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Old 17th Nov 2009, 06:32
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Edmund Spencer
 
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Jualbo,
I was just re-reading your post regarding 1st Lt Mario Callego the other day.
It would be interesting to hear a bit more from his perspective.
I had just shot at Raul Diaz, seen his Mirage hit and catch fire and descend towards the hills near Pebble Island. I remember being surprised that Raul, apparently, was taking so long to eject and my attention was quite focussed on his aircraft. I saw the ejection sequence start seconds before impact with the appearance of the orange parachute being pulled out by the bullet but at that very moment I saw Callego flying almost directly underneath me heading west. I slammed to full power and gave chase and even had a missile lock but my speed was quite low by that stage and with Callego quickly accelerating away I was well out of range.
It would be interesting to hear what Callgo saw, if anything. I would be surprised if he didn't see Raul's Mirage on fire and possibly me as well.
If I had seen him a bit earlier I might have been able to accelerate and lead turn to get a shot off. I certainly had the fuel at that stage.
Is there any way of contacting Mario?
ES
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