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To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (7168)	3/18/2000 2:03:00 AM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Sorry Joe, I visited the sub and ships, a must see while visiting the Seattle area (guess who did some teaching at the hospital on the hill there?). There were a lot of veterans at the base looking at some of the ships which was really nice to see. Unless you know, you don't know, what a part of your military past means. I've blasted C-130s, C-7As, C-119s, UH1Ds, C-141s, etc. you name it, I jumped it but there is no one single bird I could ever go back to, not like those guys were doing by seeing "their" ships. The sound of huey blades is close though, I don't know why but a huey has its own sound and gives me "that feeling" each time I hear one. I'm sure you know what I mean. BLUE

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (7168)	3/18/2000 11:29:00 AM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Joe, I thought I'd share a few of my ships with you. This is the C-7A. The first time I jumped one a cherry grunt next to me said, "Doc, the wings are shaking on this thing". He was right, on taxi one may think the wings might come off. They were small and slow but they did a job other craft could not. They were an easy jump because you didn't jump them, you walked off the lowered tailgate. The guys that flew them had guts, true heroes that Hollywood never told the public about because they were too busy making fictional movies about our troops killing our troops. The guys who flew the C-7A could take off and land on a dime. Many of Vietnam's wounded were carried out of remote areas on these planes and many Special Ops Paratroopers have stepped off the tailgate into the night, well behind the lines or where there were no lines. wpafb.af.mil BLUE