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Went through the RAG as a cat I when he was going through as a cat II. I had the pleasure of flying with him on one occasion after I retreaded, and was a student at the Command aviation safety school when he was the CO in 1993. Was in his MAWS class at Whidbey, along with another A6 legend named...

I don't know the current experience for jet retreads, but mine (1982-1984) was direct to VT-6 then, assuming you got jet grades, direct to a jet training squadron. In the A6 RAG, I was waived from any of the pilot orientation hops that took place in the right seat (fam, weps) and also skipped...

Unless terms have changed, tally was for a foe, visual for a friendly.

Klondike was halted at Oceana in the late '70's after a LTJG's wife complained to the Admiral's wife about losing their car and TV in one night. Took about six months to get Klondike back. Fortunately, there were still the strippers and other dice games.

With the move in the Essex Class to the angled deck, they also moved the elevators from the center of the flight deck to the outside of the flight deck, another major contribution.....especially if you are manning your "go" bird on the hangar deck ("hey, but they promised us they'd get us...

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Forest Fire Lady Lex Indy Sinkin' Sara

As a naval aviator, I wouldn't admit to a flight surgeon that I was dead even if I was six feet underground. Their only impact to your status is to ground you.

Sheep and sheepdogs.

It still amazes me that one of the highlights of my time in WestPac was always the Cubi O'Club. As a part of CVW-5, we used to fly off the Midway to our homeport of Atsugi when we were within 100 miles of Yokosuke (the Midway's homeport). Much to the chagrin of my wife, on all but one flyoff we...

I was the Air Ops O at Roosy.

We've been down this path before. I'm afraid this and future generations will never know O'Clubs with strippers and Klondike.

You should lose sleep. I'll throw in this tidbit, which is also posted on another thread. When I went to the A6 RAG at Whidbey Island as a nugget in the fall of 1979 (deep into the Carter presidency), I walked into the VA-128 Ready Room on a Sunday afternoon and was looking out over the flight...

Since we've been on the Carter and Clinton era in another thread, I'll throw in this tidbit. When I went to the A6 RAG at Whidbey Island as a nugget in the fall of 1979 (deep into the Carter presidency), I walked into the VA-128 Ready Room on a Sunday afternoon and was looking out over the...

Quite common

They were often referred to, and still are by those who remember, "Clinton's Admirals."

Hickory Dickory Dock..... You are right A4s. It is amazing how one person in particular took one sign so personally that she seemed to make it her life's mission to kill us all.

I have a USNA classmate whose promotion to O-7 was held up for over four years because of Tailhook. He finally pinned it on a few months ago.

Ironically, that Tailhook was quite tame compared to some in the '80's when John Lehman was in office. Hickory Dickory Dock...........

It sure separated the Reagan/Bush admirals and captains from the Clinton admirals and captains. Warriors vs. weasels.

It became much more than the event. I was a CO at the time and remember getting "personal for" message to CO's that basically said have all your aviators fill out the attached questionnaire within xx days (I think it was ten calendar days). If we do not receive one for every aviator assigned...

Wasted argument. Santa flies jets. How else can he cover all that ground in such a few hours.

or any other metroman...

For those who don't know, the A6 Intruder was originally designed to land on the carrier without using a hook. If you look at the engine exhaust area on the jet, they slope down (how many degrees I don't remember). Also, there was a side mounted speed brake on the fuselage that would (almost)...

Ouch....1978 was only a blink of an eye ago

Boy, how time flies. I remember being an ensign watching VF-11 bounce at Fentress in their F-4's.

There were times flying the last event tanker where we gave our fighter buddies more gas than we should have to the point that we realistically had a max of two looks at the deck, and that was with a short pattern if the deck was foul (we never boltered in the last event tanker). Why? Because...

This is absolutely correct. I can't imagine any senior aviator not wanting to go back and relive it all. I would. I left with over 5,000 hours in attack aviation and over 400 traps, made cruises to Westpac, the Med and IO, plus workups in the Caribbean and South China Sea, saw places I'd never...

More proof that every pilot really wants to fly low altitude, all weather attack.

Some of our 'larger' tech reps did sliders and omelets at the same time, finished off with several trips to the Dog machine. I vividly remember once standing next to a tech rep in line who ordered not one, but two, double cheeseburgers with extra cheese, ham and bacon, and a fried egg. Maybe...

AMEN. A slider always tastes best after midnight.

welcome to the club

Every lease is required, I believe, to have a early lease termination clause for the military, I believe. I wouldn't use this issue as a differentiator for their performance. Ask base housing and base legal. They are supposed to keep a log of complaints against commercial companies such as this.

Time to go jet skiing again, Master B

...with a straight face

Is it "Remember the Alimony" or "Rent from Alamo? Maybe both?

especially the latter

Good analysis FLTPAY. I would avoid the twins. Two times engine overhaul. A decent single will provide the same performance as a comparable twin. I'm sure you already use trade-a-plane and Controller. Both are good places for comparison shopping.

Such a metroman.

I owned a Cessna 150. I leased it to a Navy Flying Club which helped defray some costs. However, a couple idiot students landing with their feet on the brakes can bullseye a tire and rack up the costs (some costs we could assign back to the stud). I used a local mechanic that was referred to me...

Having lived in japan, when not deployed, in my first squadron tour, I thought we should adopt the concept of "Gomen money" in the U.S. That and the policy of going to jail means you get a cell. Period. You want food, blankets and a pillow? Pay for it, bring it or work for it.

Honesty is a virtue no matter where you go. Good luck and God speed.

I'm okay with that.

I can't imagine the pain. It's be like, well, being a SWO. Maybe R2D2 could be the squadron SDO.

Amen to that. I was married, for the first time, at 22 and I recall it more as a "WTF am I doing" moment. However, CQ on the LEX in T-2's seemed to be over in 10 minutes. It was a blur and a flash at the same time.

Bunk, let me clarify. I wasn't on the initial MIR. However, I assisted with the follow-on investigation. There was evidence that the right engine wasn't at full power at impact, which is what drove the stuck throttle theory, and the left engine was at full power, which explains why he was...

As CQ lead safes, we used to joke that there was more brain activity in a dead person than in a SNA's brain during his first look at the back of the boat.

That's correct. The theory was that there are several scenarios on the boat (brake failure, emergency egress, etc.) where immediate shutdown is called for. Therefore, pilot option at the boat. After this mishap, the T-2 SOP was changed to engage the idle stop and the pilot could elect to...

Re: the silver suit, I don't remember the particulars, but she was held accountable. Re: the follow-on MIR, I don't recall how it was 'labeled,' but it was somewhere between a JAG and an MIR, for lack of better clarification, and it came about because of likely lawsuits that were trying to lay...

Without getting into too much detail, the reality of this accident is that the stud shut an engine down in the break (it was his first pass, not his second) and wound up in an adverse yaw departure when he tried to "come left" as per the LSO's correct call. The first mishap board assumed both...