In article <mkcjidph6f6k7h30jnol8up1198bmchtge@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 19 Jun 2018 13:19:40 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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>>In article <0efiidpi6tl3hcg0doqll9ljr1ddvbf4v4@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>>Miloch, your post on the B-1B ejection system failure resulted in my
>>>coming across this article on the testing of the B-58 Hustler ejection
>>>pods using bears.
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>>>How Americans used drugged BEARS to test ejector seats
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>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2251548/Drugged-strapped-ejector-seat-BEARS-used-fighter-jet-test-pilots-Cold-War.html
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>>That's the advantage of flying helicopters...no parachutes needed...unless you
>>auto-rotate into some power lines...like two of my flight school classmates
>>during a cross country exercise.
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>>Lost their engine and hit some high voltage power lines on the way
>>down...crashed losing both their lives. You could actually hear their screams
>>over the radio just before impact...chilling!
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>Always thought you rotary wing guys had balls of steel!
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The number of student pilots killed in Army flight school was huge...it seemed
like almost every class had someone killed...the class before mine had two
student pilots go down in a large wooded area just off the end of the
runway...yet it took almost two days to find the crash site and retrieve the
bodies!
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