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[1stpar3]

Just to say THANK YOU I LOVE reading your write ups...on your REAL LIFE exploits! So you can understand where I am coming from...This one is for YOU,SIR This is EXACTLY how I feel while reading your stories    Its like I was there!   

[Puma44]

Just to say THANK YOU I LOVE reading your write ups...on your REAL LIFE exploits! So you can understand where I am coming from...This one is for YOU,SIR This is EXACTLY how I feel while reading your stories    Its like I was there!   

Thank you sir!  I’m glad you enjoy my tales of aviation.  It’s been an honor and privilege to fly in the USAF.  Always fun to share the slightly out of the ordinary events.

This monologue is hilarious! Thanks for sharing.

[1stpar3]

THANK YOU!     I was thinking.."IN Jerry's way of describing" when you wrote about "POOPY SUITS". Did NOT KNOW, they had a name and REAL purpose...Cold Water survival Civilians  

[Puma44]

THANK YOU!     I was thinking.."IN Jerry's way of describing" when you wrote about "POOPY SUITS". Did NOT KNOW, they had a name and REAL purpose...Cold Water survival Civilians  

They certainly had a function and definitely kept us warm on the ramp during preflight.  The “Poopy” suit was pretty much like a thick, full body condom.  Somewhat restricted movement and it took very little time to get overheated while wearing it.  In the extremely cold waters around the Koreas, we figured the suit would keep us conscious and mobile enough to crawl into a single man life raft and that would be pretty much the end.  At least the life rafts were international orange.  That way, search and rescue would have a small chance of finding our hypothermic, unconscious bad self floating about.