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10 January 2002, 04:37 PM

Dear JC,
Would you like to read Cook's record? Then please refer to the appendix in Rickenbacker's

FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS, where the exploits of Cook are there, confirmed, dates and places and times, for all to see...
I know that this book has come under attack for being ghostwritten, and that some forumites doubt some of Rickenbacker's claims... well, here is the record, and, at my last perusal of Webster's, confirmed meant just that, CONFIRMED.
I believe that Cook IS mentioned by name in this book: Rick talks of some pilots being specialists in balloon-busting-- I'll find the passage and get back to it...
Why not purchase this edition? It's a reproduction of the original, from photographic plates, and it's available from Edward Hamilton Booksellers (check EDWARDHAMILTON.com), and it's only about $6... It really is a MAGNIFICENT edition!
Why not do what I do, and, for inspiration, read Rickenbacker's autobiography? Works for me...
And JC, don't ever, ever give up-- the more I read about Cook, the Balloon Buster of the 94th, the more I come to admire this man and patriot...
VBR,
Captain "Chips" Lewis
PS Why not check into who financed the campaigns of some of those "less enthusiastic" politicians-- any money from any Islamic groups? Oh, may God help me, I'm "profiling"!
PPS Er, sorry... make that "May Allah, the Compassionate, help me."

10 January 2002, 04:37 PM	#28 (permalink)
CaptainLewis Guest Posts: n/a	Dear JC, Would you like to read Cook's record? Then please refer to the appendix in Rickenbacker's FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS, where the exploits of Cook are there, confirmed, dates and places and times, for all to see... I know that this book has come under attack for being ghostwritten, and that some forumites doubt some of Rickenbacker's claims... well, here is the record, and, at my last perusal of Webster's, confirmed meant just that, CONFIRMED. I believe that Cook IS mentioned by name in this book: Rick talks of some pilots being specialists in balloon-busting-- I'll find the passage and get back to it... Why not purchase this edition? It's a reproduction of the original, from photographic plates, and it's available from Edward Hamilton Booksellers (check EDWARDHAMILTON.com), and it's only about $6... It really is a MAGNIFICENT edition! Why not do what I do, and, for inspiration, read Rickenbacker's autobiography? Works for me... And JC, don't ever, ever give up-- the more I read about Cook, the Balloon Buster of the 94th, the more I come to admire this man and patriot... VBR, Captain "Chips" Lewis PS Why not check into who financed the campaigns of some of those "less enthusiastic" politicians-- any money from any Islamic groups? Oh, may God help me, I'm "profiling"! PPS Er, sorry... make that "May Allah, the Compassionate, help me."