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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed Anderson's old "ride", off topic
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:59:20 -0400
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Actually, Bill, being the EW,  I flew to the right and back of the pilot in 
the E model - so that was the seat cushion that needed replacing {:>).

The interesting thing is that when the crap hits the fan,  your training 
kicks in and you are so busy twisting knobs, making radio calls, listening 
to the radar and missile guidance signals to tell what mode they are in 
....etc, that you really don't have time to get scared.  Its not until you 
get back and down that the reaction kicks in.  I guess in my case, at least, 
it was the old - it won't be me they get.  I mean how could you really go 
back out day after day unless you believed that.

But, after returning from that long 11 hour mission (several air 
refuelings), I got debriefed, got a bite to eat and hit the Officers club 
bar around 1100PM.  Had a few drinks, went to the bungalo - slept 45 
minutes, woke up wide awake and couldn't go back to sleep for 48 hours.  Its 
when things get quite that the reflection takes ahold and you relive the 
incident - with enough time to get scared.

Actually, I have been more scare flying my rotary powered aircraft - because 
in a 12 mile guild for example, you've got plenty of time to think {:>)

Ed


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From: "Bill Bradburry" <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 1:29 PM
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed Anderson's old "ride", off topic

> I wonder if Ed flew that one in combat!  Did you check the pilot's seat 
> for
> poop??!  :>)
>
> B2
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of dlomheim@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:56 PM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Ed Anderson's old "ride", off topic
>
> I'm on a trip to Robins AFB, Macon, GA and we broke today so went over to
> see their aviation musuem.  It has really grown since I was last here in
> 2004ish and they happen to have an old "66" which is similar to the a/c Ed
> A. braved shootdown and death or capture over the skies of Vietnam in days
> past.  So w/ that reminder I just wanted to again say " Thanks for your
> service Ed"!  Doug
>
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