Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:35:40 -0400
Reply-To: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Satellite image of fire
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Yup, those older ones are slow as were their prototypes. I'd love to go up
and across the Caribbean with Jimmy Buffett in his airplane. When I was
stationed at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in the mid-late 60s, we used an
old amphib plane to shuttle crypto/radio repair techs from the base to the
consulates around the Caribbean to repair down equipment and/or install some
for the military attaches. The pilot rarely took the bird more than
1500-2000 feet off the sea surface, and we often had to put down so the
machinist on board to affect repairs of one kind or another. We carried
essential survival supplies - booze, c-rations, water, booze, pre-cooked
burgers, booze, fishing gear, playing cards, booze, etc.... One on memorable
occasion, we had to put down 60-70 miles off Puerto Rico and our didn't have
the necessary formerly used part to get the engine going again. So, after a
few hours of survival behavior, I was directed to get on the radio and call
the Navy at Roosevelt Roads to describe our plight - the pilot determined my
voice sounded the least confused. Several hours and much increased use of
our survival supplies later, a navy sea-going tug came across the horizon
and threw over a line. We entered Roosevelt roads several hours later,
bright, hot sun shining and in dire need of a additional survival supplies
all of us sitting or lying on the wings and waving like returning heroes.
Ahhh ... those were the days ...
Sam Conant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Satellite image of fire
> The Mars is an old (but venerable) aircraft, it's slow and heavy, a
> Bombardier 415 is way more agile and as the time to go 2 time on the scene
> wile the Mars one.
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:48 -0700, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
>>Too bad we have only two of these babies left up here...
>>
>>http://www.martinmars.com/
>>
>>I've seen them in action many times (including a fire less than a km from
> our house a few
>>years ago), and they are quite amazing. I imagine the more modern
> Bombardier would also
>>be very impressive, even if only half the size...
>>
>>On 25 Oct 2007 at 10:22, Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote:
>>
>>> It's time for the US the invest in a Canadian product:
>>>
> http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=3_0&lang=en&file=/en/3_0/3_3/3_3_0.html
>>>
>>> When you see those up close, you understand! Look at a north american
>>> map,
>>> look at Quebec, France goes 8 time into it! All we have is forest.
>>>
>>> I had a fiend who was a CL-215 (older version) pilot, men, you can only
>>> have
>>> respect for those crazy guys.
>>>
>>> It's not the first time i see Califonia in fire, very sad indeed.
>>>
>>> Ben
>>
>>
>>Shawn Wright
>>http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
>>'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
>>'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
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