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To: Tennessee_Bob
I was about to use that example, along with a couple of Tomcat incidents.
15 posted on 05/06/2005 8:53:55 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Pukin Dog

He'd been at Nellis (where I was stationed) shortly before the crash. Told his ground troops to be at such and such location at a specific time because he was going to fly the notch in the ridge. There's video tape from that occasion. He comes screaming up the hillside, maybe a max of fifty feet off the deck and blows through this notch in the ridgeline. We saw footage from the guys he flew over - you could count the rivets in the panels, before they got blown down by jet wash - the other video is from a high point on the notch, looking down on the top of the aircraft. He was good - but he was arrogant - and it cost him his life, and the life of his crew.


45 posted on 05/06/2005 10:18:33 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
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