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"gatt" wrote in
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Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware,
respectively, and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

They wouldn't be missed.

IBM

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

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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!!!)

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

I don't as a fact, but knowing how the military works, I highly doubt
any outsiders would have been told about it until the event was over.

I figured they might as likely have press a la Geraldo Rivera dogging
them
the whole way.

I doubt they could get cell service in the mountains of Afghanistan and
that the troops would let them make such a call if one of the party was
that stupid.


Many of the press have satphones these days.

Keith

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

In rec.aviation.piloting Keith Willshaw wrote:

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

I don't as a fact, but knowing how the military works, I highly doubt
any outsiders would have been told about it until the event was over.

I figured they might as likely have press a la Geraldo Rivera dogging
them
the whole way.

I doubt they could get cell service in the mountains of Afghanistan and
that the troops would let them make such a call if one of the party was
that stupid.


Many of the press have satphones these days.

Many of the troops telling them "no phone calls" have guns.


--
Jim Pennino

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