On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:28:43 -0600, Big John
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:32:24 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:07:48 -0800, Ron Wanttaja wrote in
:

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

Yes. He used the right word in the 11-minute, uncut
interview that is available from the link above. He
was also in the military.

I've done a summary of that interview he

http://moleski.net/ULTBIPE/n38pc.htm

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

He's pretty clear in the interview that he released
the canopy, which blew away quickly, then his harness,
and was pretty much thrown from the plane without
further ado.

No ejection seat was involved, of course. )

Marty


He made a comment about probably giving a bottle of booze to the
rigger.

That is an old custom in the Military. After I ejected (in an ejection
seat) and the chute saved my ass, when I returned to Home Plate I went
to the Parachute shop and found the guy who had packed my chute and
gave him a bottle of good booze and my thanks.

Told him how good a job he did and to keep up the good work.

Big John
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I also joined the Caterpillar Club, another old time custom, and got
my pin.

Big John