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So, you think YOU have a tough job ahead of you?
Dear Mike Yankee Three-Five-Five,
(.....sort of like putting a B-25, on a short... small island
landing strip... during a Typhoon... crosswinds of 90 kts...
in February.... at night... with zero visibility... a flat nose gear tire...
a wounded belly gunner ...
stuck in his position... holding a 500 lb bomb that slid out of the bomb bay...
and the timer has been ticking away for the last fifteen minutes...
making ya wonder if it's a dud or not... and the tower just told you that you
passed the 2000 foot outer marker 45 seconds ago... and it's going to be the
hard water that
you think is the runway...and you don't have enough airspeed...to make a go
round...
So you tell everyone to prepare for a few bumps...cause there's been a hydraulic
leak...
and the gear won't come down, and the emergency manual wheel got blown off ...
when the enemy fighters strafed you... as you were preparing to drop your load
over the target...
that you thought was the enemy's factory... but turned out to be General Eisenhowers
wife's summer cottage...
and he wants to see you as soon as you land... if you can... after his ground
A/A batteries let you have it with both barrels...
for violating his wife's ADIZ...
and you are wondering if this is a script from "The Twilight Zone" with Rod
Serling...or maybe
"The Outer Limits"... and you hope they get Elvis to play your part...
but you realize that won't happen... cause he's as dead as your twin engines
are now...
Since you've been daydreaming... instead of aviating... and ran out of fuel...
the runway now being 15 minutes on a relative heading of 1- 8- 0- degrees!!...
And you call an S.O.S. but no one pay's any attention to you...
cause they know you love to play practical jokes on everyone..........!!)
But................................,
you have to compare faces to see if it's the same girl...
CJ6 Time!
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