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Guys did similar feats in Viet Nam but while they were under fire. There are heros among us.
The dc-10 is the one that is amazing. That 60 year old airframe is being asked to do things it was never designed to do.
Until recently, there was a 747 version…….it could dump almost double he amount of liquid as the DC-10…….I think it was close to 20,000 gallons.
The scoopers have a clear path and no hills and valleys to navigate. It takes real talent to drop their loads in the right spots.
Helitac pilots I worked with in AK in the 70s were all Viet Nam vets. As were the para cargo loadmasters.
Helitac pilots I worked with in AK in the 70s were all Viet Nam vets. As were the para cargo loadmasters.
When I was in public accounting I got acquainted with the CFO of one of our client companies. Like me he was a Penn State accounting graduate but about 15 years prior to me. He told me the story of his family coming up to University Park for his graduation and in the car ride home his Dad told him he got his draft notice for Viet Nam. So he volunteered to fly helicopters. He went from auditing financial statements to flying helicopters with supplies and men in and out of the jungle all the while being shot at. Wrap your head around that all you guys pissed off that Penn State lost a football game.
Neighbor in state college was a huey pilot. He flew before they put armor plates in the floor. He caught a round that came thru the floor and traveled up his leg into his thigh.
A bad day for a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam was much different than a bad day for a QB at any level.
A bad day for a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam was much different than a bad day for a QB at any level.
Pilots that dont get paid tax dollars to dyarrrr3a stain the children of America's sky with aluminium, silicon, cancerous smart dust and a thousand other science experiment kkkhemicals
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^and they gaslight peeps about it all day but know exactly what they do- the 1s that arent uniformed hamster wheels. They know just abaht everything cept bout the place where their worm is nevah satisfied- and the ... is never quenched
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