[pct-l] re: PCT and jets buzzing by

[ksorbello at hotmail.com (Kimberly Sorbello)]

Speaking as the wife of a vet who flew helicopters in Vietnam and training 
missions in CA, don't forget that if those pilots don't train in low-level 
mountain flying they aren't much good at the occasional rescue need...  they 
also train over the beaches, and at night.  Scary for the wife back home, 
but necessary.  We were on top of Half Dome when we first heard then saw the 
choppers hovering over the Canyon recovering the body of the solo-hiker 
Korean foreign exchange student, finally located after a month of being 
missing.  That s&r team stayed even though lightening was approaching, doing 
their job at personal risk.  My hat is off to them.
Kim



From: sue.kettles@comcast.net
To: calliger@infolane.com, vichanson@juno.com,"pct2006@yahoogroups.com" 
<pct2006@yahoogroups.com>,"pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net" 
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CC: rjcalliger@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [pct-l] TYPOES REPAIRED....a jet was buzzing by
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:44:27 +0000

I also love seeing and hearing the jets fly over so low.  I love the silence 
and solitude of the wilderness, but theres something about that power and 
ability that mesmorizes me.  I talked to an F14 pilot once who said it is 
the best rollar coaster ride available, and he actually gets paid to fly it. 
  I

-------------- Original message --------------
From: calliger@infolane.com
Sorry about the typoes...would you believe a jet can a little
 > low and buzzed me? :-)) ;-)
 >
 > Well..I might consider equating a happy jet jockey
 > going to the ground to buzz me to my fiance's snoring!
 >
 > How you ask? Well..glad you did!! LOL
 >
 >
 > I used to be greatly bothered by her snoring 'till one day I
 > realized how lucky I am to have her, how lucky I am to be
 > with her, and how lucky I am to be here and be able to hear
 > her...
 >
 > now..it is sort of a music that I smile to and fall back
 > to sleep..
 >
 > Isn't attitude everything thought? We are here and able to hike
 > our own hike becasue of those jets! (and the strength of our
 > country and freedom...I hiked in Hungary and was searched and
 > asked for my passport no less that 6 times in a week!!-
 > AND this was AFTER the Communists left!!)
 >
 > However, do not get me wrong, I am not a war-monger..in fact just the
 > opposite!-- but our country and way of life was founded on
 > the power of our resolve and weapons and army to throw off the
 > British rule of dominion and terror and persecution..You will love
 > the Church or we will kill you kinda stuff!! So today those
 > jets that buzz me are an extension of all that!
 >
 > Semper Fi!
 >
 > PPS_
 >
 > AND...by the way..if you dont like then leave!!! (LOL)
 >
 >
 > > I wonder what a well aimed and timed rock (or even a piece of gravel)
 > > would do to a jet engine.
 > >
 > > ----------
 > > Tortoise
 > >
 > > I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
 > > Using Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
 > >
 > > hiker97 at 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.
 > > >
 > > > Then they would duck down in the Kern River trench to do a high speed
 > escape. Too much.
 > > >
 > > > Just memories of the trail of a by gone era.
 > > >
 > > > Cheers, Switchback
 > > >
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