Interesting Piece on the Bear

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Shelldrake

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February 26, 2015, 12:55:09 PM
Interesting article. Thanks Migs.
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Staggerwing

#2
February 26, 2015, 06:42:12 PM
Yes indeed. The Soviets designed some remarkable aircraft whose harsh design esthetic often distracted the West from their inherent merits.
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besilarius

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February 26, 2015, 08:09:55 PM
The good old Bear.  There are lots of stories to tell about the Cold War and the Bear.  How about this.
In November, 1975 NATO was holding a naval wargame, Ocean Safari 75.  At one point during the exercise my ship, Farragut, was escorting the carrier group.  (A US carrier and the RN Ark Royal)
The watch changeover was coming up in CIC with the oncoming people looking over the existing watch's shoulders, getting the skinny on who was where, what they were doing.
At one point, the Track Supervisor sat up really straight and muttered, 'OH, CHIT!", told the oncoming Sup, "It's yours" and ran out to the bridge and out to the bridge wing.
Not knowing what was happening, the oncoming watchstanders ran after him.  He was looking to the landing path to the american carrier.  The planes coming in to land are pretty low on the approach, maybe a hundred feet or so.
They all looked like little specks in the sky, but one seemed bigger.  Then it got bigger, bigger, and then really big.
A Bear was in the landing pattern and coming in like it planned to land.  Everyone held their breath and at the last moment pulled up.  We thought he might have clipped the large air search radar on top of the carrier's island.
He was just reminding everyone that he was around. 
I'm sure that everyone on the carrier's bridge had an immediate bag of brown scivvy shorts for the laundry.
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Centurion40

#4
February 27, 2015, 08:15:17 AM
Wow.  Too bad there is no video of that!
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mirth

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February 27, 2015, 09:29:21 AM
I'm beginning to tihnk when  the B-52 and Bear reach their 100th anniversaries, they'll still be flying operationally.
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Centurion40

#6
February 27, 2015, 09:41:24 AM
Same with the Sea King... at least here in Canada.

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GDS_Starfury

#7
February 27, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
Hell, Canadistan might become states before you retire those Sea Kings.
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February 27, 2015, 11:50:34 AM
That would be an easy way to massively expand Obamacare :P
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February 27, 2015, 11:52:03 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
Hell, Canadistan might become states before you retire those Sea Kings.

Anything to further develop the backwoods of Floriduh :)
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#10
February 27, 2015, 12:00:45 PM
the regions of Canadistan ARE the backwoods of FloriDuh.
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Centurion40

#11
February 27, 2015, 12:11:15 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
Hell, Canadistan might become states before you retire those Sea Kings.

Call Vegas, what are the odds?
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Centurion40

#12
February 27, 2015, 12:12:50 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 27, 2015, 12:00:45 PM
the regions of Canadistan ARE the backwoods of FloriDuh.

I, for one, would retire there; if we became fully assimilated.
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Windigo

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April 02, 2015, 12:43:40 PM
Quote from: Centurion40 on February 27, 2015, 09:41:24 AM
Same with the Sea King... at least here in Canada.

LMAO
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