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| August 18, 2003
| Michael Abrams
Posted on 08/18/2003 12:26:00 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:09:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: SERE_DOC
Ah Ft Benning where the Army takes 6 hours of training and crams it into 3 weeks. Radio training session 1: Push to talk.
Radio training session 2: Release to listen.
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:04:16 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
To: dogbrain
(old man voice) 1.5 miles an hour is too durn-fangled fast, yah kid yah! Stay off my lawn, yah! (waving fist)
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:04:39 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: Bubba_Leroy
If God wanted man to fly he would have given him a pea sized brain!
To: Erasmus
Uh-oh, YBMTI.Yellow Butter Melts Toward Incinerator?
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:05:29 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: fish hawk
If God wanted man to fly he would have given him a pea sized brain!So what you're saying is, G-d wants liberals to fly.
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:06:10 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: fish hawk
So what you are saying is that God only wants democRATs to fly?
To: Lazamataz
Damn, you beat me to it.
To: Bubba_Leroy
Damn, you beat me to it.(blows smoke off my keyboard and puts it back in my holster)
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:10:11 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: Lazamataz
"The Segue is about as risky as I am getting, pal."Riding a Segway is dorky-looking enough, why would you wear wings too? Hmmmmmm?
To: Bubba_Leroy
To Infinity....And Beyond!
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:19:10 PM PDT
by
ko_kyi
To: Erasmus
Student: Sergeant, after we leave the aircraft, how long do we have to open our chute?
Wait for it....
Sergeant: The rest of your life, son.
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:28:19 PM PDT
by
NerdDad
To: Bubba_Leroy
To: Bubba_Leroy
Oh boy! A whole NEW way to die!
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:38:00 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: Bubba_Leroy
Me too, that looks like it'd be a blast.
I'm already working towards a date with a parachute, by the time I can do it hopefully these will be common. Woo Hoo
Yhwhsman
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posted on
08/18/2003 2:37:31 PM PDT
by
yhwhsman
("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Bubba_Leroy
"It's like an arrow." Bull's-eye. Hmmm. Replace the parachute with a C-4 pak. Stand-off distance is how far? Drop one Islamakazi from the plane XX distance from the target--say a nuke plant--you have just made a cruise missile with next to no radar cross-section to fulfill the ambitions of those who wish our destruction.
If some halfwit computer geek can dream up this scenario upon seeing the article, you can bet smarter people than me with more nefarious ambitions have already seen the possibilities too.
On a more personal note: I'd want to see how this thing bleeds off airspeed. I've had the honor of flying a couple times in USAF trainer jets. The parachute is strapped on very tightly at the crotch. I've had the added honor of discussing the opening of said chutes with those who have been unfortunate enough to have to use them. The jolt on the nuggets when the chute opens is described as somewhat unpleasant(/understatement). Based on that anectodal evidence, I would bet that opening a chute at 186 mph would create 2 to 3 separate parts from what was a happy flyer.
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:14:26 PM PDT
by
NerdDad
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