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SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S PLANE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION (COMING BACK FROM IRAQ LAST WEEK)
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| 12/9/04
Posted on 12/09/2004 8:51:36 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
Just another example of how we can't even control the airspace around Jessica Lynch International, for cripes sake. We should PULL OUT NOW! (and fire Boooosh, who I blame)
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:02:55 AM PST
by
johnb838
(Killmore.)
To: areafiftyone
Sheeeeeeeit......the Corkscrew is SOP going in and out of BIAP. If she was in a 130 there is almost no way she'd have seen any light anywhere that could have been interpreted as a missile flash.
So this happens to her and it is big news.
This happens to us all too often and it is just another day at work. What a wuss.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:03:54 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(Some say the glass is half empty; some it's half full. I say, "Are you going to finish that?")
To: areafiftyone
The pilot then began taking what Feinstein described as -- "extraordinary evasive action." As opposed to "ordinary evasive action"?
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:03:59 AM PST
by
EA_Man
To: areafiftyone
I know two things:
One: The pilot flying that plane is a better man/person than Feinstein will ever be.
Two: She may have soiled her didies when this happened (if it happened), but he risks his life doing it every day--to make the world safer for all of us. I wonder if she appreciates that.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:05:17 AM PST
by
OhMike
(He which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart...we would not die in that man's company.)
To: johnb838
5..... 4..... 3..... 2...... 1......
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:05:41 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: technomage
I question the timing of this.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:06:30 AM PST
by
LongsforReagan
(Cheney is my role model and the greatest Republican since RR.)
To: technomage
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:06:34 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(Some say the glass is half empty; some it's half full. I say, "Are you going to finish that?")
To: areafiftyone
I think the pilots were messing with her. Wanted to see if she would pee her pants. I would have.
JH
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:07:16 AM PST
by
politicalmerc
(To get Rejected Stickers http://www.tdowc.com/store/catalog)
To: MeanWestTexan
We used to do this all the time in helicopters.
Oops, another air pocket and/or clear air turbulence.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:08:50 AM PST
by
CDB
To: areafiftyone
She would have had a smoother ride if she sat in the middle of the plane.
To: areafiftyone
The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side. Chill out, Di. It's just not that unusual here. I've done the C-130 thing out of Baghdad and back in and never bothered to look out of the portholes.
I've been on Chinooks and Black Hawks flying across Baghdad (and will do that again very shortly) and have seen the light flashes and our miliary shooters' reactions. (Guess what? More light flashes...just closer up.)
It's a war zone, Di. It happens. Quite a bit. If you can't handle it, don't come here.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:12:24 AM PST
by
Allegra
(11 days until I'm home!)
To: areafiftyone
I'm glad to hear that Senator Frankenstein is safe and sound.
Joe Isuzu
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:13:43 AM PST
by
xander
To: areafiftyone
The pilot then began taking what Feinstein described as -- "extraordinary evasive action." {snicker!} She's probably just describing the standard "combat takeoff." The corkscrew ascension. It's a wild ride. The landing's even cooler.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:14:10 AM PST
by
Allegra
(11 days until I'm home!)
To: areafiftyone
Routine training maneuvers...
(Adapted for liberal, peacenik, anti-military, left coast politicos on board)
Heheheheh...
Wingovers back 2 U....
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:17:59 AM PST
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The answers are out there; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions)
To: areafiftyone
The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side.I question the claim that "she could see light flashing thorough portholes" on a C-130 shortly after takeoff. If I'm not mistaken, the maneuver during takeoffs in a combat area is called "Combat Extraction" which is standard procedure. The pilots take the aircraft into a 90 degree straight up climb and a very steep spiral ascent.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:19:09 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(New name for ACLU ---- TCLU = Terrorists Civil Liberties Union)
To: technomage
Kerry would have gotten a Purple Heart.
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:19:36 AM PST
by
lonestar
(Me, too!--Weinie)
To: CDB
I would have, too, but only had one other guy with me (AH-64). And he was bigger than me; would have kicked my butt.
To: pabianice
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posted on
12/09/2004 9:20:55 AM PST
by
bigdog
(let the bigdog eat)
To: lonestar
Kerry would have gotten a Purple Heart.Funny!!
To: OhMike
I wonder if she appreciates that.Now we all know the answer to that!!
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