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Old 2nd Oct 2007, 12:39
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"In the Company of Heroes"
Is that the one immortalised as "Blackhawk Down"? A Self effacing journey of how you can be - ten feet tall and bullet proof one minute - and - less significant than dried horse manure - the next.

I am positive that if I was to fly in those sorts of situations where at hover your T/R disc presents a perfect target for anything longer than a foot or so, at any fair speed, that I would work out how to have the power off in a blink. Just my two bobs worth - and experience of T/R failure, in the hover.

"Armed Conflict" by James Newton DFC was a good read. Iraq War, 847 sqdn I think.

On a similar vein I have just noted that the Australian Dynasties program - an ox ABC event on thursday PM - that the Leahy Brothers from New Guionea will feature. Had the pleasure of being seated beside one of the family at a wedding in Brisbane a few years ago. I think he was a knighted gentleman, certainly he had lots to do with aviation in that country, both rotary and the other.
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