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Please forgive me...

Horseshoe said:
I'm sorry, I feel absolutey ridiculous asking this question, but does Primary stand for Primary flight training?
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Don't let these tricky aviators have their way with you. Primary stands for Primary....nothing more, nothing less. No smoke and mirrors here.
 
Welcome aboard. Dont be so timid, and dont let these old guys scare you. Just call them sir every now and then, and ask them what Midway was really like.
 
You should sport them both like me. This is just about the only place you can do it...
 
I wasn't at Midway.

Now ask me about the raid on the storage depots at Daiquiri...
 
Horseshoe said:
I'm sorry, I feel absolutey ridiculous asking this question, but does Primary stand for Primary flight training?
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I always thought "primary" (aka Pri-Fly) was where the dragon - the fire-breathing Air-Boss lived, and from where he liked to yell and breathe fire at you……. Be you screwing up on the flight deck; or you being the duty, 'sacrificial lamb' on your squadron's "Pri-fly" watch duty for that particular recovery.

But that was a much later "Primary". Yours is more immediate; and maybe more daunting…. though it should never be.


You should relax. I didn't know what "Primary" was before I encountered it; and I have long since forgotten what it entailed since. It's just a Zen-like phase to accomplish, and enjoy. So enjoy. Work hard, but enjoy.

Don't let those "salty-dog denizens" here discourage you. (And never, ever let them try to belittle the Midway – either the battle or the ship. ;) )

May you someday, long after Primary, and well after your long and successful career, be able to stand on the deck of a museum "Pri-fly" – the same one you stood before, many times, like I on the old USS Midway - peer out, and remember all your squadron mates and all your many collective experiences. . .

There is nothing better in the world, to do that! And it all awaits you. So go for it! And enjoy it!

Here is the link to my old, Pri-fly view (many, many years after my Primary watches), happily retired in the best bay in the world! :) http://johncarmichaels.typepad.com/photos/uss_midway_ii/img_0955.html
 
Horseshoe said:
I'm sorry, I feel absolutey ridiculous asking this question, but does Primary stand for Primary flight training?
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You are not forgiven and you should feel redikulus.

50 lashes at the mast.
 
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