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StarLifter bids farewell before being put on ice
The Press [Christchurch, New Zealand] ^
| February 7 2005
| Kim Thomas
Posted on 02/06/2005 12:47:05 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: AMNZ; Aeronaut; Brian Allen; concordKIWI; Piquaboy; cajun-jack; cynicom
To: shaggy eel
Forty-seven United States Air Force staff flew out on a C-141 yesterday – also taking leave of Christchurch and their involvement with the Antarctic programme.' Inference being that we're totally abandoning federal involvement with McMurdo and Scott, or the entire continent?
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:50:20 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Let's get the Insurrection started, already..............)
To: blackie
,,, your own exclusive "ping".
To: Viking2002
The C-141s had been replaced by the newer, larger and more comfortable C-17 aircraft. ,,, read it slower.
To: shaggy eel
Had the "pleasure" of flying 141s a few times. Great aircraft, but noisy and cold in the back.
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:53:56 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: shaggy eel
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:54:13 PM PST
by
blackie
To: Hank Rearden
,,, well, here's the replacement for the long hauls.
To: shaggy eel
it was not the most comfortable of rides
I hope the thing at least had a heater...
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:57:33 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Boxer, Pelosi, Thomas...the ultimate nightmare Menage a Quatro)
To: shaggy eel
It was the Air Force personnel that threw me off.
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:57:41 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Let's get the Insurrection started, already..............)
To: shaggy eel
C-17 Globemaster III:
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posted on
02/06/2005 12:58:44 PM PST
by
blackie
To: Viking2002
,,, I see. They're a group of staff returning to the US. More will take their place. I've got a photo on my desk of my son from a couple of years ago. He's standing in front of the US Antarctic Research Program building in Christchurch. They're there for the long term, I'm sure.
To: ErnBatavia
,,, around 1pm or so on Sundays, if the sky's clear we see these things coming in from the north east Pacific, over Wellington.
To: shaggy eel
around 1pm or so on Sundays
Well, it's 1pm on Sunday, and I don't see anything other than a roadrunner in the backyard...
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posted on
02/06/2005 1:08:08 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Boxer, Pelosi, Thomas...the ultimate nightmare Menage a Quatro)
To: ErnBatavia
,,, well, it's 10,10am Monday here and any gun I can get my hands on won't hit that road runner from here.
To: Hank Rearden
So did I and most of the time I flew on it I sat in the jump seats. Man was not made to fly sideways on lawn furniture!!
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posted on
02/06/2005 1:19:45 PM PST
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: ops33
Man was not made to fly sideways on lawn furniture!!Yeah, and if you had lawn furniture that uncomfortable you would throw it away!
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posted on
02/06/2005 1:30:25 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: USNBandit
I flew from Tinker AFB in Oklahoma on a C-141 to an airbase in Oman during the PGW. Total flying time was over 36 hours. My backside was numb for a week after that flight.
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posted on
02/06/2005 1:37:26 PM PST
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: shaggy eel
and any gun I can get my hands on won't hit that road runner from here.I'm surprised that Helen let's you have any at all.
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02/06/2005 1:50:01 PM PST
by
Aeronaut
(You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. -- Amelia Earhart)
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