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Subject: Re: [OM] Large flying machine
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:53:10 -0400
We need all those planes to carry stuff to wherever it is we're going to
invade next.


--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 7:47 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I attended a conference on aviation medicine this week, held at Ramstein
> AB – a large transport hub in the Rheinland Pfalz region of Germany.
>
> I presented on training for spatial disorientation recognition and
> avoidance in pilots, but hung around for quite a bit of the medical stuff.
> It was more interesting than I had anticipated, although I needed to check
> my dictionary quite frequently: who would have known, for instance, that
> “pre-morbidic” meant “not yet diseased”?  I think that military doctors
> make some of it up . . .
>
> Anyway, one of the highlights was a visit to a transport isolation system
> installed on a C17; this was designed after the Ebola outbreak when there
> were fears that some Americans might need evacuation after contact with
> such a serious disease.  The aircraft apron was almost deserted (by USAF
> standards) but there were more aircraft on that apron than the UK has in
> total – we don’t have any C5s . . .
>
> There are 4 photos:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796 <
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796>
>
> Chris
>
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