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Originally Posted by The Reaper
.....riding with the Nightstalkers on a cross-border NOE infil run.
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Never did up-chuck but came close a few times on hot summer NOE flights when somebody else blew chunks and the smell drifted by. Got out every time before it hit me. Small boat ops, loved them, large or small sea state.
One night I did get to ride a Little Bird. The two pilots, the equipment stacked behind the seats and us two fools on each board. Both of us riders tried to wedge our bodies in behind the seats without moving our butts too much for most of the flight. The guys who have done it know what I mean about that issue. REAL GOOD view of the countryside, though.
I swear my boots kicked a few tree tops on the trip. When they pulled and banked into the LZ I put a real good set of finger indentations into the back of the pilot's chair.