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...trouble came to me in the inverted dunk tank, They would drop to the ceiling and I would float to the floor and had to get a mighty push with my legs to make it out the door all under the watchful eye of the rescue divers, I was thankful and I'm sure they were that I did not have to be rescued.


As bad as the Dilbert Dunker is, the Helo Dunker is the player. As a Kayaker, I would just wait, upside down, until all the churn of people panicking subsided, count my windows and doors and exit. The last few dunks you are blindfolded.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/05/top-gun-maverick-tom-cruise-helo-dunker-training-tool



Every four years. I will tell you, the only time I was every scared in training was Shipboard Fire-fighting School. Jesus. I don't know how a sane person, Vinny excluded, fights fires.

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