Riding the lightning

[macelena]

It had to be a Marine

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin

[streakeagle]

Read that a long time ago. This book was in the library in the aviation section at USF. I would skip boring lectures and study aerodynamics, radar, and jet propulsion theory in the library. "The Man Who Rode Thunder" caught my eye. What an amazing story.

[pcpilot]

When you said riding the lightning, I thought this was about someone who had been tased. Man, I worked at the jail too long...

[JediMaster]

I thought it was about Metallica. That was one hair-raising experience, I'm sure.

[Jug]

I've dead-sticked a U-2 down rather than take a nylon letdown because of many stories I had heard about similar circumstances.