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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: F/A 18
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Date: 6 Dec 90 21:52:19 GMT
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In article <7081@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>, sanders@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert M Sanders) writes...
^In article <4108@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
^>This reminds me of a picture I once saw.  It is of an F18 on full afterburner
^>about 20 ft off the surface of the ocean (the flames just licked the water)
^>poiting as near vertical as one can imagine.  The guy said he made a copy of
^>the picture from an air boss on some carrier (name eludes me) where a pilot had
^>missed his landing and ended up off the deck with almost no airspeed.  The
^>bugger threw it into afterburner and managed to pull it out without ditching
^>the aircraft.
^>
^Any chance of getting this photo digitized and put on the net somewhere?  This
^sounds REALLY neat.
^ 
^                                                    Rob

I'd like to but I don't have a copy.  Anyone else in netland (former navy
types) seen or have it?  I'll call my friend and see if he'll do it for me. 
Haven't talked to him years though since he moved to the west coast ;-(.

NT

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