---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 04/25/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:45 AM - Re: Re: Commander Crash (Nico van Niekerk) 2. 05:16 AM - Re: Re: Commander Crash (Andrew & Bridget Watson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:45:03 AM PST US From: "Nico van Niekerk" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Re: Commander Crash --> Commander-List message posted by: "Nico van Niekerk" It's the wierdest thing, Andrew. I don't find any pics on the photoshare. There's just a bunch of stuff from the other lists, but nothing from the Commander list. I did not receive a pic of Hotel Mike. Other folks also sent pics to photoshare and I cannot find them either. Thanks Nico Tomorrow should be better. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew & Bridget Watson" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Re: Commander Crash > --> Commander-List message posted by: Andrew & Bridget Watson > > > > > The Bible says, "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing > some > > people have entertained angels without knowing it." > > > > Nico > > > > Isn't that the truth! The Lord moves in mysterious ways indeed. Hope your > day is better tomorrow, Nico. > > I forget whether I sent you a picture of Hotel Mike - anyway, if I did, > forget this note, if I didn't, then it is on Matronics photoshare. > > Regards, > Andrew. > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:16:53 AM PST US From: Andrew & Bridget Watson Subject: Re: Commander-List: Re: Commander Crash --> Commander-List message posted by: Andrew & Bridget Watson > It's the wierdest thing, Andrew. I don't find any pics on the photoshare. > There's just a bunch of stuff from the other lists, but nothing from the > Commander list. Hi Nico, Actually it is from the Beech List. Recent Feb 22 2003 Andrew Watson Beech V35A with twin Browning Machine Guns Beech A lot of Rhodesian pilots had their aircraft modified and used them as part of the Police Reserve Airwing - I remember seeing Cessna 182's and 206's with guns firing out the back doors. Others dropped grenades out the window - if they wanted a ground burst they put the grenade in a beer glass, pin removed of course; the glass held handle closed. The grenade was taped in the glass so it wouldn't fall out - when the glass hit the ground it broke, the handle flew off and the grenade exploded. A guy from South West Africa by the name of Max Grobelaar (spelling?) had an unusual rig with grenades in a tube in his Cherokee 235 which Dad copied and built for Hotel Mike. Peter Dahl from Peters Motel in Beit Bridge did the modification to the Bonanza floor and we were able to drop 3 or 5 grenades from the aircraft. (Peter Dahl was also famous for restoring that Staggerwing ZS-PWD which was originally owned by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Peter sold it to Bobby Ewing, who sold it to somebody in the US in the mid 1980's. Don't know if you remember Peter or Bobby. The only other Staggerwing that I knew of in SA was ZS-AJT - owned by Andrew Torr - I went to St Andrew's College in Grahamstown with his son.) One thing about the Rhodesians and their sanction busting efforts - we sure used whatever we could. The Rhodesian Airforce armed Siai Marchetti SF260's - the Genet, Cessna 337's - the Lynx, as well as some old Vampires, Hunters, and Canberras. Hope your day is good. Andrew.