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  1. C420sailor

    TOP GUN Misunderstood

    The area with the bar and cruise plaques is still officers only. It gets pretty rowdy now and then, I just think the new name is pretty lame.
  2. C420sailor

    TOP GUN Misunderstood

    Atsugi O'Club is now the 'Atsugi Convention Center'---I shit you not.
  3. C420sailor

    How Often do Naval Aviators Fly?

    How many JOs do y'all have?
  4. C420sailor

    How Often do Naval Aviators Fly?

    I've been averaging about 20-25hrs per month ashore.
  5. C420sailor

    Primary on Monday

    I went to 106. While the RAG certainly had its intense moments (our strike det was a nightmare), it really is the TRACOM with gray jets. Lectures, sims, flights, and the occasional duty day. Don't be late, be prepared, and don't be a complete moron in the jet. The syllabus is fairly rigid with...
  6. C420sailor

    Primary on Monday

    I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that he should enjoy the TRACOM/FRS. Life as a stud is the shit. You know what to study for days (or weeks) ahead of time. You come in about 45 minutes prior to your brief, prep, brief, go flying, debrief, out the door you go. Hit the books with your buddies...
  7. C420sailor

    Primary on Monday

    Don't worry, you're going to feel like a complete and utter moron all over again once you get in the mighty clown jet. I remember going from 'man, I've got this flying thing DOWN' at the end of Primary to 'I have no idea what I'm doing' when I got to Meridian. That being said, enjoy it. Flight...
  8. C420sailor

    Music over ICS

    Just commit your rig to Davy Jones' Locker while you're waiting for the helo :)
  9. C420sailor

    What the crap!

    Agreed. He's about six paces from a well deserved punch to the dick. Not a good week :(
  10. C420sailor

    Primary on Monday

    In my advanced class we all bought bottles of champagne for each other. I seem to remember it being two bottles---one for spraying, one for drinking.
  11. C420sailor

    Boston Marathon Terrorists Engaged.

    I love the NYPD---but I can only imagine what would've happened had this gone down in NYC.
  12. C420sailor

    Water Survival / Dunker Course - JAX

    The Navy taking your word on something without documentation? Hah. That's a good one!
  13. C420sailor

    Boston Marathon Terrorists Engaged.

    And in the 80s you could also get away with a warning if you were caught driving around shitfaced. In some places, the cops would follow you home. It was a different time. What else do you want him to do? Call out the squad detectives to dust your car for prints and get the crime scene guys...
  14. C420sailor

    Re-select E2/C2 out of primary again for FY13 studs?

    Seriously. I've heard from E-2/C-2 buddies that the current system is still a lot like the one MB described above. Studs are told before class-up how many COD slots there are, and that they need to figure out who is getting them. I've heard about cards in hats/buckets/trash cans, drawing straws...
  15. C420sailor

    Pre check-in

    I would stab my best friend in the throat to live in Pensacola right now. It's decent during the winter, and absolute heaven in the summer.
  16. C420sailor

    USAF Pilot wearing glasses

    Four eyes here. I got glasses in Primary but never wore them. It wasn't until I had trouble seeing the ball in Advanced that I started wearing them, but only during FCLP/CQ. Fast forward to the RAG, and I was having trouble maintaining sight during fighter weps. Started wearing the glasses...
  17. C420sailor

    Blue Angels/T-Birds grounded, er, I mean, season cancelled.

    No, but when you're out of airspeed and/or ideas, a shit-ton of thrust is a nice thing to have :)
  18. C420sailor

    Boston Marathon Terrorists Engaged.

    If the police lock down your neighborhood, the police went too far. If the police don't lock down your neighborhood, and you get shot by one of these assholes, the police didn't do enough. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
  19. C420sailor

    Boston Marathon Terrorists Engaged.

    This kid is going to catch one hell of a beating in prison. I can't wait.
  20. C420sailor

    Boston Marathon Terrorists Engaged.

    I hope they all get what they deserve: a dirt nap.
  21. C420sailor

    bathrooms on aircraft carriers

    I used to think that NTU ATC and GK were pretty rough...then I came to Atsugi. Count your lucky stars. These controllers are shit awful.
  22. C420sailor

    bathrooms on aircraft carriers

    That's incredible. I would've told the stud that we're landing at the nearest suitable field. There are many things I'll risk shitting my pants for---an X is not one of them.
  23. C420sailor

    bathrooms on aircraft carriers

    At least it's an option for y'all. If you have to shit in a fighter/attack aircraft, you're fucked. Turbo fucked. Options include: 1. Holding it. Good luck. 2. Diverting. 3. Shitting yourself. I've heard stories of the fabled 'Houdini', but it's a fight to get out of my flight gear in the...
  24. C420sailor

    Primary on Monday

    I don't know---it was nice showing up to T-45 land with some good PAR experience under my belt.
  25. C420sailor

    Blue Angels/T-Birds grounded, er, I mean, season cancelled.

    I know quite a few guys who are going to party there regardless. Can't let the eligible bachelorettes in the greater NY area down, now can we?
  26. C420sailor

    Should I even bother to apply? (ANG pilot slot)

    "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott
  27. C420sailor

    A-7 Corsair - Cockpit entrance and Canopy Strap

    I still don't quite understand what it means.
  28. C420sailor

    A-7 Corsair - Cockpit entrance and Canopy Strap

    Okay, I concede defeat. In the two NACES equipped jets I've flown, I've always been told to never step on the seat. I incorrectly assumed (and we all knows what happens when you assume...) that this applied to most A/C.
  29. C420sailor

    Retirement and last flight in the Navy after 20 years....

    Awesome. Great plane for a last flight, too.
  30. C420sailor

    A-7 Corsair - Cockpit entrance and Canopy Strap

    Can't speak to the A-7 specifically, but stepping on an ejection seat is considered to be poor form. It wears the cushion, and can damage the beacon antenna that runs underneath.
  31. C420sailor

    USN may add conformal fuel tanks to F/A-18E/F fleet

    Guys don't always fly with the helmet. And at night, it's either the helmet w/ clear visor or goggles, take your pick. Helmets aren't 100%, either.
  32. C420sailor

    USN may add conformal fuel tanks to F/A-18E/F fleet

    Keeping the MPCD would be nice, too. You can never have too much real estate.
  33. C420sailor

    IFS down the tubes?

    I wonder what the $/hr numbers are for fleet a/c...anyone?
  34. C420sailor

    Buying a car before moving to P'cola

    NY actually isn't bad at all. There's no property/luxury/whatever tax on vehicles. You just pay for annual registration, which isn't expensive. Way better than states like VA that'll only charge you ~$45/yr for registration, but then send you a nice annual tax bill for $800 for your two...
  35. C420sailor

    USN may add conformal fuel tanks to F/A-18E/F fleet

    It's a beast down low, especially in a relatively clean configuration...but a pig up high. And I use the phrase 'up high' loosely. And once you start mounting pylons and hanging shit from them, it only gets worse. She has enough trouble cracking the number as-is, and now they're saying that the...
  36. C420sailor

    USN may add conformal fuel tanks to F/A-18E/F fleet

    Agreed. All or nothing. Adding the tanks without straightening the pylons and installing big motors would crush her already mediocre performance.
  37. C420sailor

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

    That first shot of the Tomcat at the base of the tower...what a sexy airplane.
  38. C420sailor

    F-16 dodges SAMs

    The way God intended it!
  39. C420sailor

    F-16 dodges SAMs

    I'm in a field mindset at the moment...and it's glorious.
  40. C420sailor

    Australia requests authority to purchase 24 more Super Hornets

    I wonder what AV-8B pilots think about this whole single engine thing...
  41. C420sailor

    F-16 dodges SAMs

    NAV doesn't buy you anything in that situation. From gear up to gear down I'm either in A/A or A/G master mode.
  42. C420sailor

    What is a low level turn up

    Right? And that sound. The whine with the ticking of the ignition...boner.
  43. C420sailor

    What is a low level turn up

    This. I love seeing the guys (and gals) get their turn quals. Starting a jet for the first time is enough to give you a stiffy.
  44. C420sailor

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Apologies, I'll take the below in reading comprehension. Thought he was referring to daily beach ops.
  45. C420sailor

    AT-6 excluded from Light Attack Aircraft

    A light attack turboprop would be great for 5th fleet. For 7th fleet? Not so much.
  46. C420sailor

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Nailed it. Out in Japanland, things are done a little differently. All aircraft are listed by time of departure on the air wing schedule, and each individual aircraft is its own 'event' of sorts, even if flying in section/division/etc. Your squadron radio callsign gets put in front of the event...
  47. C420sailor

    MCPS Aircrew Fleece

    Screw novelty items like fleeces and goretex---I'd just like to have my own harness. Or a g-suit that doesn't have a horribly patched 6" rip in it. We have guys who are sharing drysuits. Nothing like stepping into your own drysuit, freshly coated in your buddy's taint sweat. The supply system...
  48. C420sailor

    MCPS Aircrew Fleece

    Are they more of a community item? I've only seen one or two worn on the VFA side.
  49. C420sailor

    "Bug" Roach - Living in the moment

    IIRC it was nose gear down but not locked?
  50. C420sailor

    Corpus Housing

    You get 10 days of TLE (free hotel) when you get there. Check into the Q and go hit up a few of the real estate places on the island. They'll hook you up.
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