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cdg76143 karma
well we dont need night lights around our house if that is what you mean...
cdg76124 karma
The mushroom clould was pretty much like a normal cloud, VFR to the cloud then IFR out. We were in the cloud about 2 min on average per flight. No special SOP's, just a thorough wash down by the detox crew on landing. We were not allowed to touch the outside of the plane after landing, hence the forklift in the video. We were on 100% oxygen during the cloud portion of the flight, but normal air othewise. Not flying now, after nearly 30 years in planes I'd had enough. I retired with over 10,000 hours.
cdg76266 karma
here is an old 8MM movie showing the blasts and how the pilots were checked after the flights. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmsyMIRDqzU
that is me standing in the swimsuit about half way thru the movie
(redditor note: I'm sure some of you already know this but you can increase the resolution of youtube from 360 to 720p by selecting this in the bottom right corner of the video. Better but still not great...)
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