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General Category => Unofficial F/A-18 Acceleration Pack board => Topic started by: SpazSinbad on December 19, 2013, 12:50:41 am

Title: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 19, 2013, 12:50:41 am

Body English

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/449/language/en-CA/Body-English.aspx

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Title: Re: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 19, 2013, 06:55:31 am

ADDLS MONAB Nowra LSO Paddles

Title: Re: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: Puff on December 19, 2013, 12:34:00 pm

fantastic article - many thanks

Title: Re: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: GOONIE on December 19, 2013, 03:37:06 pm

Spaz,
Good stuff, made me think of this thread and pictures of carrier landings back in the day (dangerous stuff). http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50950

I especially like the sequence attached below (source warbirdinfo exhancge)

Looks like the LSO is running for cover, just barely makes it out of harms way!  :o

CAPT

Title: Re: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: Orion on December 19, 2013, 07:01:58 pm

That's... really scary. :o

Title: Re: History of LSOs as BatsMen
Post by: Paddles on December 20, 2013, 05:50:19 am

I recall CDR David 'Sex' Fravor's words:
"It's a dangerous job... It'll kill you in a second..."