{"id":370,"date":"2011-09-01T15:16:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=370"},"modified":"2011-09-01T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T15:54:46","slug":"polish-pilots-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/09\/polish-pilots-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Polish Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/09\/Polish_pilots_WWII-ready_for_action.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/09\/Polish_pilots_WWII-ready_for_action-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>DURING WORLD WAR II, Polish pilots in Great Britain were famous for showing off their flying skills. One morning I was returning from a flight test and made the mistake of beginning my landing approach at too low a speed. Just as I crossed the airfield, my plane stalled, dropped from 20 feet onto the landing strip and bounced back into the air. I gave it full throttle but the plane leaned onto its left wing, and I was off the runway. In desperation, I cut all power and applied full right brake. The aircraft swung 180 degrees, back onto the landing strip, tail first. The sturdy P-51 was undamaged. &#8220;Did you see that plane?&#8221; gasped a visiting air commodore. &#8220;Not to worry, sir,&#8221; the RAF commanding officer replied. &#8220;It&#8217;s only one of those crazy Poles trying to show off.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211;Contributed to &#8220;Humor In Uniform&#8221; by Zyg Jelinski<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>Provided Courtesy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/\">Reader\u2019s Digest<\/a><\/strong>. 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