On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo

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On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
>
> Ri©ardo
>

Here's a better size! Sorry about that.

Ri©ardo

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On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:18:49 +0100, Ri©ardo > wrote:
>
>> On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
>>> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>
>>> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
>>>
>>> Ri©ardo
>>>
>>
>> Here's a better size! Sorry about that.
>>
>
> Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.
>
> I have landed on a Nimitz class carrier, as a passenger, in an E-2C during heavy seas. What a beast! Feels
> like you are going to sink the ship when you hit the deck and then you feel like the aircraft is going to be
> pulled apart when you catch the arrestor cable!
>

One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!

;-)

Ri©ardo

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=Riardo?= > wrote in

> One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
> managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!
>
> ;-)
>
> Ri©ardo
>



I,ll raise a pint to that !

Ri©ardo wrote:
> On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
>> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>
>> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
>>
>> Ri©ardo
>>
>
> Here's a better size! Sorry about that.
>
> Ri©ardo
>
>
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>
Hm. I don't know much about aircraft design, but that seems a lot of
vertical tail surface. I wonder if they had stability issues with the
radar on top?

On 10/1/2015 10:04 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:46:08 +0100, Ri©ardo > wrote:
>
>> On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:18:49 +0100, Ri©ardo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
>>>>> On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ri©ardo
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's a better size! Sorry about that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.
>>>
>>> I have landed on a Nimitz class carrier, as a passenger, in an E-2C during heavy seas. What a beast! Feels
>>> like you are going to sink the ship when you hit the deck and then you feel like the aircraft is going to be
>>> pulled apart when you catch the arrestor cable!
>>>
>>
>> One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
>> managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!
>>
>
> I was fortunate, I only had to use a chute as part of my marine aviation training, as I remember it was
> mandatory before they would let us train in the T-2 Buckeyes, but that was a long time ago. I cannot imagine
> being part of Airborne infantry for a living....
>

I didn't have that problem - I was airborne artillery!

:-)

Ri©ardo

> What was that famous line from Band of Brothers:
>
> "2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
> Richard Winters: We’re paratroopers, Lieutenant. We’re supposed to be surrounded."
>
> No thank you.
>


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