Any fliers?

The only real place to stretch your legs is between decks on the ladder. You
can do it sitting down too if you adjust the rudder pedals full forward, but
stretching your legs with a numb rear end isn't as useful.

12+ hours in a fighter has to be major agony compared to flying in something
you can stand up in. The only advantage we had was that we could sit on our
G-suits on a trans-ocean crossing. A few repetitive manual inflations did
wonders for the tired butt. Constant air refuelings kept the boredoom town but
only a little

stevem8597 wrote:

12+ hours in a fighter has to be major agony compared to flying in something
you can stand up in.

Absolutely. When I heard the sortie durations for the F-15E guys/gals for OEF I
instantly felt better about my 17+ hour sorties. You would have to pry me out
of the seat with a crow bar after 12 hours in a fighter.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

BUFDRVR wrote:

Absolutely. When I heard the sortie durations for the F-15E guys/gals for OEF
I instantly felt better about my 17+ hour sorties. You would have to pry me
out of the seat with a crow bar after 12 hours in a fighter.


The properly selected seconds in a PA-32R left me with a lip lock on the seat
that it took the Jaws of Life to defeat.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN


http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:

BUFDRVR wrote:

Absolutely. When I heard the sortie durations for the F-15E guys/gals for OEF
I instantly felt better about my 17+ hour sorties. You would have to pry me
out of the seat with a crow bar after 12 hours in a fighter.

The properly selected seconds in a PA-32R left me with a lip lock on the seat
that it took the Jaws of Life to defeat.


Try to imagine 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes and five seconds in
a Cessna 172.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../10588716.html

They had the advantage (I guess) of the refuelings in which to
stretch a muscle here & there.


Billy

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