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jtuck004

(15,882 posts) Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:40 PM Jun 2014

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Marine Lands Jet Vertically Without Nose Gear

It's not political (other than our endless warring) but the skills are cool...he takes off, realizes there is a problem with the nose gear, so they pull out a special stool and he lands the jet's nose on it. On a moving ship.

That is what is called an appropriate mix of luck and skill. A lot of skill.

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Marine Lands Jet Vertically Without Nose Gear (Original Post) jtuck004 Jun 2014 OP

Holy Crap....nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #1

Really impressive ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #2

"I feel great when I can parallel park, and this guy can do that" Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #3

wow Liberal_in_LA Jun 2014 #4

Landing a Harrier is not easy to begin with... Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #5

WOWZERS Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #6

I did that once when I was seven. progressoid Jun 2014 #7

he better know how to fucking fly. heaven05 Jun 2014 #8

Jets can vertical land? That's news to me. nt valerief Jun 2014 #9

Doing the best I can to fill in the gaps in the noosphere. <lol> n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #10

Harriers can. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #11

geez.....I am overwhelmed...this is so awesome...thank you so much our hero... CTyankee Jun 2014 #12

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

1. Holy Crap....nt

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:43 PM

Jun 2014

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

2. Really impressive

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:44 PM

Jun 2014

landing.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

3. "I feel great when I can parallel park, and this guy can do that"

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:45 PM

Jun 2014

cool.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

4. wow

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:46 PM

Jun 2014

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

5. Landing a Harrier is not easy to begin with...

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:53 PM

Jun 2014

...but he nailed it!

Tetris_Iguana

(501 posts)

6. WOWZERS

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:24 PM

Jun 2014

progressoid

(49,988 posts)

7. I did that once when I was seven.

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:28 PM

Jun 2014

With a Lego plane I built.

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

8. he better know how to fucking fly.

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:31 PM

Jun 2014

all the tax dollars that went into to training this pilot. Kudos.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

9. Jets can vertical land? That's news to me. nt

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:44 PM

Jun 2014

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

10. Doing the best I can to fill in the gaps in the noosphere. <lol> n/t

Reply to valerief (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:11 PM

Jun 2014

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

11. Harriers can.

Reply to valerief (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:15 PM

Jun 2014

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

12. geez.....I am overwhelmed...this is so awesome...thank you so much our hero...

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 07:17 PM

Jun 2014

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