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Look both ways before walking across the Flight Deck!

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  1. toggie

    toggie F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    toggie, Oct 9, 2011
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  2. open roads

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    It looks as though the second sailor saw it at the last moment.
     
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    I think I can hear the ass chewing from here.
     
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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_gpPbpONK4[/ame]

    Probably a repost but worth watching. Carrier decks are not for the faint hearted who just got out of bed.
     
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  5. norcal2

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    yes..i saw that video and others worse during our carrier training...you have to be attentive..
     
    norcal2, Oct 11, 2011
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    How did he survive that? Are there not fan blades spinning in there?
     
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    I have an older VCR tape of that from the 90's with an explanation of the events.
    IIRC the inlet necks-down right before the blades. His helmet got eaten but fortunately stopped at that.........mostly.
     
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