Monday, June 5, 2017

A Great PSA Ad.. "Don't Mess With Texas". or the Confederate Air Force.



This ad was posted in the comments on THIS MOONBATTERY post.

Enjoy this ad from 1991:








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  2. The Confederate Air Force sadly caved to the PC crowd and voted too change their name to the Commemorative Air Force in 2001. Still, that is an awesome commercial and the CAF is an awesome organization.

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    1. Beat me too it, although I don't think the CAF is an awesome organization since they caved to the PC crowd.

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    2. I spoke with a member at an air show about this topic, several years ago. He pointed out that their corporate sponsors were being pressured by shareholders to drop funding because of the name, and corporate sponsorship is the lion's share of the CAF operating budget. By that time, they were "Confederate" in name only, dropping the Rebel flag from insignias and memorabilia. (I have one of their "blood chit" patches, with US and Texas flags displayed.)

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    3. A similar outfit called Flying Legends of Victory brought a B-17 *and maybe a P-51) up to a WWII re-enactment last year at Linden, TN. They'll take you up, but it is pricey. One of my friends who is a pilot got to ride left seat a few years ago (I think it was, but not sure if it was the CAF's though) and "took the stick" for ten minutes. I almost paid the money for the back in the nineties when my son was young for a ride, but didn't for some reason or another. The CAF has been coming to Pryor Field in Decatur for a while.

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  3. I gots the sadz when they changed their name, BUT...I still kick some coin their way each year to keep Fifi in the air.

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  4. I still get goose bumps when I see that.

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  5. Oh my God .... you used the word Confederate .... you racissss bastard !

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