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  • 24 Hours on the 'Big Stick'

    04/20/2008 6:42:59 AM PDT · by vietvet67 · 13 replies · 38+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | 04/28/2008, Volume 013, Issue 31 | P.J. O'Rourke
    Landing on an aircraft carrier is...To begin with, you travel out to the carrier on a powerful, compact, and chunky aircraft--a weight-lifter version of a regional airline turboprop. This is a C-2 Greyhound, named after the wrong dog. C-2 Flying Pit Bull is more like it. In fact what everyone calls the C-2 is the "COD." This is an acronym for "Curling the hair Of Dumb reporters," although they tell you it stands for "Carrier Onboard Delivery." There is only one window in the freight/passenger compartment, and you're nowhere near it. Your seat faces aft. Cabin lighting and noise insulation...