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To: shelterguy

“My brother was in the Air National Guard. He was afraid of heights. Go figure.”

I am not comfortable with heights. I went to airborne school and still not comfortable with heights. I tend to stay away from edges.


16 posted on 09/16/2020 2:52:46 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Count Rostov "The tyranny of indistinguishable days.")
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To: bravo whiskey

My brother would fly to Saudia Arabia but I couldn’t get him up on scaffolding.


21 posted on 09/16/2020 2:58:45 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: bravo whiskey

I was an Air Force Air Traffic Controller, working in the control tower. There was a cat walk around the top and we’d use it to get some fresh air and stretch our legs when we took a break.
When the planes were flying, a pilot would be assigned to be in the tower to help in any emergencies. More than one of these F-16 fighter pilots would not step out on the catwalk as they had issues with heights. It seemed odd to me.


47 posted on 09/16/2020 4:37:44 PM PDT by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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