Prayers for all three on board.
1 posted on
05/18/2011 6:46:28 PM PDT by
TankerKC
To: TankerKC
2 posted on
05/18/2011 6:48:00 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(I feel 271 degrees out of sync today, which isn't half bad.)
To: TankerKC
That they escaped the burning wreckage, is amazing!
3 posted on
05/18/2011 6:48:09 PM PDT by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: TankerKC
Local news (KTLA) yammering on about ejections seats...where do they get these experts?
6 posted on
05/18/2011 6:50:54 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(I feel 271 degrees out of sync today, which isn't half bad.)
To: TankerKC
News is saying that it is a contract 707B tanker (not a USAF KC-135). I’ve never heard of such a thing...
9 posted on
05/18/2011 6:55:43 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(I feel 271 degrees out of sync today, which isn't half bad.)
To: TankerKC
Wow, glad we delayed the new ones /s
To: TankerKC
News says that fire started 90-min. ago @ 5:30 PM/PST.
They expect that it will keep burning for several more hours...
To: TankerKC
Yikes! My son is a KC-135 AC!
To: TankerKC
33 posted on
05/18/2011 7:54:27 PM PDT by
southernnorthcarolina
("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
To: TankerKC
3 people were reportedly onboard. All were able to escape with minor injuries, Thank God for miracles, KC.
We have an ANG refueling air wing here in Pittsburgh and I see those 'ancient' 707's flying most every day and always thought with all the fuel on board that I don't want to be around if one of them has a problem.
Great news that the crew survived. Great news.
It's time for a new tanker in the fleet. Screw the politics. Pick one and get'r done. The 707 has done its job. It is time to retire them.
35 posted on
05/18/2011 8:09:01 PM PDT by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: TankerKC
3 aboard
Pilot, Co-pilot, Nav?
What about the boomer.
37 posted on
05/18/2011 8:28:39 PM PDT by
MindBender26
(While the MSM slept.... we have become relevant media in America.)
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67 posted on
05/19/2011 12:46:59 PM PDT by
magslinger
(What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
To: TankerKC
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http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/large/5fdc035e-f832-4b59-8c11-7fbc7240c916.jpg A KC-135 my Dad managed and flew in for 20 years...I got a few hops in that thing as well...A very robust aircraft, in the long run...
69 posted on
05/19/2011 1:40:53 PM PDT by
stevie_d_64
(I'm jus' sayin')
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