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'ABC News Reporter Has Logged F-15E Combat Hours'

I got a chance to ride the jumpseat of a KC-135 into O'Hare at night while I was in the ANG. If my memory serves correct we were coming back from Andrews AFB after doing an antenna job there. The pilots of the 108th ARS were always good to us in that respect. The one thing I will always remember is all the lights on and around the runway and wondering at the time how they knew where to turn off. It was long before my flight simming days so I had no idea what they all meant. From FS and actually working on 9L/27R replacing the lights back in 2000, I, obviously, have a much better understanding. The work on the runway was at night and it was still tough to figure out where you were going sometimes. I caught some jetwash one time after waiting for a UPS plane to taxi across the access road then pulled out behind it too soon. A food service truck actually broadsided a plane crossing the access road one night. Those big planes aren't as easy to see at night as you might think. I drove up on a 747 being taxied to the hanger by a mechanic. Scared the crap out of me. :icon_eek:
 
Wing_Z said:
I had the pleasure of one of those...with a severe head cold.
I was in the back and nobody informed us, next thing the plane tilted, and my Eustachian tubes were pressurizing on the wrong side.
A little before touchdown, I wondered whether my eardrums would blow out before my sinuses exploded like ripe tomatoes.
I considered unscrewing my head and tossing it overboard, as an alternative.

Wonder what the descent rate might be in those maneuvers?
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In a C-130 type, generally no more than 1,000 FPM, 2,000 VVI max. But when you start it at 10,000 feet AGL, it doesn't take long to reach 1,000 AGL for the downwind pattern.

Ken
 
Panther_99FS said:
:icon_lol: No....but here's the deal....
I had been waiting for about 2 days or so to get a flight out of Udeid to a remote base....Well, I finally got a flight & was the last to get on the aircraft....Well, all the other PAX looked at me and gave me the Forrest Gump "Taken" look as I searched for a place to sit....So, upon seeing that seating was tight, the loadmaster said..."Hey, you wanna go sit up on the flight deck :ques:..."....And I was like "HECK YES!!!!"

(I wanted to give all the other PAX the "one finger salute" as I went up to the flight deck but I resisted..:d)
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NICE!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes it pays to be last
 
jmig said:
I don't see her any different than the embedded reporter of a ground unit who "tries" to stay out of direct fire from the enemy.
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That makes a bit more sense when you put it like that.
 
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