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     Kommentar till en text av PAUL QUINN
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PQ> EV> USAFNG means United States Air Force Air National Guard.

PQ>Ah, I'm glad you told me so.  My mind was doing mental acrobatics trying to
PQ>around that acronym.  :)

PQ> EV> And did You mean a Gear Up landing when You mentioned "a hard deck"?

PQ>It was a term used in the movie 'Top Gun'; wherever 'ground level' is deemed
PQ>be.  I used it to mean a normal landing on an airfield runway.  Jets are smo
PQ>as; I usually crash the Cessna in the MS flight sim.  Messy.  HI

I didn't see the movie Paul.

PQ> EV> In 1962 or 1961, down (UP for You) around the Phillipine Islands the
PQ>[ ...trimmed...]
PQ> EV> When both Carriers were in port I went with some buddies to visit the
PQ> EV> British Carrier and meet some of their Crew Members.

PQ>Any language barriers, do you recall?  Bloody english can't even
PQ>speaka-da-lingo proper.  ;-)

AFAIK I had no problem talking with the Seamen on the British Carrier.

Your use of the word "speaka-da-lingo" made me think that Your Origin is
Italian.     ;-)

PQ> EV> The use of a Mirror on the Carrier to help Airplanes to Land is one of
PQ> EV> the most facinating things I still remember.

PQ>I can't get over their use of the 'christmas tree' thingy, where the landing
PQ>officer used to be with the paddles.  (I think they use it instead of a mirr
PQ>these days.)  It runs a pattern of red & white lights to tell the pilot if h
PQ>high or low, left or right, or dead-on with the glide path.  It looks like a
PQ>neat idea but I couldn't see much of it on the TV screen, looking from the
PQ>pilot's perspective.

I didn't know about the Christmas Tree setup, thanks for telling me
about it.

Back in the Dark Ages when I was a Seaman, The Signal Officer wore a
Headset and Waved the Flags at the Planes along with the Pilot viewng
the reflection of the Yellow Lights that were mounted on the Stern of
the Carrier and they were Facing Toward the Mirror.

The Pilot would try to keep the reflected image of the Yellow Lights,
Aligned with the Green Lights mounted on both sides of the Mirror.

The Hi-Tech Christmas Tree setup sounds to me like a better deal for the
Pilot as he is making his approach to Land on the Carrier.

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