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Old 27th Apr 2006, 19:35
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Originally Posted by bubbers44
Reminds me of the poor Navy fighter pilot with an ailing engine on his single engine fighter being told that he had to delay his landing because a B 52 was going to have to land first because he had an engine out. He said, Oh the dreaded seven engine approach.
The variation of this story that I have heard was when an F4 Phantom fighter pilot was asked to defer to a B52 because the bomber was down to a critical 30 minute fuel level. The fighter pilot agreed, of course, even though he had about 10 minutes of fuel left.
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