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C-130 Bullet Holes

C-130 Low-Level Flight Appalachian Mountains

In the 1970s, we conducted several low-level flights around the southeastern United States, primarily through the Carolinas and the Appalachian Mountains. After landing, our crew chief praised us for having only two bullet holes in the wing. Some ‘moonshiners’ in the hills didn’t like government planes and often took potshots at us. Fortunately, their aim was impaired by their drinking, so they never hit anything vital.

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About Ray Jay P

I’m a retired Aeronautical Engineer who is trying to bring a different style to science fiction writing. I’ve always loved science fiction and I’m trying to write with deeper characters and create stories and situations that a reader can relate to. The be honest I love a hero that has amazing weapons, takes on hundreds of aliens and can survive anything, but I also want to read a situation and be able to relate to it. An extrapolation of what might really happen with a little less stretch in my imagination. I’ve been fortunate and I flew in the US Air Force for 10 years, during which time I flew C-130’s and visited 27 countries, then I flew T-38”s and trained the best pilots in the world, as well as the first female US Air Force pilots. I then was fortunate to spend 28 years in a major aerospace firm and worked on some of the best programs in the world including the F-23, F-35, B-2, Global Hawk and many I can’t tell you about…. I hope I can bring my real life experiences into my writing so you can appreciate my work.

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