I think the finally tally on HSL practice shots with the Penguin missile was close to half of them just falling in the ocean or being hang fires.I always giggle when I read the part in Red Storm Rising where the P-3 crew had a Harpoon malfunction. So true to life, even 2 decades later.
Those chutes are more to prevent tumbling and ensure proper orientation upon water entry than reducing the shock of impact. Those things are pretty tough - I'm not surprised it worked.I think the finally tally on HSL practice shots with the Penguin missile was close to half of them just falling in the ocean or being hang fires.
I remember an old stock of sonobuoys we were using for some workups when the drogue chute didn’t come out of one... it just tumbled, falling for hundreds of feet and made a nice little splash. Hehehehe that was fun to watch! We figured tune it up anyway and much to our surprise it worked.
Fun fact: after getting bored and then you do a radar run-in on said third-party, they actually really do light you up, even off of Waikiki. ESM tests SAT.
You probably helped them with their DRRS-N requirements and turned a red box green. They were probably just as happy about it as you were. Vlad got a good fitrep bullet out of it too!I'm convinced those on the ship were just as bored as we were and decided to play along with us.
You probably helped them with their DRRS-N requirements and turned a red box green. They were probably just as happy about it as you were. Vlad got a good fitrep bullet out of it too!
-Intimidating Officer. In the face of the oppressive capitalist pigs showed great courage and resolve in engaging the enemy. The enemy fearfully departed the area, never to be seen again. In Soviet Russia, capitalist run from you!
HS-15 Harvey Fielding and Gerry Carroll. I joined the squadron just after that happened.Grenada was the last time the Navy did a CSAR though it was technically 'on the beach' instead of over it, it was an ad hoc rescue much like the entire operation. That mission and the entire history of CSAR are profiled in Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue, an excellent though lengthy book chronicling the history of US military CSAR from the very beginning to today.
Forgive the thread resurrection but I think you guys will enjoy this - recollections of a Vietnam Era H-3 CSAR pilot.
I look forward to reading your impressions.