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"Can you move the helicopter to the other side, I can land on your runway, I can fly for one hour more, we have enough time to move. Please rescue me! Major Bung (Ly), wife and 5 child."

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Just how much are seven immigrant lives worth? The day before Saigon fell, on April 29, 1975, Major Ly Bung packed his five kids and wife into a two-seat Cessna Bird Dog on a desperate "freedom flight" out to sea. Captain Lawrence Chambers on the carrier Midway accommodated Ly Bung's unorthodox landing request by calling for volunteers to push $10M in UH1 transport helicopters overboard, dropping the arresting wires and making 25 knots into the wind. Ly Bung landed his plane despite low visibility, rain, and never having even seen an aircraft carrier in his life, and was cheered by everyone on board. Well done gentlemen! This summer, visit the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola to see Ly Bung's escape plane, or visit the USS Midway in San Diego harbor.

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