LibHawk Down

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:39:41 -0800, "gatt"
wrote in :

"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.




Follow up: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1349495

No one was injured, Kerry said. The senators and their delegation
returned to Bagram Air Base in a motor convoy, and left for Turkey.
They had been visiting some foward firebases in Afghanistan before the
emergency landing.

"The weather closed in on us," Kerry said. "It went pretty blind,
pretty fast and we were around some pretty dangerous ridges. So the
pilot exercised his judgment that we were better off putting down
there, and we all agreed."

Kerry said the lawmakers were lucky because there happened to be a
road nearby.

"We sat up there and traded stories," Kerry joked. "We were going to
send Biden out to fight the Taliban with snowballs, but we didn't have
to do it."

Added Kerry: "Other than getting a little cold, it was fine."

"We were fine," said Kerry. "The pilots were outstanding. The military
handled it superbly ... It was as clean and as smooth as any landing
anywhere."

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

"The weather closed in on us," Kerry said. "It went pretty blind,
pretty fast and we were around some pretty dangerous ridges. So the
pilot exercised his judgment that we were better off putting down
there, and we all agreed."

I hope Kerry, or anyone else, doesn't think the pilot needed their
blessing to exercise his authority as PIC.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

Apparently John Kerry used his sat phone and quickly received permission
from the world community before landing was authorized.

--

Scott

"Obama is a state-of-the-art B.S. artist who tells everybody what they want
to hear. Everybody loves him because they think he agrees with them, but
that's because he has spent his whole adult life not telling anybody what he
really thinks."
http://tinyurl.com/yok662

political crap snipped

Hey guys, wrong list for political posturing.. Lets keep it clean in
here and only stoop to calling each other stupid, or other terms of
endearment, on aviation issues...

denny

Denny wrote:


political crap snipped

Hey guys, wrong list for political posturing.. Lets keep it clean in
here and only stoop to calling each other stupid, or other terms of
endearment, on aviation issues...

denny

Good luck.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Denny wrote:
political crap snipped

Hey guys, wrong list for political posturing.. Lets keep it clean in
here and only stoop to calling each other stupid, or other terms of
endearment, on aviation issues...

Denny, having been accused many times in the past of having been a
self-appointed nanny for r.a.m., it's a real plerasure for me to be able to
unload that accolade into your lap. As I was often asked on those
occasions, when was the election or did I simply miss it?

The story did in fact have aviation content, evolving out of a forced
landing in Afghanistan due to weather.....can't get much more aviation than
that. The fact that there were three US senators involved is what made it
newsworthy and it's hard to mention a US senator without involving politics.

So, for whatever it's worth, just hold your nose and move on when it
inevitably occurs or as more than one female has been told (however true it
might be), if rape is unavoidable, you might as well relax and enjoy it.
Your choice.

George Z.

PS - I usually don't cross-post, but I made an exception in this case
because I wanted to make sure that you didn't somehow miss my response.

On Feb 22, 7:45*am, Denny wrote:
political crap snipped

Hey guys, wrong list for political posturing.. *Lets keep it clean in
here and only stoop to calling each other stupid, or other terms of
endearment, on aviation issues...

denny

Did Larry put you up to this? g

Wil

Bob Noel wrote:
I hope Kerry, or anyone else, doesn't think the pilot needed their
blessing to exercise his authority as PIC.

Kerry explicitly said "...So the pilot exercised his judgment...."

I believe Kerry has a commercial certificate. Likewise instrument, glider,
and seaplane ratings. And has flown since 1966.

I'm pretty sure he understands who had PIC authority and nothing in the
story suggests otherwise.

Jim Logajan wrote:
Bob Noel wrote:
I hope Kerry, or anyone else, doesn't think the pilot needed their
blessing to exercise his authority as PIC.

Kerry explicitly said "...So the pilot exercised his judgment...."

I believe Kerry has a commercial certificate. Likewise instrument, glider,
and seaplane ratings. And has flown since 1966.

I'm pretty sure he understands who had PIC authority and nothing in the
story suggests otherwise.

Just another blowhard who couldn't resist trying to smear someone he smeared
in the past even though the smearee isn't even running for office in the
next election. Doesn't say much for the **** thrower, does it!

George Z.

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Jim Logajan wrote:

Bob Noel wrote:
I hope Kerry, or anyone else, doesn't think the pilot needed their
blessing to exercise his authority as PIC.

Kerry explicitly said "...So the pilot exercised his judgment...."

I believe Kerry has a commercial certificate. Likewise instrument, glider,
and seaplane ratings. And has flown since 1966.

I'm pretty sure he understands who had PIC authority and nothing in the
story suggests otherwise.

"So the pilot exercised his judgment that we were better off putting down
there, and we all agreed."

I guess it depends on the way you parse and emphasize the words. To me
the "we all agreed" (assuming it's actually a quote) implies agreement *prior* to
landing.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)