"Every one of these guys is a traditional guardsman, and I just called them, and they said, 'Yeah, I'll help out,'. They weren't tasked, they just volunteered." Source: Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Weaver, air cargo superintendent with the 165th Air Terminal Operations Center at Savannah Air National Guard Base.
The lowest altitude, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land maneuvering in execution of a standard instrument approach procedure where no electronic glide slope is provided.
The Luftwaffe had excellent airplane designers. Unlike some other areas of the Hitler regime, these innovators were given absolute latitude to do pretty much whatever they wanted. As long as the design promised to be effective it stood at least a chance of being approved.
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