Poorly written ad in skydiving magazine

[jeffrefrig]

Once upon a time, long time ago, I was stationed at VF-11 NAS Oceana. We had F-4J's. One day the Squadron skipper was flying out in the operation area off Virginia Beach when his aircraft caught fire, likely from a hydraulic leak. His wingman saw the blaze and broadcast for them to eject. Shortly thereafter, the skipper and the RIO ejected. The skippers chute failed to open and the shroud lines looked like a tangled ball of yarn. While in free fall, he pulled the lines down, patiently untangled them, and threw the canopy back up. The chute opened normally, and both crewmen were safely rescued. I always thought that was a real display of cool thinking under duress.

Couple years ago we were at VA Beach for a vacation. First day there I thought about doing whatever this guy is doing. But then, about every 45 minutes those jets would fly right over coming from the base and my luck, I'd be too high (elevated) and one of those jets flying a million MPH would blow me right out into the ocean!

 

[Sistema1927]

My brother has a no teargassing sign on his gate a couple hundred yards from his place. It has bullet holes going from back to front so that when your standing there reading it the holes peal open to your face.

No "teargassing", eh? Guessing that most folks don't have any CS on them when they trespass.