Posted on 04/23/2006 1:10:11 AM PDT by FreedomCalls
In addition to all of this fun the pinned man starting making the most horrible wretching sounds as if he was vomiting. Loud sounds and several expressed concern about keeping him off of his back so he wouldn't choke. He apparently did not vomit but it all added to the weirdness.
It sounds like the guy was possessed.
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic to another.
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OMG!! How horrible an experience...thank GOD for good people.
When I was in Charleston, SC, I saw C5A drivers do some things that scared the "insert word" out of me and I was on the ground.
He's right. This incident demonstrates that.
And this is metaphorical. Note tagline.
Concur. I don't care if the hijackers have guns. Everyone knows the score now. Crashing the plane is 100% lethal, bullet wounds aren't.
Great read - thanks for posting it.
Absolutely. And if America's enemies think Americans are lacking in courage--or any other virtues--they're in for a wretched awakening!
The Spirit of Flight 93 is the Spirit of America! R.I.P., Todd Beamer. Be forewarned, enemies of America!
It was like the Old-Time Journalism, reminding me of newspaper articles I read about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Keep up the GREAT work...you might just start a new trend in reportage!!
Catching Bill & Hillary "doing it" together can have the same effect.
Nuk-Nuk.
I had a Naval aviator on a joint assignment with the Air Force express his awe that an entire Air Force squadron was able to deploy on short notice with no maintenance delays. Seemed the Navy mx wasn't up to snuff.
Brave stuff and appropriate, the pilots have no idea if there are more nutcases or terrorists on board.
I overheard two pilots talking about a "sporty landing" in an airport elevator once and asked them what it was.
Turns out that the pilots love any out of the ordinary landing or deviation that results in fighter plane like moves that are unexpected and necessary (otherwise they get spanked by the bosses)
Think about it... why did pilots learn to fly? To do cool stuff in airplanes. Commercial pilots are flying buses, slow and steady. It is like going from a motorcyle or sports car to a city bus.
Nice to know these guys have the chops to do this stuff and that we make planes that can handle it.
When I fly I always take a stroll down the aisle and check out who I am flying with. Whoops am I profiling? Sure I am.
I like my life and being alive.
Bravo and three cheers to the passengers and the pilots.
lol
Yeah ..... but they all flare to land.
RLOL... education is a scary thing. I like to avoid scary things. But I usually do a better job editing my BLOGs.
Thanks.
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Maybe.
On the other hand, as a professional Navy logistics puke who has deployed in land, sea, and "purple suited" in USAF, USMC, and USA units, I can tell you that the operating environment of Naval Air is unlike anything else in the world. With four years of expeditionary war, the USAF is just now approaching the type of deployability that the Navy has excelled at for nearly 70 years.
Shouldn't compare apples and oranges in logistics, and the same applies for the pilot training, flight profiles, and the aircraft. USAF guys generally out perform USN and USMC guys in air to air combat, while they underperform in other areas. There's no difference in the talent and skill levels; it's all about the training and mission profiles. Congress and Pentagon bean-counters continually want to merge logistics and mission capabilities of the services, but something is always lost in the process.
Enough of the "off-topic" post, I guess...
SFS
The bottom line is we're all on the same team.
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