Posted on 01/21/2005 11:31:45 AM PST by Mr. K
WASHINGTON – NASCAR windshield tear-offs will soon provide Army helicopters an extra layer of protection from sand, rocks and debris thanks to two National Guard Soldiers.
Sgt. 1st Class Paul Kagi and Sgt. Michael Mullen, Virginia Army Guard helicopter mechanics, submitted the idea to use windshield tear-offs to the Army Suggestion Program after discussing the idea at a Christmas party five years ago.
Their unit went to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., with brand new helicopters. However, when they came back, they had to replace about 80 percent of the windshields due to sand damage.
“Sand will eat up a glass window. It gets so pitted you can’t even see out of it,” said Kagi, “that’s where Sgt. Mullen got the idea. He said, hey, they put tear-offs on racecars at Daytona and Texas for that very reason—to protect them from sand and debris.”
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As would the Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage ads, the Budweiser ads, and any image of a woman without a scarf, and, hell, just about anything. All the more reason to get this program moving.
How about "Pete's Pork Rinds."
NASCAR technology ping.
ROFLMAO!
"How about "Pete's Pork Rinds."
funny. brings on an idea. . .if we carried a pig in each copter, could they still shoot at em ? :-)
Or some FNG will write specs that it has to be installed inside the helicopters and being military regulation, it has to be done.
So they are holding 'copters together with duct tape now are they ?
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