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And everything like, you know, the horizons didn't work.
They'd spun down and the gyros don't.
worked that well then, but we were able to successfully go into Erie.
We were pretty close.
And the airplane sat there for three days as they tracked down the problem of maintenance.
They tore the airplane apart.
And they did find it finally, and they got it repaired.
But, you know, imagine if that's your data link to that aircraft.
Gosh.
And, yeah, everything goes blank, you know.
And the airplanes, they work a lot, and they're in a very extreme environment at times.
You know, we're going up where, you know, you've got storms.
Well, yeah, with the weather and everything.
And there's, you know, again, visually asserting the radar is one aspect.
of looking at getting around the weather.
But you're also looking and seeing how it's growing, what it looks like, the movement, and the radar may or may not give you the total picture.
You've got to, again, be looking.
And, you know, we can do it in the clouds, and I've done that before, too.
but it's not as good.
And, you know, you start getting those ripples and the feeling as you're approaching and you go, okay, this is a little too close.