>On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
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>>>> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
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>>>> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
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>>> Here's a better size! Sorry about that.
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>> Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.
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>> I have landed on a Nimitz class carrier, as a passenger, in an E-2C during heavy seas. What a beast! Feels
>> like you are going to sink the ship when you hit the deck and then you feel like the aircraft is going to be
>> pulled apart when you catch the arrestor cable!
>>
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>One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
>managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!
>
I was fortunate, I only had to use a chute as part of my marine aviation training, as I remember it was
mandatory before they would let us train in the T-2 Buckeyes, but that was a long time ago. I cannot imagine
being part of Airborne infantry for a living....
What was that famous line from Band of Brothers:
"2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
No thank you.
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