Bent Corner

This is what happens when an Australian General Dynamics F-111 hits a 30 lb pelican at 340 mph. Ouch!

When I was stationed in the Philippines and assigned to the 3rd Tac Fighter Wing and on a deployment to Korea, we had one of our F-4E’s hit by a goose. Maybe it was a duck. I don’t remember. I’m supporised there was even enough of it afterwards to make any kind of identification. It hit the aircraft between the port intake and the fuselage. It ripped a hole right through the aircraft. The aircrew was able to bring the F-4 back, but I don’t think it ever flew again. Maybe it did. I don’t remember. I just remember the carnage.

Make sure to check out this site where there are more pics of this F-111.

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A rattlesnake rancher in the fine state of Texas that goes by the name of Bayou Bob has been placed under arrest for selling bottles of vodka that included a baby rattlesnake floating in each bottle. Though he remembered to give himself a dumb name, he forgot to get a state liquor license.

He claimed the concoction was an “ancient Asian elixir.”

He might be right. When I was young, dumb, and in the Air Force, the first time I went to Korea I had to drink a shot of something called SnakeJu. It came from a large bottle of Soju, a very potent Korean version of vodka that had a dead snake floating in it.

To be honest, I forgot all about this chapter in my life. Don’t get me wrong. I remember going to Korea. I was somehow able to block out the memory of drinking a shot of snakeju. Until now.

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