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Bill Whittle Explains It all For you

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The man is back with more essay greatness. Here's just a taste:

"This is the cockpit of the F-102 Delta Dagger’s successor, the F-106 Delta Dart (I could not find an F-102 panel, but they would have been very similar)"

"Now, picture yourself in this chair, at 40,000 feet, traveling at one and a half times the speed of sound. Now imagine that someone has painted the windows white – you are flying on instruments. Now imagine that not only do you have to be able to fly blind, by referencing these instruments, but that you also have to stare into that orange jack-o-lantern of a radar, and interpret a squiggle that will lead you to your target. Now imagine that in addition to not hitting the ground, or your wingman, and watching the squiggle, you also have to turn those switches on the right side panel to activate weapons systems, to overcome enemy countermeasures…without looking outside, as you hurtle through air at -40 degrees F, air so thin that should you lose pressure, you have about 4-6 seconds of consciousness before you black out and die.

I maintain that the instant George W. Bush closed that canopy and took off on the first of his many solo hours in an F-102, it is quite impossible that he was either an idiot or a coward.

To which I humbly add "And I dont care who his daddy was or who may have helped get him into the Texas ANG, theres only one seat in that bird. You can have all the family connections you want, in that plane, theres nobody to help you through the takeoff checklist from the moment you sit down and buckle in."

Go read the whole thing whole thing already...

Posted @ November 06, 2006 05:12 PM | Current Affairs

Comments

I understand he joined the "punish the Republicans" by voting in Deomocrats" party this year....until I hear otherwise, I've given up the Whittle habit. Tell me my information is wrong...please, please tell me....

Posted by: TBinSTL at November 6, 2006 06:49 PM

I was wrong, wrong, wrong! Whittle has done no such thing...I was thinking of Bill Quick at Dailypundit.com . Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Posted by: TBinSTL at November 7, 2006 01:07 AM

if you have not read his post on Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs, do it now.

it is one post, sorry, essay,... that will stand the test of time!

Posted by: roberto at November 7, 2006 12:34 PM

> You can have all the family connections you want, in that plane, theres nobody to help you through the takeoff checklist from the moment you sit down and buckle in."

Not to be contrasted with the vast experiences the Kennedys have with flying...

BWAAAAAhahahahahahahahaaaa...!

Posted by: Vootie at November 7, 2006 06:57 PM