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Subject: Re: [OM] olympus cases/flying self-portraits (going OT)
From: "gary edwards" <maitani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:10:15 PDT



From: "christopher.barker" <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 And what if GIB decides to
activate the command ejection system (Italians being excitable at times -
well isn't anyone excitable if they're inverted unexpectedly)?


In that case, do what a civilian photographer did in the back seat of a USMC Phantom some years back. He requested a canopy-to-canopy roll with the wingman. Pilot cut a little too close and clipped the other F-4. Martin-Baker got four nice thank you letters. On the way out the photographer squeezed the motor drive button on his N*k*n. Unfortunatly, he lost his grip later in the ensuing excitement. The camera was found by hikers two years later with the film compartment intact but two summers of southern California desert heat destroyed the film. Just keep a better grip on your OM-1N.

Speaking of unexpected inversions: my first ride in a bizjet was a maintaince check flight in a Sabreliner 60 many years ago. After we confirmed the door seals did, the captain, a former B-47/B-58 pilot, made a two steep turns while I and another pilot stood in the aisle peering through the cockpit door. I didn't realize that they were clearing turns. Next thing I knew I was still standing on the floor but the horizon was rotating quickly one way. We were back wings level before I recognized a barrel roll. The guy was SMOOTH. Wish I had a picture of my face then.

Gary Edwards


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