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·The video speaks for itself.
Right in the feels...
The video speaks for itself.
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·Saw that. I’m pretty anti Hodinkee these days, but wow, this video is incredibly.
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·Thanks for posting. Enjoyable!
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·Not judging your position, but curious: why anti Hodinkee?
Apologies, don’t want to derail the thread as I think this video is incredible and should be watched and celebrated. But to answer your question, I believe Hodinkee has moved away from pieces like this, true watch journalism, and unbiased reviews that made me a fan to begin with and have moved too far into limited release collaborations and gushing reviews in the name of profits. It’s a business, I get it, but there’s a balance needed to not lose what built you.
Anyway, let’s celebrate the important - this video is stellar work.
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·Apologies, don’t want to derail the thread as I think this video is incredible and should be watched and celebrated. But to answer your question, I believe Hodinkee has moved away from pieces like this, true watch journalism, and unbiased reviews that made me a fan to begin with and have moved too far into limited release collaborations and gushing reviews in the name of profits. It’s a business, I get it, but there’s a balance needed to not lose what built you.
Anyway, let’s celebrate the important - this video is stellar work.
What it must've been like to be on that battlefield. I'm fortunate to not have to have experienced it.
As an aside, here's a (synopsized)story from one of my chapter member who was in Vietnam for Christmas 1970.
It was hot and miserable so a friend of his said, "I have an idea. Meet me at my airplane in ten minutes." The airplane in question was a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog (example below).
The two men got in the airplane and took off. Climbing in a circle over their encampment. They climbed all the way up into the cold air (around 13,000 feet my friend supposes) and "hung out" for a while in their shorts and tank tops. My friend even went so far as to say that it was so cold he was attempting to warm his hands but that it felt so good to be cold for a change just as he would be if he was back home.
The conversation between the two gentlemen was shifting toward the actual task of flying and the interest my friend had about it in his youth. Ultimately, the topic of a spin became the focal point and his pilot buddy spun that bird all the way down to pattern. It was the first time my friend had experienced that maneuver and he never forgot it. He came home and started a freight trucking company with his lovely wife (who makes us cookies for our meetings that are to die for).
Somewhere along the way he became a pilot as a civilian and has enjoyed being a partner in an airplane or two.
Just a neat story from a man I respect and one with whom I am proud to be friends, though we are some 50 years apart.
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·Wau , thank you for sharing this. Absolutely a must see clip. Very moving.
The one thing that outshines Hodinkee and their work on this video is the connection of those men and their story. Outstanding and very moving.
The one thing that outshines Hodinkee and their work on this video is the connection of those men and their story. Outstanding and very moving.
