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On 10/1/2015 10:04 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>
>> On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's a better size! Sorry about that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>
>> 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....
>
I didn't have that problem - I was airborne artillery!
:-)
> 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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