That's a fight number that has a special significance for a certain crew force.
There's been a book written about it.
Think about trying to defend yourself, while strapped into a cockpit seat, against a martial-arts trained, suicidal maniac armed with claw hammers and a spear gun. When the aircraft was stopped and the doors opened, the witnesses said it looked like someone had coated the inside of the airplane with a large bucket of red paint.
This is the latest on one of the survivors of such an attack who has been able to return to the air thanks to recent changes in FAA rules about certain kinds of aircraft--Light Sport Aircraft or "LSAs"...and the medical requirements associated with them. Fortunately, the rules aren't as stringent as those associated with commercial aviation.
For those of us who fly, and have done so for most of our lives, stories like this are especially poignant.
The stories of rehabilitation and recovery of our heroes who have returned from the terror wars less than physically whole are breathtaking examples of both courage and dogged perseverance. But it's also inspiring to watch an "ordinary" freight dog refuse to let anyone tell him what his limitations are after surviving (barely) what could easily defined as "total war," in a very confined space, more than two miles above the earth.
There's been a book written about it.
Think about trying to defend yourself, while strapped into a cockpit seat, against a martial-arts trained, suicidal maniac armed with claw hammers and a spear gun. When the aircraft was stopped and the doors opened, the witnesses said it looked like someone had coated the inside of the airplane with a large bucket of red paint.
This is the latest on one of the survivors of such an attack who has been able to return to the air thanks to recent changes in FAA rules about certain kinds of aircraft--Light Sport Aircraft or "LSAs"...and the medical requirements associated with them. Fortunately, the rules aren't as stringent as those associated with commercial aviation.
For those of us who fly, and have done so for most of our lives, stories like this are especially poignant.
The stories of rehabilitation and recovery of our heroes who have returned from the terror wars less than physically whole are breathtaking examples of both courage and dogged perseverance. But it's also inspiring to watch an "ordinary" freight dog refuse to let anyone tell him what his limitations are after surviving (barely) what could easily defined as "total war," in a very confined space, more than two miles above the earth.
I can see why this story has affected you so much, Dusty. Thanks for sharing it with us. I can't even imagine what they went through to land that plane!