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Orion Obsession; giving it up for the mighty P-3C
- Thread starter HeyJoe
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Saw the "Doppler Monster" in recent history...pretty funny...
Spot
11.5 years and counting boat free
Might I also suggest an OTPI op-check the next time you use 62's. (They give off a stronger signal than the 53's when they are being carried around the plane during preflight).
I haven't really gotten much opportunity in Brunswick or Jax to work on this skill. Is there a particular technique that works well or just luck? I don't want to mess it up if the chance presents itself
Basically, you wait till either a bunch of jets are waiting to launch to actually make their range time, or you wait until they are on final and minimum fuel, and then float down half the usable runway, wait until you're right before the gear, and then stomp on the binders. At that point, said jets either get to sit in the hold short for another twenty minutes or, if airborne, get to execute an emergency divert.
This is alternated with the pointy nose FAG technique of having a "gear malfunction," drop your slightly less than operable plane on the runway, drag non-spinning metal pieces down the runway, and gouge it precisely at the intersection of both runways so as to make the entire airfield unusable for a day....and then force EVERYONE to divert for the night...
Collecting Per-Diem
No good P-3 thread is complete without a shout-out to collecting per-diem...nothing better than making money on the golf course at K-Bay:
Pickle
No good P-3 thread is complete without a shout-out to collecting per-diem...nothing better than making money on the golf course at K-Bay:
Pickle
Not a big fan of the dudes who take a trap without prior coordination, but;
1. That was a Prowler, which has a proud, bulbous nose.
2. It was executing an emergency procedure to keep from skidding off the runway, not someone who is capping off their three hours in the pattern by f'in up the gear.
3. There are no pointy nosed Fighter Attack guys at Whidbey...pointy nosed Electronic Attack Guys are different.
And finally, Merry Christmas to everyone who braves the skies over KNUW in winter-time, as the weather last week was so shitty I'd like to turn Christmas into a fly day just to get airborne in VMC.
1. That was a Prowler, which has a proud, bulbous nose.
2. It was executing an emergency procedure to keep from skidding off the runway, not someone who is capping off their three hours in the pattern by f'in up the gear.
3. There are no pointy nosed Fighter Attack guys at Whidbey...pointy nosed Electronic Attack Guys are different.
And finally, Merry Christmas to everyone who braves the skies over KNUW in winter-time, as the weather last week was so shitty I'd like to turn Christmas into a fly day just to get airborne in VMC.
Your head's a big candy shell...hell, forget it. May Santa come driven by four bladed propellars, so I may know him by his smoky engines, and his painfully slow and non-standard radio comm. May he use beta to land on my roof, and may all of his elves change into khakis and come into the Officer's Club in groups of thirty or more, and all look to pay their checks with credit cards the moment they see me push away from the table.
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
Always knew Santa was a Patrol guy.