And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Imagine trying to locate the carrier after a 4 hour sortie in your Dauntless... https://books.google.com/books?id=D7_vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT165&lpg=PT165&dq=Dauntless+sortie+time&source=bl&ots=5xmvVMqala&sig=VOVdTWCaJHFA5cMnhJKVmD6-Tjs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv3baD3YvdAhXF5p8KHe7TAJEQ6AEwEXoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=Dauntless%20sortie%20time&f=false
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ReplyDeleteNot a bad way to earn a living.
ReplyDeleteDidn't look like conditions were all that bad. Maybe 20 - 25 knots of wind, and some fog.
ReplyDeleteI could do that......
ReplyDeleteehhh, who am I kidding.
Thru the deck and onto the deck.
ReplyDeleteWhy we have TACAN.
ReplyDeleteVFA 143 World Famous Pukin' Dogs...My old Squadron!
ReplyDeleteWish I was still there. Haze gray and underway!
Humans are amazing!
ReplyDeleteMore guts than me. God bless every one of them.
ReplyDeleteImagine trying to locate the carrier after a 4 hour sortie in your Dauntless...
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Sierra Hotel! Way to fly Pukin' Dogs!
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