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Those red heads are all at skateboards house watching his Big screen...They taking roller derby lessons too...
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Those red heads are all at skateboards house watching his Big screen...They taking roller derby lessons too...
Tazz
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Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane is not a natural act. Of course flying in itself is not a natural act so doing an unnatural act in an unnatural situation is perfectly natural. Naturally.I wonder who the very first person to jump out of a plane with a parachute was.
I bet he was NUTS.
Duck
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If God didn't want us to fly, He wouldn't have made the atmosphere viscous.
Tazz
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Tell that to Icarus
Duck
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Icarus was a moron. He glued the feathers on with wax. He should've used super glue.Tell that to Icarus
Blood
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I tried that line on my nephew (Airborne) and he told me, "They are NOT perfectly good airplanes. If you were up in one you'd jump out too!"
Duck
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My brother in law used to be assigned to one of the Navy's Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles. (DSRV)I tried that line on my nephew (Airborne) and he told me, "They are NOT perfectly good airplanes. If you were up in one you'd jump out too!"
These little submarines were designed to dive to the ocean floor & attach to a sunken sub's hatch & rescue the crew, something like 10 guys at a time.
In order to be practical for use, it had to be highly mobile.
I don't know if they used a crane or just pulled a @Skateboard at a regular boat ramp, but they'd haul the submarine on a specially designed semi-trailer & they'd drive the entire rig into a C5 cargo jet & fly it around the world. They land at the closest suitable airport to the sunken sub, the truck would drive from the airport to a port or marina or something & then they'd charter any available vessel to tow it to the location. Sometimes a Navy ship, sometimes a civilian owned fishing boat.
The 7 axle rig with DSRV and crew & whatever else they bring with them was more than they were supposed to load into a C5 during peace time. It was not uncommon for serious things to break on these planes, including landing gear struts.
But the C5 was the biggest cargo jet they could use. I think they couldn't use a 747 because it sits too high & the required ground facilities (long ramp) would limit the places they could load & unload at.
Sometimes a simple refueling stop would result in being stranded somewhere for several days until replacement parts could be flown in because they broke something on landing that they couldn't fix with duct tape. On one occasion they were making a pit stop in the Azores en route to some training exercise somewhere & got stuck there for 2 weeks.
If I was on THAT plane, hauling THAT kind of weight, I'd be wearing a parachute the entire time. Though it wouldn't help when the thing breaks apart when it's landing.
I was on a nucaler (Bush) sub in the 90's sometime for sea trials of the wire guided MK48 torpedo test. I was the only civilian at the time who had a clearance enough to go. I was scared to death. We were out for maybe 3 weeks. Not all for the trial. We went to Shemya Alaska from NUSC out of RI. For maybe a week I had to take tranquilizers from the doc to calm me down. Usually at night I would wake up.
Then I started asking question like how fast can this thing go. They couldn't tell me except that it could break any speed limit in the world. The I asked what happens if we hit a whale? He said we all hit the dashboard. We could smoke too. Had a really nice cabin. I can't believe how HUGE those subs are.
Then I started asking question like how fast can this thing go. They couldn't tell me except that it could break any speed limit in the world. The I asked what happens if we hit a whale? He said we all hit the dashboard. We could smoke too. Had a really nice cabin. I can't believe how HUGE those subs are.
Tazz
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Had the privilege of hearing Maj. Winters speak at the 101st museum. One of the boots in jump school asked if he was afraid to jump his first time. He quipped " A little until I heard the engine coughing out from being leaned down and realized it might be safer in the chute"I tried that line on my nephew (Airborne) and he told me, "They are NOT perfectly good airplanes. If you were up in one you'd jump out too!"
Great movie too!!!
Duck
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I heard those things can run faster submerged than they can when running on the surface.
Prop cavitation or something.
I was told 70mph. And.....when the sea is rough above, it's rough below.
flatbedchick
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Thoughts for the day while driving:
How many people would give me the WTF look if I mounted a dildo to the seat of this Pete? Great way to relieve some stress as rough as this gal rides.
What is the point of a condo sleeper with one bed?
How much do I need to pay someone to get laid?
Gah, another truck to get broken in.
How many people would give me the WTF look if I mounted a dildo to the seat of this Pete? Great way to relieve some stress as rough as this gal rides.
What is the point of a condo sleeper with one bed?
How much do I need to pay someone to get laid?
Gah, another truck to get broken in.
Duck
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Ya know ... @Mike used to have an avatar that, out of the corner of my eye if I'm not looking directly at it, kind of looked like yours. Same color truck, or close enough....
AND.... he just bought a new truck.
So when I read that post I just about spit my beer all over my laptop because I thought Mike had said that.
Blood
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Ya know ... @Mike used to have an avatar that, out of the corner of my eye if I'm not looking directly at it, kind of looked like yours. Same color truck, or close enough....
AND.... he just bought a new truck.
So when I read that post I just about spit my beer all over my laptop because I thought Mike had said that.
I actually belly LOL at that.
Blood
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