View Full Version : USAF Bombs Yorkshire!!!!
Ken Duffey
January 12th 04, 06:45 PM
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
January 12th 04, 07:55 PM
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
January 12th 04, 08:24 PM
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
January 12th 04, 09:47 PM
"Chad Irby" > wrote in message
. ..
> yes, the guy was an idiot.)
birds of a feather ...
killfile
January 12th 04, 10:02 PM
"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
January 12th 04, 10:15 PM
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
January 12th 04, 10:27 PM
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
January 12th 04, 11:18 PM
"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
January 12th 04, 11:24 PM
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
January 13th 04, 02:11 AM
"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
January 13th 04, 03:12 AM
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
January 13th 04, 04:58 AM
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
January 13th 04, 06:08 AM
>
> 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
January 13th 04, 09:22 AM
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
January 13th 04, 09:38 AM
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
January 13th 04, 04:50 PM
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/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>
Jimi
January 13th 04, 11:17 PM
> But there's no Chinese embassy in Yorkshire, is there??
I had the same thoughts :-P
Jimi
John Mullen
January 13th 04, 11:29 PM
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
January 14th 04, 12:11 AM
"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
January 14th 04, 12:37 AM
> 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
January 14th 04, 01:53 AM
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
January 14th 04, 02:37 AM
>
>> 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
January 14th 04, 03:12 AM
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
January 14th 04, 04:05 AM
"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
January 14th 04, 05:07 AM
>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
January 14th 04, 05:24 AM
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
January 14th 04, 05:43 AM
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
January 14th 04, 05:49 AM
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
January 14th 04, 06:05 AM
"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! :-)
Ron
January 14th 04, 06:59 AM
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
January 14th 04, 07:39 AM
>
>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
January 14th 04, 07:40 AM
>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
January 14th 04, 07:43 AM
>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.
OXMORON1
January 14th 04, 11:58 AM
John Weiss wrote:
>Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an
>A-6
>once! :-)
Took an eagle in no.2 engine with a B-57 near Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. It sure did
make a mess!
We got even about two months later, overflew a turkey farm SE of Kansas City.
Farmer claimed we killed 3500 turkeys from 500 ft with no weapons on board :-)
Domestic turkeys are dumb critters.
oxmoron1
MFE
Mike Marron
January 14th 04, 01:45 PM
>Ron > wrote:
>>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...
>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.
Wild turkeys are *superb* flyers (when threatened, sudden, short
bursts of energy resulting in good climb and high speed not unlike
pheasant or quail).
We always kept our freezer chock full of tasty wild turkey on our
ranch in Northwestern Nebraska. Don't waste your time trying to pluck
their stubborn pinfeathers though -- simply skin 'em and be done with
it.
M. J. Powell
January 14th 04, 02:17 PM
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
Mike Marron
January 14th 04, 02:38 PM
(OXMORON1) wrote:
>Took an eagle in no.2 engine with a B-57 near Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. It
>sure did make a mess!
>We got even about two months later, overflew a turkey farm SE of Kansas City.
>Farmer claimed we killed 3500 turkeys from 500 ft with no weapons on board :-)
Yup. When scared, domestic turkeys or chickens will pile up in a
corner and smother each other to death.
>Domestic turkeys are dumb critters.
So are clueless military aviators who think buzzing livestock is
funny (hint: guess who ended up buying all those dead turkeys?)
OXMORON1
January 14th 04, 04:09 PM
Mike Marron commented without knowing the facts:
>So are clueless military aviators who think buzzing livestock is
>funny (hint: guess who ended up buying all those dead turkeys?)
>
Sorry Mike, but the turkey farm was dead on the centerline of a published
lowlevel training route (legal to 500ftAGL). The turkey farm was built after
the lowlevel route was established, 8 years after IIRC.
The training route was well know to the population, especially the conservation
people.
I will admit that the nudist colony NW of Hutchison, KS was not on the
centerline of that route, but it was within the approved corridor. And we were
looking for red commie infiltrators from Nebraska, and we were 500ft AGL there
also, legal again.
Then again you probably want to complain about the tip tanks we punched off
after the eagle strike. JP-4 laden drop tanks are a bit hard to climb with in a
crippled airplane on a hot day. We probably created a hazardous waste situation
that someone had to clean up, but the option was a flaming crash and dead
bodies.
And to steal from Geoge Gobel, during that entire time period, not a communist
unit larger than a platoon infiltrated south of the Iowa and Nebraska state
lines without being detected.
oxmoron1
MFE
January 14th 04, 04:25 PM
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
January 14th 04, 04:29 PM
"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.,
John R Weiss
January 14th 04, 04:59 PM
"OXMORON1" > wrote...
>
> Took an eagle in no.2 engine with a B-57 near Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. It sure
did
> make a mess!
Don't tell the ecoterrorist crowd -- you might get thrown in jail for "taking"
an endangered species!
> We got even about two months later, overflew a turkey farm SE of Kansas City.
> Farmer claimed we killed 3500 turkeys from 500 ft with no weapons on board :-)
> Domestic turkeys are dumb critters.
Turkeys, minks, chinchillas... I don't know how many times the VR routes over
WA have been changed because of those dumb critters!
e
January 14th 04, 06:57 PM
>>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
January 14th 04, 07:54 PM
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
January 14th 04, 07:55 PM
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
January 14th 04, 08:00 PM
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
January 14th 04, 08:09 PM
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
January 14th 04, 09:44 PM
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
January 15th 04, 12:23 AM
"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
January 15th 04, 02:58 AM
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
Bill Banaszak
January 15th 04, 03:14 AM
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
January 15th 04, 03:32 AM
"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
January 15th 04, 03:51 AM
"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.
>
>
Mary Shafer
January 15th 04, 04:30 AM
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
January 15th 04, 05:20 AM
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
January 15th 04, 05:38 AM
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
January 15th 04, 01:20 PM
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.
Rob Grinberg
January 16th 04, 01:10 AM
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
January 16th 04, 01:12 AM
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
January 16th 04, 01:43 AM
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/
>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
BUFDRVR
January 16th 04, 02:21 PM
>Y'know it was a big loss when that series was removed, I loved
>it.
Concur. The "Thanksgiving Episode" being discussed here is a TV classic.
BUFDRVR
"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"
BUFDRVR
January 16th 04, 02:34 PM
>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"...
I believe that song made it around the entire USAF over a two day period just
after the holidays. Its a damn funny song. I like the line: "Hurry the f%^k up
cause I don't want to wait...I'm in a hurry and its your fault I'm steppin' 20
minutes late" or; "I'll leave FOD in the cockpit without even a trace.... then
I'll over G the targeting pod with a smile on my face". The best part is, the
music is quite catchy and well performed.
BUFDRVR
"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"
Steve R.
January 16th 04, 04:58 PM
Anybody have a link to the song? I seem to have missed it. :o(
Steve R.
"BUFDRVR" > wrote in message
...
> >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"...
>
> I believe that song made it around the entire USAF over a two day period
just
> after the holidays. Its a damn funny song. I like the line: "Hurry the
f%^k up
> cause I don't want to wait...I'm in a hurry and its your fault I'm
steppin' 20
> minutes late" or; "I'll leave FOD in the cockpit without even a trace....
then
> I'll over G the targeting pod with a smile on my face". The best part is,
the
> music is quite catchy and well performed.
>
>
> BUFDRVR
>
> "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
> everyone on Bear Creek"
Ken Duffey
January 16th 04, 05:34 PM
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/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
ArtKramr
January 16th 04, 05:41 PM
>Subject: Re: USAF Bombs Yorkshire!!!!
>From: Ken Duffey
> Keep your head down Jules - they were aiming at YOU! (Just couldn't get it
>> all to work properly...)
Actually they were aiming at Lancashire but they just don't make bombardiers
the way they used to. Now in my day we damn well would have blown a chunk out
of Lancashire. ((:->))
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer
BUFDRVR
January 16th 04, 09:29 PM
I don't know if its on a web site. I got it sent directly to me. If you trust
me, I can send it to you.
BUFDRVR
"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"
Rob Grinberg
January 17th 04, 12:51 AM
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/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
>
>
Steve R.
January 17th 04, 04:21 AM
That would be great, thanks :o)
Steve R.
"BUFDRVR" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know if its on a web site. I got it sent directly to me. If you
trust
> me, I can send it to you.
>
>
> BUFDRVR
>
> "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
> everyone on Bear Creek"
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