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Happy Independence Day!

Swanee said:
I spent the day at the Battle Creek airshow standing next to an MQ-9 reliving my CGO days with the LTs, telling two truths and a lie to anyone who listened, kissing babies, shaking hands and posing for photos. We also made fun of the AF F-35 demo team. They seemed to have a hard time getting it up (sts) as they had to cancel the last few days, and we had the bigger crowd.

Now I'm home and living the comic from the Oatmeal.View attachment 45447
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My poor little guy is the same way. He spent the night hiding in the basement.
 
ChuckMK23 said:
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Correction, incredibly stupid; not sharp. Helicopter down wash is real, including blade-tip vortices that act like wingtip vortices. There's shit-hot, there's slightly bad ideas (sky dong), and then there's pure dumb shit...like flying low over civilians for no good reason.

But when people get excused at the top for moderately bad ideas, the pure dumb shit is bound to follow, and in the same community no less.
 
IKE said:
Correction, incredibly stupid; not sharp. Helicopter down wash is real, including blade-tip vortices that act like wingtip vortices. There's shit-hot, there's slightly bad ideas (sky dong), and then there's pure dumb shit...like flying low over civilians for no good reason.

But when people get excused at the top for moderately bad ideas, the pure dumb shit is bound to follow, and in the same community no less.
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IKE said:
Correction, incredibly stupid; not sharp. Helicopter down wash is real, including blade-tip vortices that act like wingtip vortices. There's shit-hot, there's slightly bad ideas (sky dong), and then there's pure dumb shit...like flying low over civilians for no good reason.

But when people get excused at the top for moderately bad ideas, the pure dumb shit is bound to follow, and in the same community no less.
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In addition to what you wrote, I was also thinking “do these guys know about salt ingestion and risk of compressor stalls operating close to the water?” Their speed was probably sufficient it wasn’t an issue but not knowing about it itself is a problem.
 
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FYI for those in the DC area on the 4th, one of my coworkers went to Ft Meyer for the 4th of July and had a great view of the fireworks. He said it was crowded but not overly so with plenty of room for his family to enjoy the show. My family went to Bolling AFB a few years ago and had a great view but that is quite a bit further away.
 
Flash said:
FYI for those in the DC area on the 4th, one of my coworkers went to Ft Meyer for the 4th of July and had a great view of the fireworks. He said it was crowded but not overly so with plenty of room for his family to enjoy the show. My family went to Bolling AFB a few years ago and had a great view but that is quite a bit further away.
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Meyer’s is definitely the best place with great views.
 
Peekskill1941 said:
In addition to what you wrote, I was also thinking “do these guys know about salt ingestion and risk of compressor stalls operating close to the water?” Their speed was probably sufficient it wasn’t an issue but not knowing about it itself is a problem.
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Seriously? After 20+ years of dopplers, SAR ops and serious dust landings, the only compressor stall I ever encountered was due to a couple of first stage compressor blades blowing out the IPS blower with a few small pieces going back into the engine. That was while doing an engine stress test after engine replacement as an MTP. It takes a decent amount of salt spray, way more than the Apaches encountered, to even cause a HIT check to fail.

Granted, Army aviators, heck even non-MTP Navy aviators are somewhat clueless about how their flying affects the equipment.
 
RobLyman said:
Seriously? After 20+ years of dopplers, SAR ops and serious dust landings, the only compressor stall I ever encountered was due to a couple of first stage compressor blades blowing out the IPS blower with a few small pieces going back into the engine. That was while doing an engine stress test after engine replacement as an MTP. It takes a decent amount of salt spray, way more than the Apaches encountered, to even cause a HIT check to fail.

Granted, Army aviators, heck even non-MTP Navy aviators are somewhat clueless about how their flying affects the equipment.
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They should’ve dropped a line and let the kids do some tow in surfing
 
RobLyman said:
Seriously? After 20+ years of dopplers, SAR ops and serious dust landings, the only compressor stall I ever encountered was due to a couple of first stage compressor blades blowing out the IPS blower with a few small pieces going back into the engine. That was while doing an engine stress test after engine replacement as an MTP. It takes a decent amount of salt spray, way more than the Apaches encountered, to even cause a HIT check to fail.

Granted, Army aviators, heck even non-MTP Navy aviators are somewhat clueless about how their flying affects the equipment.
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The only one I've ever seen is during overwater SAR training and one in the TH-57.

However... my question was "do these guys even know it is a causal factor?"
 
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