CFT, thats one heck of a write up and solo adventure! What area of the NLP were you in?
SSB, I deer hunted state land by Lovells about 12 miles east of Grayling and Fredric. That land is used by the National Guard the other 50 weeks of the year, but during deer season our army is bigger than their's. . Duck hunted the south arm of Lake Charlevoix.
Interestingly, the day before season we were near the Air to Surface Range watching 2 A-10 Warthogs doing low passes firing at surface targets, then pulling up while dropping chaf and flares. One guy came by pretty close as we could clearly see him in the cockpit turning his head. That 30mm Gatling gun sounds like a very loud burp and I would not want to be on the receiving end.
It feels like forever ago for me, but 20-25 years ago, makes me about 11-16 years old at the time, I remember being in Arizona visiting my grandparents, and seeing these A-10's. They were the loudest, and just plain bad-azz looking airplanes I had ever seen.
. Duck hunted the south arm of Lake Charlevoix.
