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Old 12-07-2006, 12:36 PM   #1
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C-130 Echo Test

I guess this guy knew the Skyhook gag...
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Old 12-07-2006, 12:47 PM   #2
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Keep 'em out of the cockpit and only give him one wrench.
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i don't get it did they tell him that's what he's supposed to be doing and he believed them?
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Old 12-07-2006, 03:32 PM   #4
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i don't get it did they tell him that's what he's supposed to be doing and he believed them?
YEP! Typical airplane gag - the guy might of been a newbee
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Haha, he looked so sheepish at the end
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haha - that was funny!
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Like sending the newbie to the comm shop to get the "prick E-7" or to get keys to the humvee or the aircraft...
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Like sending the newbie to the comm shop to get the "prick E-7" or to get keys to the humvee or the aircraft...
That's funny because that is a bit more subtle. How anyone could fall for the echo test, I can't imagine a set up to pull it off.
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That's funny because that is a bit more subtle. How anyone could fall for the echo test, I can't imagine a set up to pull it off.
it even sounds ridiculous just saying it... "echo test"
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