"George" George@least wrote in message
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"Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message
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I had the privilege of accompanying a Buff crew on a 10 hour mission
consisting of high altitude and low altitude bomb runs. Most during
darkness, what a ride!

My personal longest was 29.2 hours.

That 'chute gets pretty heavy after the first dozen.

=====They issued chutes? *G*