Talk:Robin Olds

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In SEA his mustache was a "bullet-proof" mustache--Air Force pilots by the hundreds sported them. It was only back in the US that it became a "mark of his individuality."--Buckboard 12:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Olds as first Vetnam Ace?

Several sources claim that Olds intentionally avoided shooting down a fifth MiG, even during opportunities to do so, because he believed he would be immediately relieved of command as a celebrity.^[1] Buckboard

I think there is a lot of validity to this. Some even venture he may have gotten a fifth and did not claim it. I witnessed him being asked the question and he just grinned. HJ 11:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey there, HJ. I agree with you completely. I'm going to go through my basement full of sources and see what else I can dig up on the matter (some of my stuff goes back to the 60's), and put together something documentable of at least the possibility.--Buckboard 16:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Olds' Health Failing=

I just learned today, Mar. 8, '07, that Robin Olds is in the intensive care ward of the Steamboat Springs Hospital with stage 4 prostate cancer, and his kidneys are failing fast - not expected to make it out of this one. His life has been the epitiome of fighting against the odds, though. God bless him. ----Raybonz1 16:09, 8 Mar 2007

[edit] Something I didn't know...

Someone might want to add something about this [1] (or I might do it, but it might be a while till I get around to it) . Apparently he was arrested and plead guilty to drunk driving charges a few years ago. I know, bad timing, what with him in the hospital right now, but nonetheless, something that should go in here. Articles aren't shrines...-- Nobunaga24 14:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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