Nice!
CAP keeps an airplane on the airport over at the WMU terminal. We're working to get them to keep it in our hangar.
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Random Griz Aviation Musings
- Thread starter Griz882
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Nice!
CAP keeps an airplane on the airport over at the WMU terminal. We're working to get them to keep it in our hangar.
Well boys & girls, looks like it’s gonna be a HAMMS night…I’m buying. ???
If I was at work I would have invited you to our squadron bar. The prices are way better.
How long are you in town for? Are you staying at the BOQ on Ft Custer?
The DTS machine has me in the shittiest hotel in Battle Creek! Departing Sunday AM and meetings Sat at Custer!
I like to think I'm well traveled and somewhat worldly, but I can honestly say I've never heard of HAMMS beer.
You learn something new on this site everyday. ?
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Oh no…that picture is from Custer’s First Stand…correct? I did a few ARNG course at Custer - lost too much blood to the mosquitoes. Why is the CAP sending you to Custer for meetings rather than the ANG base?
Close your eyes and imagine an American Indian drum beat…
Dum dum dum dum…dum dum dum dum..
Now strong-voiced men sing..
“From the land of sky blue waters (waters),
From the land of pines, lofty balsams,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamm's, the beer refreshing.
Brewed where nature works her wonders,
From the land of sky blue waters (waters),
From the land of pines, lofty balsams,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamm's, the beer refreshing.”
Hammmmm’s.”
At some point a cartoon bear hands you a crappy beer.
I saw that commercial so many times that the song is etched into my mind. I can remember a few cigarette commercials as well…if you’re interested.
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A/C Wings Here
Fancy, Top right column used to be standard selection.
My dad was a Coor’s guy. He occasionally flew from NAS Dallas to Colorado to grab a bunch. Apparently there was an altitude where you could cool the beer with lasting results. Too high, you had a frozen mess…too low you got stanky, warm beer. Precision aviation.
Back when I was attending Airman Apprentice training at NTC San Diego during the summer 1984, they had beer machines next to the on base laundromat…IIRC, they were $1.00 for your choice of Bud, Michelob, MGD, and a few other choices. It was a great find when you are 19 years old.
I actually had an opportunity after my last year of college, while waiting for word on acceptance to Air Force OCS (a whole story in and of itself, which I've written about in previous threads years ago) to drive a truck for a local Hamm's distributor. I opted to continue working for Rudy Frasca and Frasca Aviation (now Frasca International), whom I had been working for part time my last couple of years of school.
My old man was from Southern Indiana, and Falls City was the gold standard of the 60's and 70's in that area, I believe...I think it was the first beer I tasted as a youngster, when asking dad for a sip of his beer, and then making a face like I just bit into a lemon ?.
The Falls City brand has since been resurrected in Louisville as a micro- brew.