[pct-l] Jets and the PCT

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

I wonder what a well aimed and timed rock (or even a piece of gravel) 
would do to a jet engine.

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hiker97@aol.com wrote:
> I remember 40 years ago hiking on the PCT in the Sierras and the jets coming down to buzz us.  We would have to lay flat on the ground to try to miss the shock wave coming at us.  Of course, they did this on purpose when they caught backpackers out in the open.  Ha, ha, ha.
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> Then they would duck down in the Kern River trench to do a high speed escape.  Too much. 
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> Just memories of the trail of a by gone era.
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> Cheers, Switchback
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