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Old 11-30-2015 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by wiggy
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/at...1&d=1448850209

I remember when this happened, May 1978, I had just reported to Whiting Field to start primary. Crossing the I-10 bridge, it was a fixture sitting out in Escambia Bay for a week or so...
I was flying A-4's out of Navy Pensacola at the time. We had a modified departure called the Donna 2 for the time the 727 was in the bay, took us right over the top. They then barged the 727 to a hanger on the base. No one was allowed in the hanger but I snuck in, pretty amazing sight. Too bad it was before smart phones.
P.S. National named their jets and the Pensacola 727's name was Donna.
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