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Old 7th Jun 2002, 19:11
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Flash2001
 
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Here goes, pardon the stream of consciousness.

RCAF (Back when we had an air force) Stn. Bagotville, late 1963. CF 100 on a test flight after maintenance, descending through 12000, nav writing radar report. Pilot pulls negative G as part of the test procedure. Nav regains orientation hanging in parachute without boots and with a rather crushed pencil in hand, lands on the shore of Lac st. Jean. A/C returns to Bagtown with rear seat gun extended, no canopy and drogue wrapped around horizontal stabilizer, gentlest landing of this type ever seen as pilot's seat was not locked down and had only to rise a few inches to fire the gun. No one knows how the nav's 'chute deployed as the drogue returned with the aircraft. Nav found by air search and picked up by helicopter borrowed from Hydro Quebec. He entered the radar section during the compulsory tour of congratulation and the radar sergeant asked him for the radar report. "Sir! How do you expect us to keep the set on the top line if you don't fill out the paperwork?"

The SE techs received a case of beer because the parachute worked and 3 weeks jankers because it shouldn't have had to.
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