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RAAF tanker pushes the envelope to rescue crippled US Hornet over Iraq
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| 30th October 2015
Posted on 10/29/2015 4:45:36 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: MARKUSPRIME
Just like Vietnam with the Magpies (B-57 Canberras).
To: Portcall24
I remember in his book, Chuck Yeager liked flying the B-57. If I recall it took something like a shotgun shell to start the engines.
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posted on
10/29/2015 6:45:08 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: naturalman1975
Bravo and well done to all the aircrew. Thanks mate!
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posted on
10/29/2015 6:56:49 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: yarddog
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posted on
10/29/2015 6:57:54 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
To: yarddog
I sure did. When I was controlling at Portcall all the B-57’s were flying out of Phan Rang. Our B-57s were the 8th and 13th Bomb Group. They were the Redbirds and Yellowbirds. They flew single ship at night north and hit the Ho Chi Minh trail.
To: CrazyIvan; Portcall24
Thanks, that is interesting.
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posted on
10/29/2015 7:04:13 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: naturalman1975
To: naturalman1975
Strange... 2 weeks ago I recall reading an account of a similar situation involving an F-4. I would never be able to refind that link... I will try though.
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posted on
10/29/2015 7:26:27 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
10/29/2015 7:28:42 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: naturalman1975
Thank God for Australia...I know you guys got your own problems, but you sure seem like a sane country.
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posted on
10/29/2015 7:38:32 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: exit82
"...We can always rely on the folks Down Under..."Yep.
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posted on
10/29/2015 7:39:36 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: naturalman1975
There is a crazy story a Phantom burning one engine like this and the tanker actually towing the thing.
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posted on
10/30/2015 1:44:49 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
To: Rodamala
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posted on
10/30/2015 1:45:31 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
To: yarddog
“If I recall it took something like a shotgun shell to start the engines”
Reminds me of the plane from the great Jimmy Stewart film Flight of the Phoenix.
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posted on
10/30/2015 2:34:43 AM PDT
by
DAC21
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