I’ve been so busy at the range or playing golf that I haven’t had a chance to check in and let y’all know I’m still alive and well. Here’s a few news items that I hope you’ll find interesting:

I’ve read about this story from time to time and am still amazed at the audacity and bravery of the mission and the young men asked to carry it out:

The story of the DamBusters is well told, in every form. But we ask that, on 16 and 17 May, you take a moment to imagine you’re one of those young Canadian men hunched in the dark, thundering down a flat expanse of cold, black water, deep in the heart of an evil empire on a moonlit night.

The hills around you are filled with armed men who wish to kill you. Imagine the roaring sound of four Merlin engines thundering at 240 miles per hour, just 60 feet from death. Imagine the flash of tracer fire, the hellish vibration of the Lancaster, the icy air, the explosions, the grim determination, the shaking hands, the stench of sweat, gas, oil and death, the sound of the bomb spinning up beneath you and then releasing, the gut wrenching pull up, the shells and hot metal shrapnel smashing through the thin aluminium skin all around you.

Imagine the steady voice of the bomb aimer in your headset, muffled yet high-pitched from fear. Imagine the Lancaster in front of you exploding as it passes over the dam. Imagine swimming upstream against a flow of deadly tracer, trained on your face, on your body, on your friends. Imagine your family 6,000 miles away. Imagine it was you in the front of that fragile, thin-skinned, yet screaming Lancaster.

Then ask yourself if you have thanked those men enough.

Indeed. Hat tip: Instapundit

This is pathetic. I guantee Iain McGregor would have wanted the event to continue as usual. He died doing what he loved. Could anyone ask for anything less?

I see we’ve got a TopGolf coming to Scottsdale. I can’t wait to try it out!

If this story is true, it is sickening. I don’t care if your passions run liberal left or conservative right, but family members ought to be out of bounds. What is wrong with society today?