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Very sad. RIP Major Del Bagno. https://www.heraldextra.com/ne...a4-72f7913b3924.html 
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
Damn  ...RIP Major...I hate to hear of such things...prayers for you and loved ones as well as your squadron at this loss.******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated  |
So sorry to hear. RIP sir. "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP! | |||
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Striker in waiting |
RIP, Major. I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
Very sorry to hear this. RIP Major. "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
RIP. | |||
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War Damn Eagle! |
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RIP Major | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
Very sorry to hear of this. No details for cause of crash yet. But the Thunderbird and Blue Angels pilots don’t wear g-suits during their demonstration flights. The reason for that: the automatic inflation/deflation can disrupt fine control, which is a danger while they’re flying in such close formation. To prevent blackout during high-g maneuvers, they tense their abdominal and leg muscles. There was a crash (in Florida, as I recall) a couple of tears ago that was attributed to pilot blackout. Serious about crackers | |||
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A Grateful American |
T-bird pilots wear anti G-suits. The Blues pilots don't. With or without a suit, all perform AGSM when at onset of G-s. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
Thanks for the correction. While verifying your comment, I came across this interesting factoid: ‘The "Thunderbird" F-16 aircraft are equipped with a special hydrazine-powered back-up power supply which provides stand-by electricity and hydraulics in case of engine failure.’ Serious about crackers | |||
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| A Grateful American |
All F-16's have the EPU. The hydrazine bottle sits in the right side upper area to the rear of the canopy and the EPU is behind that. In the event of an engine and or generator failure, the EPU will supply electrical power, to maintain instrument and flight controls and flight control computers, by catalytic conversion of hydrazine when in contact with iridium. Any one in the work area of F-16s has to have training on Hydrazine/HAZMAT procedures. The PPM is so small, that a ping pong ball in a fright car full of ping pong balls is the ratio that was considered "un-healthy". Hydrazine decomposes when released, and if you "smell ammonia", you have breathed way more than you should. Aircraft are sneaky and have many ways to kill you, or hurt your feelings. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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