USAF Bombs Yorkshire!!!!

[Ken Duffey]

An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

[Rufus]

Ken Duffey wrote:

> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>


Blue death from above!

--
- Rufus

[Chad Irby]

Rufus > wrote:

> Ken Duffey wrote:
>
> > An item on the BBC news..............
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> >
> > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> > an 18 in crater.
>
> Blue death from above!

Little Bitty Blue Death from above!

(Although I did see a guy kill a rattlesnake with a BDU-33 on the
flightline once... yes, it did have a charge in it and yes, the guy was
an idiot.)

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

[Tarver Engineering]

"Chad Irby" > wrote in message
. ..

> yes, the guy was an idiot.)

birds of a feather ...

[killfile]

"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

I don't know, put a flat cap on Bin Laden, give him a sheepdog... maybe
they're on to something.

Matt

[David Amos]

Why the fuss. Everyones been missing the bombing range at RAF Holbeach for
years. Used to be a weekly occurrance to get calls about practice bombs
being found miles arround when I was in the Police there.

"Rufus" > wrote in message
news:JYCMb.34483$na.24711@attbi_s04...
> Ken Duffey wrote:
>
> > An item on the BBC news..............
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> >
> > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> > an 18 in crater.
> >
> > Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> > Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> >
> >
>
>
> Blue death from above!
>
> --
> - Rufus
>

[Shawn Hull]

We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster &
somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs. He
claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true. The
investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
didn't pre-flight it.


"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>

[Nick Pedley]

"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
>
His ancestors probably came from Lancashire.... ;-)

Nick

[Chad Irby]

In article >,
"Tarver Engineering" > wrote:

> "Chad Irby" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
> > yes, the guy was an idiot.)
>
> birds of a feather ...

So you'll be wanting an introduction, then.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

[Mike Keown]

"Shawn Hull" > wrote in message
...
> We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
&
> somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
He
> claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
The
> investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
> briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
> didn't pre-flight it.
>
F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
these turds anyway?
Mike IPMS
>
> "Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
> ...
> > An item on the BBC news..............
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> >
> > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> > an 18 in crater.
> >
> > Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> > Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> >
> >
>
>

[Bill Banaszak]

Mike Keown wrote:
>
> "Shawn Hull" > wrote in message
> ...
> > We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
> &
> > somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
> He
> > claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
> The
> > investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
> > briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
> > didn't pre-flight it.
> >
> F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
> these turds anyway?
> Mike IPMS

Maybe one of those overworked guys.
Sleep tight tonight. Your Air Force is on the job!

Bill Banaszak, MFE

[Rufus]

Mike Keown wrote:

> "Shawn Hull" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
>
> &
>
>>somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
>
> He
>
>>claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
>
> The
>
>>investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
>>briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
>>didn't pre-flight it.
>>
>
> F**king Idiots like that get people killed!!!! Who the hell is training
> these turds anyway?
> Mike IPMS
>

Dangerous play makes for dangerous accidents...you should get to read
the yearly "TFOA" reports - "Things Falling Off Aircraft".

--
- Rufus

[Joe Delphi]

>
> Dangerous play makes for dangerous accidents...you should get to read
> the yearly "TFOA" reports - "Things Falling Off Aircraft".
>
I used to read the weekly Navy TFOA report. I couldn't believe how many
antennas fell off aircraft.

JD

[Rory Manton]

in article , Ken Duffey at
wrote on 12/1/04 18:45:

> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>
But he was aiming at Dorset.

[Norman Lever]

But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??


"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>

[Chek]

Ken,
Guess that's the weapons of minor destruction sorted :)
Chek

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Change' boos' to 'bos' in address to email directly
"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
> Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>

[Darrell A. Larose]

Ken Duffey ) writes:
> An item on the BBC news..............
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>
> An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> an 18 in crater.
>
However the Yorkshire Pudding they were bombing remained undamaged

[George Shirley]

Darrell A. Larose wrote:
> Ken Duffey ) writes:
>
>>An item on the BBC news..............
>>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>>
>>An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
>>an 18 in crater.
>>
>
> However the Yorkshire Pudding they were bombing remained undamaged
>
>

It is my understanding that an unidentified Yorkie is bringing legal
action for loss of congress with his favorie ewe due to the bombing. Any
truth to this?

George

[Jimi]

> But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??

I had the same thoughts :-P


Jimi

[John Mullen]

Jimi wrote:

>>But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
>
>
> I had the same thoughts :-P
>


Maybe they were aiming at Scargill?

John

[JULIAN HALES]

"John Mullen" > wrote in message
...
> Jimi wrote:
>
> >>But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
> >
> >
> > I had the same thoughts :-P
> >
>
>
> Maybe they were aiming at Scargill?
>
> John
>

or 2 Jags..( i wish)

[David Ferris]

> But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??

But didn't Yorkshire oppose President Bush's appeal for coalition support
to attack Iraq?

No, wait, that was France.

But didn't Yorkshire sell night-vision equipment to the-- no, no, that was
Russia.

Well, it was really cold and windy last time I was in Yorkshire, so there.


DLF
Sacre bleu!

--
David Ferris
Writer Dude
www.irvania.com

[Mary Shafer]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:24:32 GMT, Chad Irby > wrote:

> Rufus > wrote:
>
> > Ken Duffey wrote:
> >
> > > An item on the BBC news..............
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> > >
> > > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> > > an 18 in crater.
> >
> > Blue death from above!
>
> Little Bitty Blue Death from above!
>
> (Although I did see a guy kill a rattlesnake with a BDU-33 on the
> flightline once... yes, it did have a charge in it and yes, the guy was
> an idiot.)

I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

[e]

>
>> But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
>
>But didn't Yorkshire oppose President Bush's appeal for coalition support
>to attack Iraq?
>
>No, wait, that was France.
>
>But didn't Yorkshire sell night-vision equipment to the-- no, no, that was
>Russia.
>
>Well, it was really cold and windy last time I was in Yorkshire, so there.
>
>
>DLF
>Sacre bleu!
>
they made me pay for bad food in a resturant!
nuke 'em.

[Rufus]

Mary Shafer wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:24:32 GMT, Chad Irby > wrote:
>
>
>>Rufus > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ken Duffey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>An item on the BBC news..............
>>>>
>>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>>>>
>>>>An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
>>>>an 18 in crater.
>>>
>>>Blue death from above!
>>
>>Little Bitty Blue Death from above!
>>
>>(Although I did see a guy kill a rattlesnake with a BDU-33 on the
>>flightline once... yes, it did have a charge in it and yes, the guy was
>>an idiot.)
>
>
> I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
> can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.
>
> Mary
>

My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.

Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
"routinely"...

--
- Rufus

[Jim Carriere]

"Rufus" > wrote in message news:Os2Nb.51794
> My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
> were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird

One of my friends hit a turkey with a P-3. Or maybe the bird was hotdogging
and made one pass a bit too close. I guess it isn't any easier to miss a
buzzard than a J-8 :)

The aftermath pictures were interesting. The bird hit the leading edge of
one of the wings, clear of the engines, made a big dent. One end of the
neck was hanging from the dent. The other end was still attached to the
lifeless head. That and a few feathers was about it.

[e]

>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>
>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>"routinely"...
>
i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
broke the headlight and dented the ear.
poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
shelter.

[Rufus]

e wrote:

>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>>
>>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>>"routinely"...
>>
>
> i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
> springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
> had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
> broke the headlight and dented the ear.
> poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
> shelter.

I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...

--
- Rufus

[Rufus]

Jim Carriere wrote:

> "Rufus" > wrote in message news:Os2Nb.51794
>
>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>
>
> One of my friends hit a turkey with a P-3. Or maybe the bird was hotdogging
> and made one pass a bit too close. I guess it isn't any easier to miss a
> buzzard than a J-8 :)
>
> The aftermath pictures were interesting. The bird hit the leading edge of
> one of the wings, clear of the engines, made a big dent. One end of the
> neck was hanging from the dent. The other end was still attached to the
> lifeless head. That and a few feathers was about it.
>
>

The guy I mentioned that hit the pelicans tore the jet up pretty good -
F/A-18 vs five pelicans. Took off a good chunk of the canopy, flamed
out one engine, and tore through one of the LEX's. I think they pulled
one (mostly) whole bird off the jet when it landed...and I think the
pilot may have suffered some facial injuries though I recall that the
windscreen wasn't severely damamged.

I had some pictures of the damage around someplace once, but I seem to
have lost them.

--
- Rufus

[Bill Banaszak]

Rufus wrote:
>
> e wrote:
>
> >>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
> >>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
> >>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
> >>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
> >>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
> >>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
> >>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
> >>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
> >>
> >>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
> >>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
> >>"routinely"...
> >>
> >
> > i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
> > springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
> > had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
> > broke the headlight and dented the ear.
> > poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
> > shelter.
>
> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
> fly...unlike Herb Tarlick...
>
> --
> - Rufus

Actually it was Mr. Carlson, not Herb. Herb did some other strange
stuff to animals, though. We never saw it but there were reports he got
ducklings to dance by putting them on a hot plate.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

[John R Weiss]

"Mary Shafer" > wrote...
>
> I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
> can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.

Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6
once! :-)

[Mike Kanze]

When I was going through VT-10 back during the first Nixon administration,
one of the squadron's UC-45Js was hit by a buzzard during a low level VFR /
NAV hop over scenic southern Alabama.

(I say "hit by" because the Newtonian mechanics of a large - and in this
case, recently well-fed - buzzard striking a C-45 are a lot different than
those of a pointy-nose taking some poor little sparrow against a wing
hardpoint.)

Luckily the damn thing hit the aircraft square between the pilot and
co-pilot positions, with the gooey red ball of feathers, feet and
semi-digested carrion disintegrating on the way through the cockpit and into
the pax compartment. Not unlike the oft-quoted "hitting-the-fan" metaphor -
just different materials in the scatter.

Everyone made it back safely to the VT-10 line at NPA, but if they could
have clawed their way through the concrete the crew would have shed and
buried their flight suits on the spot - such was the stench. I'm not sure
but I think the poor C-45 was stricken due to the level of damage and the
age of aircraft.

Remember: It's called a "Bugsmasher" - not a "Buzzardsmasher." <g>
--
Mike Kanze

"If it's good enough to get shot at in, it's good enough to wear to
McDonalds."

- CDR Doug "Woody" Beal, USN (Referring to the wearing of military uniform
clothing, like flight suits, off-base.)


"Mary Shafer" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:24:32 GMT, Chad Irby > wrote:
>
> > Rufus > wrote:
> >
> > > Ken Duffey wrote:
> > >
> > > > An item on the BBC news..............
> > > >
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> > > >
> > > > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and
made
> > > > an 18 in crater.
> > >
> > > Blue death from above!
> >
> > Little Bitty Blue Death from above!
> >
> > (Although I did see a guy kill a rattlesnake with a BDU-33 on the
> > flightline once... yes, it did have a charge in it and yes, the guy was
> > an idiot.)
>
> I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
> can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.
>
> Mary
>
> --
> Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
>

[Ron]

Wild turkeys can fly, not very far but they can. While shooting one
Eastern Regionals at Quantico from the 1000 yard line I managed to whack
a crow in flight about 600 yards downrange..........sheer dumb luck, big
puff of feathers and bird bits.

Rufus wrote:

> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
> fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>
> --
> - Rufus

[e]

>
>e wrote:
>
>>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>>>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>>>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>>>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>>>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>>>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>>>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>>>
>>>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>>>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>>>"routinely"...
>>>
>>
>> i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
>> springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
>> had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
>> broke the headlight and dented the ear.
>> poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
>> shelter.
>
>I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>
or kelly bundy.
i hate those freakin bambis running loose. hit one of those
antlered rats and get killed.

[e]

>Rufus wrote:
>>
>> e wrote:
>>
>> >>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>> >>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>> >>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>> >>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>> >>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>> >>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>> >>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>> >>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>> >>
>> >>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>> >>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>> >>"routinely"...
>> >>
>> >
>> > i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
>> > springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
>> > had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
>> > broke the headlight and dented the ear.
>> > poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
>> > shelter.
>>
>> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>> fly...unlike Herb Tarlick...
>>
>> --
>> - Rufus
>
>Actually it was Mr. Carlson, not Herb. Herb did some other strange
>stuff to animals, though. We never saw it but there were reports he got
>ducklings to dance by putting them on a hot plate.
>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE
sounds like the civil war lice races.

[e]

>Wild turkeys can fly, not very far but they can. While shooting one
>Eastern Regionals at Quantico from the 1000 yard line I managed to whack
>a crow in flight about 600 yards downrange..........sheer dumb luck, big
>puff of feathers and bird bits.
>
>Rufus wrote:
>
>> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>> fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>>
>> --
>> - Rufus
coolest thing i ever saw was a pidgeon land on the third
rail at charles street during a torrential downpour. big
flash, greasy cloud of smoke, a few feathers drifting down
and the pidgeon was gone.

[M. J. Powell]

In message >, e
> writes
>
>>Wild turkeys can fly, not very far but they can. While shooting one
>>Eastern Regionals at Quantico from the 1000 yard line I managed to whack
>>a crow in flight about 600 yards downrange..........sheer dumb luck, big
>>puff of feathers and bird bits.
>>
>>Rufus wrote:
>>
>>> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>>> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>>> fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>>>
>>> --
>>> - Rufus
>coolest thing i ever saw was a pidgeon land on the third
>rail at charles street during a torrential downpour. big
>flash, greasy cloud of smoke, a few feathers drifting down
>and the pidgeon was gone.

It must have had very long legs...

Mike
--
M.J.Powell

[Darrell A. Larose]

"Norman Lever" ) writes:
> But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
>
Odd how the Chinese spies were stealing US mapping technology, until a
"smart bomb" dropped in their embassy's front window. Oooppps must be a
faulty map. I don't believe in coincedences ;)

[[email protected]]

Bill Banaszak > wrote:

>>
>> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>> fly...unlike Herb Tarlick...
>>
>> --
>> - Rufus
>
>Actually it was Mr. Carlson, not Herb. Herb did some other strange
>stuff to animals, though. We never saw it but there were reports he got
>ducklings to dance by putting them on a hot plate.
>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE

Y'know it was a big loss when that series was removed, I loved
it.

That and Carter Country..."Handle it, handle it!..."
--

-Gord.

[Glenn Dowdy]

"Rufus" > wrote in message
news:Os2Nb.51794$8H.103170@attbi_s03...
>
> My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
> were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18.

Our battalion ops sergeant killed a raven with his motorcycle helmet at
highway speed - he managed to stay upright, but he was a little shaken for
the rest of the day.

Glenn D.,

[e]

>>coolest thing i ever saw was a pidgeon land on the third
>>rail at charles street during a torrential downpour. big
>>flash, greasy cloud of smoke, a few feathers drifting down
>>and the pidgeon was gone.
>
>It must have had very long legs...
>
>Mike
i don't pretend to know how it grounded, but it did.

[Rufus]

Bill Banaszak wrote:
> Rufus wrote:
>
>>e wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>>>>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>>>>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>>>>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>>>>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>>>>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>>>>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>>>>
>>>>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>>>>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>>>>"routinely"...
>>>>
>>>
>>>i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
>>>springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
>>>had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
>>>broke the headlight and dented the ear.
>>>poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
>>>shelter.
>>
>>I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>>avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>>fly...unlike Herb Tarlick...
>>
>>--
>> - Rufus
>
>
> Actually it was Mr. Carlson, not Herb. Herb did some other strange
> stuff to animals, though. We never saw it but there were reports he got
> ducklings to dance by putting them on a hot plate.
>
> Bill Banaszak, MFE

I thought it was Herb that came in and said "I swear to God, I thought
turkeys could fly", or something to that effect. But my memory could be
off.

Yeah - I recall the dancing ducklings...

--
- Rufus

[Rufus]

Yeah - they only lifted across the road and then landed.

Was recently surprised by a roadrunner doing the same thing - I thought
they were ground-bound as well, but I recently saw one cruise over a fence.

--
- Rufus

Ron wrote:

> Wild turkeys can fly, not very far but they can. While shooting one
> Eastern Regionals at Quantico from the 1000 yard line I managed to whack
> a crow in flight about 600 yards downrange..........sheer dumb luck, big
> puff of feathers and bird bits.
>
> Rufus wrote:
>
>
>>I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>>avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>>fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>>
>>--
>> - Rufus

[Rufus]

e wrote:

>>e wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
>>>>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
>>>>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
>>>>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
>>>>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
>>>>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
>>>>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
>>>>
>>>>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
>>>>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
>>>>"routinely"...
>>>>
>>>
>>>i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
>>>springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
>>>had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
>>>broke the headlight and dented the ear.
>>>poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
>>>shelter.
>>
>>I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
>>avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
>>fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>>
>
> or kelly bundy.
> i hate those freakin bambis running loose. hit one of those
> antlered rats and get killed.

I had one hit ME once...I was cruising slowly off base out east one
night when a big brown blob sailed over my windshield. I hit the
brakes, and the second one leaped straight into my right rear fender.
Glad it was a rental...

I think that the guy in the pickup behind me must have clubbed it out
with a Maglite and thrown it in the back...it was stunned and kicking in
the street the first time I looked, the second time it was gone and the
guy was getting back in his truck.

--
- Rufus

[Rufus]

Glenn Dowdy wrote:

> "Rufus" > wrote in message
> news:Os2Nb.51794$8H.103170@attbi_s03...
>
>>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
>>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18.
>
>
> Our battalion ops sergeant killed a raven with his motorcycle helmet at
> highway speed - he managed to stay upright, but he was a little shaken for
> the rest of the day.
>
> Glenn D.,
>
>

I took a one inch nut in the forehead at about 75 mph on the highway
once. It disloged from a semi goin the opposite direction and hit me
just above my right eye, between my glasses and my helmet. I saw it
come loose an hit the deck...I had managed to avoid it, but my pal in
front of me rode over it, kicked it back up, and it hit me. Don't know
why the thing didn't crack my skull open...but I didn't do more than
flinch and stayed upright.

It wasn't until we got to his place and I removed my helmet and he saw
the dried blood and the gash that he figured out had happened...

--
- Rufus

[Mary Shafer]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:05:54 GMT, "John R Weiss"
> wrote:

> "Mary Shafer" > wrote...
> >
> > I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
> > can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.
>
> Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6
> once! :-)

This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the
target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the
ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in
flight.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

[John R Weiss]

"Mary Shafer" > wrote...
>
> This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the
> target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the
> ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in
> flight.

Now THAT would have been REALLY impressive -- taking a bird out of mid-air with
"blue death"!

[Rufus]

Mary Shafer wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:05:54 GMT, "John R Weiss"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>"Mary Shafer" > wrote...
>>
>>>I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
>>>can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.
>>
>>Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6
>>once! :-)
>
>
> This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the
> target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the
> ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in
> flight.
>
> Mary
>

We've also disturbed the occasional jack rabbit or burro with a
sand-seeker...

--
- Rufus

[Mike Kanze]

I wonder how many electronics subcomponents (condensers, diodes, etc.) in
that missile were "Made in the Peoples Republic of China"?

Turns Lenin's quote about selling capitalists the rope with which to hang
them on its head.

--
Mike Kanze

"If it's good enough to get shot at in, it's good enough to wear to
McDonalds."

- CDR Doug "Woody" Beal, USN (Referring to the wearing of military uniform
clothing, like flight suits, off-base.)


"Darrell A. Larose" > wrote in message
...
> "Norman Lever" ) writes:
> > But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
> >
> Odd how the Chinese spies were stealing US mapping technology, until a
> "smart bomb" dropped in their embassy's front window. Oooppps must be a
> faulty map. I don't believe in coincedences ;)
>
>

[Bill Banaszak]

Rufus wrote:
>
> Yeah - they only lifted across the road and then landed.
>
> Was recently surprised by a roadrunner doing the same thing - I thought
> they were ground-bound as well, but I recently saw one cruise over a fence.


You have been unduly influenced by Warner Bros. ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

[John R Weiss]

"Rufus" > wrote...
>
> We've also disturbed the occasional jack rabbit or burro with a
> sand-seeker...

Jack rabbits are better dispatched via the "rabbit rodeo" -- a "road trip" into
the Nevada desert prior to the first brief of the day at Fallon, armed to the
teeth and with plenty of ammo... :-)

[Bill Kambic]

"Jim Carriere" wrote in message

> One of my friends hit a turkey with a P-3. Or maybe the bird was
hotdogging
> and made one pass a bit too close. I guess it isn't any easier to miss a
> buzzard than a J-8 :)
>
> The aftermath pictures were interesting. The bird hit the leading edge of
> one of the wings, clear of the engines, made a big dent. One end of the
> neck was hanging from the dent. The other end was still attached to the
> lifeless head. That and a few feathers was about it.

I took out four seagulls with a T44 one night doing a practice approach at
Navy Dallas (I didn't know seagulls flew at night). We did a "flashlight
visual inspection", noted what appeared to be minor damage to the leading
edge and wing tip (the light still worked), and determined to return to NAS
Corpus.

Bad idea, as it turned out. The impacts not only damaged the starboard
leading edge but fractured the wing spar. The aircraft was in rebuild for
almost 90 days.

Beechcraft never could build a wing spar worth a good a ****.

Bill Kambic

P.S. God seems to have a soft spot in His heart for Naval Aviators.

If, by any act, error, or omission, I have, intentionally or
unintentionally, displayed any breedist, disciplinist, sexist, racist,
culturalist, nationalist, regionalist, localist, ageist, lookist, ableist,
sizeist, speciesist, intellectualist, socioeconomicist, ethnocentrist,
phallocentrist, heteropatriarchalist, or other violation of the rules of
political correctness, known or unknown, I am not sorry and I encourage you
to get over it.

>
>

[gizmo-goddard]

"Bill Kambic" > wrote in message
...

<SNIPPED>

> I took out four seagulls with a T44 one night doing a practice approach at
> Navy Dallas (I didn't know seagulls flew at night). We did a "flashlight
> visual inspection", noted what appeared to be minor damage to the leading
> edge and wing tip (the light still worked), and determined to return to
NAS
> Corpus.
>
> Bad idea, as it turned out. The impacts not only damaged the starboard
> leading edge but fractured the wing spar. The aircraft was in rebuild for
> almost 90 days.
>
> Beechcraft never could build a wing spar worth a good a ****.

A U.S Air Guard C-130 took out about a hundred red-wing blackbirds that were
feeding in the marsh along the south part of the runway at NAS Dallas
several years ago. We had to close the airfield and do a FOD walkdown to
pick up all the pieces-parts. To borrow from BtVS, "EWWW!!!"

__!_!__
Gizmo

[Mary Shafer]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:54:03 GMT, Rufus > wrote:

> I thought it was Herb that came in and said "I swear to God, I thought
> turkeys could fly", or something to that effect. But my memory could be
> off.

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

[Rufus]

Mary Shafer wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:54:03 GMT, Rufus > wrote:
>
>
>>I thought it was Herb that came in and said "I swear to God, I thought
>>turkeys could fly", or something to that effect. But my memory could be
>>off.
>
>
> "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
>
> Mary
>

Yeah - that's it!

But was it Herb that said that, or is my memory fading?..

--
- Rufus

[Jake Donovan]

My favorite is - BIRDBALL.MPEG

http://www.lifeislife.net/video/

Click on BIRDBALL




"Rufus" > wrote in message
news:4o4Nb.55237$na.38840@attbi_s04...
> e wrote:
>
> >>My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
> >>were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
> >>hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
> >>through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
> >>of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
> >>trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
> >>Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
> >>black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.
> >>
> >>Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
> >>of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
> >>"routinely"...
> >>
> >
> > i actually hit a raven riding the beast at steamboat
> > springs. i was coming up the hill to the gas station and he
> > had just flapped off and banked to grab a thermal.
> > broke the headlight and dented the ear.
> > poor guy was messed up but the rangers took him off to a
> > shelter.
>
> I've hit a few pidgeons with my truck down in south Texas...and narrowly
> avoided a flock of turkeys as well. I didn't even think turkeys could
> fly...unlike Herb Tarlic...
>
> --
> - Rufus
>

[John Miller]

Rufus wrote:

> But was it Herb that said that, or is my memory fading?..

It was Mr. "Big Guy" Carlson (Gordon Jump).

--
John Miller
My email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

Novinson's Revolutionary Discovery:
When comes the revolution, things will be different --
not better, just different.

[Darrell A. Larose]

"gizmo-goddard" ) writes:
> "Bill Kambic" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> <SNIPPED>
>
>> I took out four seagulls with a T44 one night doing a practice approach at
>> Navy Dallas (I didn't know seagulls flew at night). We did a "flashlight
>> visual inspection", noted what appeared to be minor damage to the leading
>> edge and wing tip (the light still worked), and determined to return to
> NAS
>> Corpus.
>>
>> Bad idea, as it turned out. The impacts not only damaged the starboard
>> leading edge but fractured the wing spar. The aircraft was in rebuild for
>> almost 90 days.
>>
>> Beechcraft never could build a wing spar worth a good a ****.
>
> A U.S Air Guard C-130 took out about a hundred red-wing blackbirds that were
> feeding in the marsh along the south part of the runway at NAS Dallas
> several years ago. We had to close the airfield and do a FOD walkdown to
> pick up all the pieces-parts. To borrow from BtVS, "EWWW!!!"
>
Now you know where McNuggets came from....

[Darrell A. Larose]

Mary Shafer ) writes:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:54:03 GMT, Rufus > wrote:
>
>> I thought it was Herb that came in and said "I swear to God, I thought
>> turkeys could fly", or something to that effect. But my memory could be
>> off.
>
> "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
>
Herb hatched the plan, Les Nessman was the field reporter during the
colour commentary. Les was pretty funny describing the mayhem as 15-20
turkeys pounded into cars etc.. at the shopping Mall. Herb used the "As God
is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." I believe Mr. Carlson
repeated the "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." to the
SPCA investigator.

[Rob Grinberg]

He wants rooting, shooting and electrocuting for that pitiful excuse - what
is he, a jet jock or a schoolgirl?

RobG

Shawn Hull > wrote in message
...
> We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
&
> somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
He
> claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
The
> investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
> briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
> didn't pre-flight it.
>
>
> "Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
> ...
> > An item on the BBC news..............
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
> >
> > An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
> > an 18 in crater.
> >
> > Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> > Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> >
> >
>
>

[Rob Grinberg]

Keep your head down Jules - they were aiming at YOU! (Just couldn't get it
all to work properly...)

RobG

JULIAN HALES > wrote in message
...
>
> "John Mullen" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jimi wrote:
> >
> > >>But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
> > >
> > >
> > > I had the same thoughts :-P
> > >
> >
> >
> > Maybe they were aiming at Scargill?
> >
> > John
> >
>
> or 2 Jags..( i wish)
>
>

[Rufus]

From a HILARIOUS song I just had e-mailed to me at work:

...."'cause I'm a pilot, and I only care about me - I don't care if I
bring your jet back Code2 or Code 3; 'cause I'm a pilot, and I don't
make no mistakes; I'll take the credit if it ain't broken, I'll blame
you if it breaks"...


--
- Rufus

Rob Grinberg wrote:

> He wants rooting, shooting and electrocuting for that pitiful excuse - what
> is he, a jet jock or a schoolgirl?
>
> RobG
>
> Shawn Hull > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>We had a F-117 bomb West Texas last year. He bombed a interstate dumpster
>
> &
>
>>somebody's bathroom before he found out he was dropping practice bombs.
>
> He
>
>>claimed he didn't know the jet was loaded with them, which may be true.
>
> The
>
>>investigation revealed he was running late, missed most of his pre-flight
>>briefing, his jet crapped out & switched planes at the last minute and
>>didn't pre-flight it.
>>
>>
>>"Ken Duffey" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>An item on the BBC news..............
>>>
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
>>>
>>>An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
>>>an 18 in crater.
>>>
>>>Is this what they mean by 'Ground Attack' ??
>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>>>Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
>>>Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Ken Duffey]

Rob Grinberg wrote:

> Keep your head down Jules - they were aiming at YOU! (Just couldn't get it
> all to work properly...)
>
> RobG
>
> JULIAN HALES > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "John Mullen" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Jimi wrote:
> > >
> > > >>But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I had the same thoughts :-P
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe they were aiming at Scargill?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> >
> > or 2 Jags..( i wish)
> >
> >

Knowing that some areas of the Yorkshire moors are boggy..............

I guess you could call it a Weapon of MOSS Destruction ?????????

I'll get my coat...........

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

[Rob Grinberg]

Ken, get thee to a punnery...

RobG

Ken Duffey > wrote in message
...
> Rob Grinberg wrote:
>
> > Keep your head down Jules - they were aiming at YOU! (Just couldn't get
it
> > all to work properly...)
> >
> > RobG
> >
> > JULIAN HALES > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "John Mullen" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Jimi wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >>But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I had the same thoughts :-P
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Maybe they were aiming at Scargill?
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > >
> > > or 2 Jags..( i wish)
> > >
> > >
>
> Knowing that some areas of the Yorkshire moors are boggy..............
>
> I guess you could call it a Weapon of MOSS Destruction ?????????
>
> I'll get my coat...........
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
> Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
> Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>

[Pechs1]

srollin-<< Then there was the guy >><BR><BR>

Flew outta VaBch on a hurrivac, F-4J, VF-33. I left with Jeff Giddings in the
other A/C, flew to Wright-Patt. When we landed we both noticed that his jet
smelled 'fishy'...saw that he ate a seagull probably on takeoff. Feathers and
guts and such all over the intake, nose cone of the engine. Engine worked
fine....those J-79s!!
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer