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Rockstar · 03-06-21, 09:57 PM

I worked with balloon boats Gulf Sentry and Windward Sentry at certain locations around the Bahamas when I ran FCI's. Those RADAR Balloons would extend thousands of feet into the air and could pick out a needle in a haystack sitting on the back deck of a freighter a 100miles away.

The FCI's weren't as fast as some but it sure could handle the seas, racing across the tops of the waves like as rocket sled. What a great time that was. Officially FCI was short for Fast Coastal Interceptor. But like many government operations they soon became known as the Fast Cash Incinerator.

03-06-21, 09:57 PM	#8
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I worked with balloon boats Gulf Sentry and Windward Sentry at certain locations around the Bahamas when I ran FCI's. Those RADAR Balloons would extend thousands of feet into the air and could pick out a needle in a haystack sitting on the back deck of a freighter a 100miles away. The FCI's weren't as fast as some but it sure could handle the seas, racing across the tops of the waves like as rocket sled. What a great time that was. Officially FCI was short for Fast Coastal Interceptor. But like many government operations they soon became known as the Fast Cash Incinerator. Last edited by Rockstar; 03-06-21 at 10:05 PM.