So Luthier

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Originally Posted by HeavyDelta

I understand what you mean about the reason not being important to you as a friend, but to me as a military aviator it is important to note that Ospreys have not been shot down.

What I meant to convey was that when I'm able to talk to him the reason was at first something he couldn't talk about. Then it just kinda got lost in the mix cuz we talk about all kinds of other stuff. I'm glad it wasn't shot down as well!!

All my best to your friend. I'm very impressed he got his flight status back!

He's a special breed, you probably know the type. When the a/c went down he was directing people to get out cuz he knew it would blow. He was horribly wounded, broken pelvis. Legs. Arm. Had to tourniquet his arm himself cuz one of the troops that was riding wasn't getting it high enuf on his arm. I believe his words after the troop tried twice was "f it, I'll do it myself". Doctors told him that he saved his own life, cuz that's the wound he was bleeding out from.

I would call him during his rehab and you could tell when he was having a hard day, but he never quit. He told me that he would be flying again. He's the kind of guy who says something like that and others know it's fact. He hasn't lost his sense of humor, often he hops on Ventrilo or calls me and he's talking in his Captain Voltano voice (kind of a nerdy techno geek) and it makes me laugh, never get tired of it.

HD, what kind of a/c are you flying around in these days?