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To: EVO X

A tied down plane got washed off an elevator aboard the USS Midway (IIRC) some years back.

Whenever I had to ride brakes in a plane on the elevator in rough weather, I thought about it.


68 posted on 07/10/2022 4:34:12 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: rlmorel

Hard duty . Short drive (elevator to hanger deck) but ... was the ejection seat on SAFE or ARMED?


87 posted on 07/10/2022 10:27:16 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: rlmorel
Whenever I had to ride brakes in a plane on the elevator in rough weather, I thought about it. I would too. Airdale work is dangerous even during calm seas..
88 posted on 07/11/2022 2:07:38 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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