Uri Gil
Uri Gil, born April 9, 1943, is a retired Brigadier General in the Israeli Air Force. In 2007, he was listed as the most senior combat pilot in history in the Guinness World Records.
Biography
Gil was born in Kibbutz Givat Haim, the third of four sons. When he was a boy, Gil thought about becoming a composer because he liked to go to clubs to listen to records. He has said that he never wanted to be a pilot, but rather in an "elite paratrooper unit". Gil stated that he "was forced to go to the tests for the pilot course, which are like a game, so I played along and I was accepted against my will". He had no intention of staying on in regular service, but did so because "we were taught to bear the burden". Gil flew fighter jets, and flew missions in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. Gil eventually became a Squadron Commander (253 Squadron), and retired from regular duty in 1985, but still kept flying for another 18 years until he was 60 years old. Gil's last flight was on June 20, 2003. Gil has set the Guinness World Record for being the longest-flying fighter pilot.
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Argyle
by: Bouncing SoulsI know i'm not a bad guy when i try to do what's right everyone who comes to me don't see my plight. Everything i've ever done all the plans i've had in sight always missed and gone wrong in a way until i gave up and said alright let me alone cuz no one wants to be hanging around with someone messin up like me i guess my way isn't good enough when i try i just keep on wrecking stuff it seems everybody knows but me how to go what to do and where to be everywhere i go they all talk the same they don't even have to try they make me feel so lame friends and jobs have come and gone no matter what i do it goes on and on i wonder if you sometimes feel this way and do you lay awake at the end of the day when i lose everytime i win cuz no one will ever be messin up stuff doing things wrong quite like me no one will ever be like me.