Alan C. Mack

As I got about 75 feet off the ground, turned into these hills, you know, rolling.

So now I've got my landing area in sight.

but the aircraft is now sliding to the right and I cannot move the control that would stop that.

So there's a saying we have in aviation, never quit flying the aircraft.

So what else have I got?

I have other controls.

So now I push on the pedals and the aircraft swings in the direction that we're sliding.

So now I'm straight on to the hill and then I can't move those anymore.

And we hit the ground at a reasonable speed and rate of descent.

And I pushed the last control down and we settled on a slope

And we lived.

I remember thinking a little bit of an expletive.

We're alive.

Yeah.

And we shut it down.

Razor zero four came, picked us up about 45 minutes later, uh, bringing the seals back in.

You were a hero.

Yeah.

Well, it is funny because Britt Slobinski, one of the Medal of Honor recipients, he's rallying his guys.

He's like, all right, we're going to go back up the hill.