On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:18:47 GMT, "bumper"
wrote:


"Kemp" wrote in message
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Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

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Kemp


Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

I think a couple of German pilots succumbed that way early on in soaring's
history.

A Marine pilot named William Rankin spent over half an hour in a Cb
after punching out of an F8U in 1959. He lived to write an interesting
book about it called "The Man Who Rode the Thunder"...I believe it's
out of print.

rj