USN3 165456 E-2C to FrenchNavy 2.jpg

On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo

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On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo


Here's a better size! Sorry about that.

Ri©ardo

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On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:18:49 +0100, Ri©ardo wrote:

On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo


Here's a better size! Sorry about that.


Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.

I have landed on a Nimitz class carrier, as a passenger, in an E-2C during heavy seas. What a beast! Feels
like you are going to sink the ship when you hit the deck and then you feel like the aircraft is going to be
pulled apart when you catch the arrestor cable!


One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!

;-)

Ri©ardo

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=Riardo?= wrote in

One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!

;-)

Ri©ardo




I,ll raise a pint to that !

Ri©ardo wrote:
On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo


Here's a better size! Sorry about that.

Ri©ardo


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Hm. I don't know much about aircraft design, but that seems a lot of
vertical tail surface. I wonder if they had stability issues with the
radar on top?

On 10/1/2015 10:04 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:46:08 +0100, Ri©ardo wrote:

On 10/1/2015 5:47 PM, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:18:49 +0100, Ri©ardo wrote:

On 10/1/2015 4:15 PM, Ri©ardo wrote:
On 10/1/2015 2:23 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Here is that aircraft, at the Yeovilton Air Display 2009.

Ri©ardo


Here's a better size! Sorry about that.


Personally, I prefer the high resolution images, so I appreciate your error.

I have landed on a Nimitz class carrier, as a passenger, in an E-2C during heavy seas. What a beast! Feels
like you are going to sink the ship when you hit the deck and then you feel like the aircraft is going to be
pulled apart when you catch the arrestor cable!


One of the great joys of being a paratrooper was that you usually
managed to avoid having to suffer landing in the aircraft!


I was fortunate, I only had to use a chute as part of my marine aviation training, as I remember it was
mandatory before they would let us train in the T-2 Buckeyes, but that was a long time ago. I cannot imagine
being part of Airborne infantry for a living....


I didn't have that problem - I was airborne artillery!

:-)

Ri©ardo

What was that famous line from Band of Brothers:

"2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We’re paratroopers, Lieutenant. We’re supposed to be surrounded."

No thank you.



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