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Chinook Pilot takes a headshot_ then flies the thing home......
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| Oct 22, 2010
| 2Mindsful
Posted on 05/10/2011 2:36:21 PM PDT by OL Hickory
pilot gets shot in head..fly's helicopter back to base
TOPICS: Education; Government; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: fly; head; ianfortune; pilot; shot
Utmost respect!!
To: OL Hickory
flies...dang spell check...
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posted on
05/10/2011 2:37:25 PM PDT
by
OL Hickory
(Jesus and the American soldier-1 died for your soul/1 died for your freedom)
To: OL Hickory
Wasn’t this posted a couple months ago?
To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy, you have GOT to get this on the Canteen!
Pilots are a breed apart anyway, but this guy really takes it to a new level. As I said on the YT thread:
He is so nonchalant. “Oh yes, some lemon in my tea would be lovely. Oh, and I seem to have been hit by gunfire. Drat!”
Admirable from every possible perspective.
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posted on
05/10/2011 2:43:19 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
To: OL Hickory
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posted on
05/10/2011 2:48:05 PM PDT
by
iowamark
To: Average Al
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:02:41 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: freedumb2003
Well not for the guy that did the shooting
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:04:19 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: al baby
>>Well not for the guy that did the shooting<<
I admit to being partial to the pilot’s perspective.
:)
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:08:02 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(osama gets 72 virgins. We get 72 versions...)
To: iowamark
If we’re not talking VICTORIA CROSS here, we should be.
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:08:20 PM PDT
by
Ax
(Osama Bin Laden, the newest weed in the gardens of hell.)
To: OL Hickory
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:12:34 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: OL Hickory
Ah, the Mongo Club. Gotta love it.
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:16:29 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("Oh, don't do that." "Why not?" "If you shoot him, you'll only make him mad.")
To: al baby
The point is obvious to most people....
To: Average Al
Yes, it’s obvious you’re a self-appointed thread-cop. Bit of a tosser, really. Bugger off.
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posted on
05/10/2011 3:40:46 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
To: ExGeeEye; Admin Moderator
From Average Al | 05/10/2011 3:45:54 PM PDT newApparently Al Baby is banned already. Are you next?
Does that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
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posted on
05/10/2011 5:59:33 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
To: Average Al; al baby
BTW regarding al baby; Look again.
You have to go deeper.
Al baby, WTG. Catch ya later.
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posted on
05/10/2011 6:06:32 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
To: Nailbiter
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posted on
05/10/2011 8:54:04 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(Educating Barack Obama has been the most expensive project in human history)
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