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Old Airborne?
« on: November 19, 2008, 07:16:31 AM »
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2008, 08:04:37 AM »
I thought ducks could fly on their own.  I liked making Daffy do a face plant in the sand.
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2008, 09:55:00 AM »


      Ha!Ha! I was TEN for TEN Misses that is! ::) Now we knw why I wasn't in Airborne. :D
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2008, 11:41:02 AM »
This is why I never thought about jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft.
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2008, 12:02:57 PM »
Amen to that Bobby ;D
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2008, 12:22:03 PM »
It takes a special person to jump out of a sound A/C they seem to be missing the point about an airplane, it flys!
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2008, 01:14:39 PM »
4/10 second time around, could of been better but failed to open the chute in time once. Airborne division here I come
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2008, 02:33:07 PM »
WAY to OCD for this kind of game.  Could get 7/10 most of the time (after, um a FEW practice runs).

Even when the wind WAS helping, #8 was impossible!   >:(

Thanks for the distraction.  Now I have to work late!

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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2008, 04:36:45 PM »
Can you say "plummet"? 
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2008, 06:04:34 PM »
Quote from: Demon67 on November 19, 2008, 12:22:03 PM
It takes a special person to jump out of a sound A/C they seem to be missing the point about an airplane, it flys!
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I had a friend who was a Phantom driver in Nam. He was a Wild Weasel which was the perhaps the most hazardous fixed wing duty. During his flight training they had just eliminated the ejection seat training since they were losing too many guys to injuries. They told them to just pull the handles and leave the rest to the Lord.
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2008, 06:44:26 PM »
Quote from: BobbyR on November 19, 2008, 06:04:34 PM
Quote from: Demon67 on November 19, 2008, 12:22:03 PM
It takes a special person to jump out of a sound A/C they seem to be missing the point about an airplane, it flys!
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I had a friend who was a Phantom driver in Nam. He was a Wild Weasel which was the perhaps the most hazardous fixed wing duty. During his flight training they had just eliminated the ejection seat training since they were losing too many guys to injuries. They told them to just pull the handles and leave the rest to the Lord.


          Amen to that Bobby. Just reach up, grab those 2 loops above your head, pull and tuck your elbows in. The rest of the trip IS up to the Lord! ;)

      Oh, and Pray that your Crew Chief pulled those "Safety Pins" (that are installed after the plane lands, and before the pilot attempts to get out of the acft. :-\
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2008, 06:59:54 PM »
God bless Crew Chiefs. Without them more of us would have died.
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2008, 03:51:25 AM »
got it a couple of times
takes alot of guts to jump out of a perfectly good airplane
didn't one guy jump at 100k feet?
he had a suit and everything
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2008, 06:09:59 AM »
I did 4 out of 40, I guess I am not Airborne Material.
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Re: Old Airborne?
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2008, 06:32:15 AM »
Yeah really different working on an operational SQDN, aircrew doesn't prod the ground crew too much and ground crew feels a responsibility for the bird people, ruins their reputation if they lose to many.
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