05-15-2005, 18:12
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
I would have ridden the Fulton if asked, with a square as back up. I bet it's a helluva ride.
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i bet it is, too...but i think the back up was problematic to the AF...
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06-01-2006, 05:12
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Looks fun.
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06-01-2006, 11:20
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One of the best rides was in an Army Hughes 500 series bird, a recon mission, looking at tracks. They pulled it to a stop "quite" fast when we spotted a trail and I suddenly found myself almost head down, talking to my buddy beside me, now above me.
Chopper rides were rare as hen's teeth for us ruck folks.
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06-01-2006, 11:57
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2005
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If the weather was ok, the pilots'd take the students for a dip in the lake.
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I got dunked during one ride in the 25th. Wasn't a waste pond, thank God. Actually we were dunked several times. I believe the pilots found special glee searching out all the available ponds in the AO.
Pretty much felt like a donut until my head got caught in the ropes and could not raise it above the water level. I thought this was a hell of a way to die. My only solace was thinking about all the paperwork the PL and pilots would have to fill out. Also, it was amazing how cold you could be when you're soaking wet and flying through the air at the end of those ropes even on a warm day.
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06-16-2006, 08:58
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Best rides - nontac water jumps in the summer, and the attendant zodiac duty - hell of a way to spend a summer day - cruise the lake for pickups, then gear-up (shorts, t-shirts, sneakers, harness) fall out of a chopper, repeat until all available MC1-1Bs were wet, hang the canopies in the shed, and go back the next day for shakeout duty.... rare days
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06-18-2006, 08:30
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"SF Loggie"
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by lksteve
Cliff Strickland, FL 1982...3rd Bn 10th SFGA...i was one of the guys that lost the lottery to get picked up...
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If memory serves, been failing lately, was that the incident that caused all live training Fulton ops to be stopped?
By the way, S-4's are people with feelings, too; even flash/tab-qualified ones.
P.S. I was at a State of Florida surplus property point in Marianna a few years ago and saw components of several actual Fulton rigs. I don't know what they they were doing there and not in a PDO yard.
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06-18-2006, 12:51
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Originally Posted by Soft Target
If memory serves, been failing lately, was that the incident that caused all live training Fulton ops to be stopped?
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Yep. I tried to get the use of it modified to realistic scenarios in 80 and it almost resulted in a courts-martial!
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