[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Buzz Patterson [@BuzzPatterson](/creator/twitter/BuzzPatterson) on x 468.8K followers Created: 2025-07-23 20:34:17 UTC Another flying story. We were flying an Air Force US Embassy support mission. Charleston, SC, to Bermuda, Dakar, Kinshasa, Nairobi, Johannesburg, etc. We laid over in Kinshasa. Nice hotel. It was Elvis’s birthday, apparently. The hotel had a “disco.” My copilot, Jim Philips, and I thought we’d investigate and find a beer. Jim died recently. RIP. Great dude. The guy could fly. He grew up crop dusting with his dad. So, we went to the disco to check it out. They had pictures of Elvis everywhere. It was weird. Had a Zairean beer and went to back to our rooms and went to bed. The next morning, we were preflighting our C-141 to fly home to Charleston. I did the walk around prior to departure. Got back to the cockpit and Jim had posted Elvis pictures all over the cockpit. On the fire handles, the throttles, windscreen, everything. I laughed my ass off. That was Jim. We made it home in-spite of Elvis…and Jim. RIP, buddy! See you in Valhalla! XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [philips](/topic/philips) [laid](/topic/laid) [nairobi](/topic/nairobi) [bermuda](/topic/bermuda) [air force](/topic/air-force) [$pdco](/topic/$pdco) [Post Link](https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/1948119497803501801)
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Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson on x 468.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-23 20:34:17 UTC
Another flying story.
We were flying an Air Force US Embassy support mission. Charleston, SC, to Bermuda, Dakar, Kinshasa, Nairobi, Johannesburg, etc.
We laid over in Kinshasa. Nice hotel. It was Elvis’s birthday, apparently. The hotel had a “disco.” My copilot, Jim Philips, and I thought we’d investigate and find a beer. Jim died recently. RIP. Great dude. The guy could fly. He grew up crop dusting with his dad.
So, we went to the disco to check it out. They had pictures of Elvis everywhere. It was weird. Had a Zairean beer and went to back to our rooms and went to bed.
The next morning, we were preflighting our C-141 to fly home to Charleston. I did the walk around prior to departure. Got back to the cockpit and Jim had posted Elvis pictures all over the cockpit. On the fire handles, the throttles, windscreen, everything.
I laughed my ass off. That was Jim.
We made it home in-spite of Elvis…and Jim.
RIP, buddy! See you in Valhalla!
XXXXX engagements
