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Chinook Pilot takes a headshot_ then flies the thing home......
you tube ^ | 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!!
1 posted on 05/10/2011 2:36:25 PM PDT by OL Hickory
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To: OL Hickory

flies...dang spell check...


2 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)
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To: OL Hickory

Wasn’t this posted a couple months ago?


3 posted on 05/10/2011 2:42:22 PM PDT by Average Al
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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.


4 posted on 05/10/2011 2:43:19 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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To: OL Hickory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK6gwXpwjZM&NR=1
“Flight Lieutenant Ian Fortune has described the moment he was shot in the head during a helicopter mission in Afghanistan.”


5 posted on 05/10/2011 2:48:05 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: Average Al

And your point being?


6 posted on 05/10/2011 3:02:41 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: freedumb2003

Well not for the guy that did the shooting


7 posted on 05/10/2011 3:04:19 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: al baby

>>Well not for the guy that did the shooting<<
I admit to being partial to the pilot’s perspective.

:)


8 posted on 05/10/2011 3:08:02 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (osama gets 72 virgins. We get 72 versions...)
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To: iowamark

If we’re not talking VICTORIA CROSS here, we should be.


9 posted on 05/10/2011 3:08:20 PM PDT by Ax (Osama Bin Laden, the newest weed in the gardens of hell.)
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To: OL Hickory

hmvwng bkmk


10 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)
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To: OL Hickory

Ah, the Mongo Club. Gotta love it.


11 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.")
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To: al baby

The point is obvious to most people....


12 posted on 05/10/2011 3:32:05 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: Average Al

Yes, it’s obvious you’re a self-appointed thread-cop. Bit of a tosser, really. Bugger off.


13 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!")
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To: ExGeeEye; Admin Moderator
From Average Al | 05/10/2011 3:45:54 PM PDT new

Apparently Al Baby is banned already. Are you next?

Does that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?

14 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!")
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To: Average Al; al baby
BTW regarding al baby; Look again.

You have to go deeper.

Al baby, WTG. Catch ya later.

15 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!")
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To: Nailbiter

ping


16 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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