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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:22 AM Original message |
CNN Breaking: Giant C-5 military jet crashes in Delaware (ANG aircraft) |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Gonna need some body work |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. My flight instructor hated the term "crash," as well... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. I always preferred the term: Unscheduled encounter with earth's surface. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. They can buff that out |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Slap a little bondo on it and it will be good as new. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. linky here |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. PIC |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Could this have been coming back from Iraq? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No, according to NBC |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for the pic... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, there's a couple a hundred mil down the commode... |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. any confirmation |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Good chance that plane was paid for |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That's interesting, thanks for the post... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. they aren't being replaced |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Think metal fatique. They may have a great safety record but at some |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. they are being systematically retrofitted |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Depends on what is being retrofitted. Tails should not fall off. That |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Saw the very first one the AF got, at a special air show in Japan |
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Zech Marquis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. I;ve flown in one before |
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unda cova brutha (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. The B-52 is older |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-04-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. They're being retired and the C-17 is the newest transport. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. My dad was a flight engineer on C-141s for his entire air force career |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Where the heck did the tail go? |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. MSNBC said not sure if the tail fell off and then plane crashed on landing |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. Weird I JUST watched a Mega Machines episode on TLC about that |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Oopsie daisy. |
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KevinJH87 (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. only the 7th incident |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Jesus, I had such a vivid dream that I was watching a military transport |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Odd. I had one about a crashing F-111. nt |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I dreamed about a plane crash as well ... mine was a domestic airliner |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Wow. That is amazing. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. No, but beforehand I had been dreaming my own past in the military |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. No fatalities. |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. That's great news |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Those are amazingly large engines. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Which kind of begs the question of why did it crash. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. More evidence of how Bush is over stretching the military. How old |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. And the money we need for good equipment, aircraft, etc. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. And to prepare to punish Iran, we are |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I was listening to today's Clarkcast and there was a story of a |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. people don't hate Americans, we hate your government |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. you clearly have some inside information -- share? |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Good point |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-04-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Note I said "It appears the tail fell off". When planes with otherwise |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. More evidence of "media complicity," as of 2:00pm, the U.S. media... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. stretching a bit? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh you're right, C-5 jets Crash in Delaware almost every day... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I'll try again |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'll try again |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-03-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Keep trying |
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