To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
F-22 Fighter Plane
...159 MILLION dollars
Cost to train the F-22 Pilot
...8 MILLION dollars
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Cost of an in flight fill-up...20 THOUSAND dollars.
Not able to get the danged canopy open...PRICELESS!!
OUCH!!!
And over 182 THOUSAND dollars later!!!
Gosh I would have hated this. I have been in for 16+ years now and haven't had near the misfortune as this pilot did! God bless the guy!
27 posted on
04/25/2006 5:05:56 PM PDT by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: ICE-FLYER
What is that 2" thick? Someone somewhere is going to get their butt kicked.
30 posted on
04/25/2006 5:13:08 PM PDT by
steveo
(Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
To: ICE-FLYER
And we can't even get a good American built chainsaw anymore.
35 posted on
04/25/2006 5:57:15 PM PDT by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: ICE-FLYER
Boy...does that pilot look PISSED or WHAT!
37 posted on
04/25/2006 6:01:34 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: ICE-FLYER
That will be a rather substantial "payroll deduction".
:-)
39 posted on
04/25/2006 6:10:41 PM PDT by
mcshot
(I'm not rich and I care.)
To: ICE-FLYER
Looking at the pic makes me wonder...could the $182K include the entire replacement cost...that seat will have to be pulled and the cockpit will have to be cleaned thoroughly.
46 posted on
04/25/2006 7:14:40 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(Sorry I missed the protest, I had to work.)
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