To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Darned hard plane to fly bump.
76 posted on
08/24/2004 4:34:17 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(Who are all these mimes, why are they in the woods, and did you know they taste like chicken?)
To: Darksheare
About 20% of the F-102's crashed from "routine operations" in peacetime...
More F-102/106's were lost than Swift boats.
Overall, roughly 1 in 4 single-engine fighter jet ejection seats were used FOR REAL as the pilot either ejected, was wounded, or was killed in crashes.
80 posted on
08/24/2004 4:46:37 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
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