a read in entirety
>https://archive.vn/ACuTd#selection-3049.8-3073.60
Got this today from L-19 driver >>>>>>>>>>>
Sent: Thu, Dec 3, 2009 12:34 pm
Subject: Bill Lear's son John….( What a read )
Bill Lear's son John….( What a read )
Lear gave this talk on July 9th, 2004 to a group of fellow pilots in
Las Vegas." Each month one pilot in the group gives a 15 minute talk on his career.
John Lear on John Lear
One of the anguishes of advancing age is losing old friends. The
upside of that, though, is that I get to tell the story my way.
I learned to fly at Clover Field in Santa Monica when I was 14.
However before I got to get in an actual airplane Dad made me take 40 hours
of Link with Charlie Gress. I can't remember what I did yesterday but I
guarantee you I could still shoot a 90 degree, Fade-out or Parallel radio
range orientation.
When I turned 16 I had endorsements on my student license for an
Aero Commander 680E and Cessna 310.
…
All this, of course was just a cover for our real missionswhich was
all kinds of nefarious gun running throughout Europe and Africa which we did
in our spare time.
And now that our beloved 40th president has passed on I can tell you
that in fact (with my apologies to Michael Reagan) '''the October Surprise was
true. The October surprise for those of you that don't remember happened
during October of 1980 when Reagan and Bush were running against Carter and
Mondale George Bush was flown in a BAC 111 one Saturday night to Paris to
meet with theAyatollah Khomeini. Bush offered the Khomeini a deal whereby
if he would delay the release of the hostages held in Tehran until Reagans
inauguration, the administration would supply unlimited guns and ammunition
to the Iranians.'''
In order to get Bush back for a Sunday morning brunch so that nobody
would be alerted to his absence he was flown back in an SR-71 from Reims
field near Paris to McGuire AFB.
Of course Reagan won, the hostages were released and one of my jobs
in Cairowas to deliver those arms from Tel Aviv to Tehran.
…
After getting fired from ATA in July of 1989 I became a freight dog
flying DC-8's for Rosenbalm Aviation which became Flagship Express and after
that airline collapsed I was hired as Chief pilot for Patriot Airlines out
of Stead Field in Reno , flying cargo 727's from Miami to South America .
After getting fired from PatriotI went to work for Connie Kalitta flying
DC-8s then the L-1011 on which I was a check airman. '''Kalitta sold out to
Kitty Hawk International which went bankrupt in May of2000.'''