Some people are sooo picky ;-)
You are entirely right of course WJ. My excuse is that the pair of blowtorches
I have my hands on the stick and throttle, and there is an escape system that
depends only on my pulling a handle (in good time). And as for "places that we
are not wanted": that's just guesswork on your part (bit of dry British humour
if I may be allowed a little ;-)).
Sad bit: a colleague of mine did not pull the handle in time (if at all) last
Thursday. The RAF lost a Tornado, complete with young crew, in Northumbria,
reason as yet unkown and difficult to fathom. I had begun to feel that we had
sort of got out of the habit of losing Tornado bombers ... but, we've said our
prayers.
Chris
~~ ><>
Chris Barker
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>From: "W. J. Liles" <wliles@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] Millenium Flying Fantasy
>Date: 18 Oct 1999 23:04
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
>>
>> WJ
>>
>> "Character" in an aircraft that I can do without! ;-) This is a
>> large-engined aircraft (the largest single-engined machine in the world I
heard)
>> whose reliability is difficult to place...
>>
>> I'll watch from the ground.
>>
>> Chris
>>
> This from a man who flies a blowtorch stuffed full of high explosives
> into places he's not wanted. I'll take the Antonov, thank you.
>
> Jerry Liles
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