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on 2004-Oct-07 00:59:10 Anonymous coward said

mb
trials of amphibious F18
on 2005-Oct-28 06:32:04 Anonymous coward said

FFR-31_Driver
Now even aviators have to deal with being called 'dropshort'.
on 2006-Nov-28 21:07:05 Anonymous coward said

sputnik
"Why the water? What was wrong with that enormous runway?"
"I don't like cross wind landings"
on 2007-Apr-07 09:21:01 Anonymous coward said

TOM TWIN
F/A-18S ( F/A-18 SPEEDBBOAT)
on 2007-Oct-30 20:07:34 Anonymous coward said

PDelta41
Hrmm. Looks like a wake behind it.
on 2008-May-06 12:18:19 Anonymous coward said

Muttley
Look at the direction of the waves,
that's not a wake, that's fuel
on 2012-Mar-27 15:16:16 Airframer said

I was about 100 yds away from this crash, running on the perimeter road at NAS North Island, San Diego. Had an issue with the brakes/hyds and punched out. I could hear the pilot cussing at the top of his lungs as he hung under the chute.