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Quite funny!

Too bad the story has one big flaw:  Messerschmitts werent invented and
used until WWII :-)

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Eric
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Kent McLean said:
> Eric S wrote:
>> Fokkers, all of you.
>
> Shortly after World War I, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker was
> touring England and was asked to speak at the graduation
> ceremony of a prestigious girl's school.  Wanting to leave
> them with a lesson in life, he gave a talk about courage,
> using a tale from his time as a WWI flying ace.
>
> "We were on our way back to the airfield. My engine was
> losing oil pressure. From behind us, coming out of the
> sun, were 3 German Fokkers."
>
> The Dean of Students, wanting to make sure the girls
> learned the lesson, interrupted. "Girls, a Fokker is
> a German triplane. That means it has three wings."
>
> Rickenbacker continued, "That's true ma'am. But in this
> case, those Fokkers were Messerschmitts."
>
> :-)
>
> Kent
>
>
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