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Trying to write the schedule for tomorrow to get it published by end of the day. When the Maint Chief keeps changing aircraft available/ JO's coming in with "My wife she/ My dog it..." stories. :(:mad:

Don't turn your nose up at what we used to call the PDC (Practice Depth Charge). We had a P2 crew mark on top and signal an attack with 2 separate PDC releases at which time the target sub was supposed to "give up" and surface. When he didn't the AO in the afterstation tied 4 PDC's together (on...

My hardest day was the day after my son's first birthday. I walked to the hanger with tears in my eyes, leaving on a 6 month deployment. Fortunately, I had married a rock star Mom. She held things together then and still does, 35 years later. The balance can be achieved but having two committed...

There are still planes to maintain, phase inspections, etc. I suspect the ground guys will stay somewhat busy, with the additional bonus of living close to the beach and more time off for golf, family, or other hobbies. Not what they signed up to do but not as bad as the loss of hours the pilots...

For Sporting Clays an auto-loader will work better. Less recoil too. JMHO

I'm sure the Solo plastic cups on the left are only used for water and lemonade, right??:rolleyes::cool:

They did things a little differently in the way-back when. My Dad went from CQ in an SNJ directly to F8F Bearcats at Cabaniss Field for advanced and then to JTU-1 flying ex AF F80's for jet transition at Whiting. I have some pictures around here somewhere from those days. He lost his logbooks...

I was thinking of missions following AF1. I've seen pictures of a 60 being loaded into a C-17 for AF1 mission support.

Can they fit one in a C-17/C-5?

Ya hada go and spoil the ending for us...:rolleyes::(

Once again, the E's make things good for the O's... :cool:

Great photos, Bunk. Congrats.

Heh. When I soloed there in '67 it was shorter, narrower, and gravel. Also had high wires on the approach end of Rwy 7.

Not really. Wind was gusting around 20 IIRC, it was in a Piper Colt with a very low Vs, and was a total power loss scenario. We touched on the edge of the concrete and were airborne before reaching the other side. Had it been an actual power loss it would have been a lot safer in those...

Is the OLF still used? Google Maps shows big yellow X's on the runway. On my private checkride Wes Lupien pulled power right over the OLF. When I started to set up for a crosswind emergency landing he says "No, no. Land ACROSS the wide concrete and into the grass, into the wind." And proceeded...

Does this mean A4s were always "sportin' wood"?? Perhaps BZB knows... :cool::rolleyes:

A kid I watched grow up and the son of a close Navy friend and Shipmate is still doing it in retirement. http://www.adn.com/2013/03/23/2837040/coast-guard-honors-4-civilians.html#storylink=misearch BZ Howie!

Looks like he's in the break... At Cam Ranh Bay the A-37s would come into the break down on the deck and then chandelle up to pattern altitude.

Threadjack, kinda.. WTF if that big handle sticking out from the left panel? Nosewheel steering? :confused:

Obviously you don't hang around us Chiefs very much. Happens to me all the time...:cool:;)

Was that Primary or Advanced? They were still using the T-28 as a Primary trainer in Corpus when I retired in '82. I got the chance to fly one with an instructor from IUT.

FIFY

"However, the odour - and women's farts smell worse than men's - may impair cabin service and thus the quality of life aboard the aircraft." I knew it! Finally I can end the argument when she tells me "My stuff don't stink!" :eek:

I've got a TC Hornet for silhouette. A tack driver at 100 M. I remember the aircrew quals at North Island with the .38. Damned thing would rattle if you shook it.

In the Goat Locker the only real requirement: "Will it float a nickel?"

Yes, I did a major cleanup (CCleaner) and reboot this morning and just now got around to checking things. It's working now. You'd think a guy who usta make a living on these things would be a little quicker on the draw, huh? :rolleyes:

OK, problem solved. Works OK on IE8, not on IE9. Thank you Microsoft...:mad:

Just tried Chrome an it's working here. I wonder if an IE update might be the problem. I'll have to try on Wifey's desktop as she is running an earlier version.

Websan, or whoever, Every time I use the "What's New" tab it goes to "Page not Found". This has been happening for 4 days now. If it's a known problem never mind.

It's a Marine jet. Could the second guy be a Marine in training?

These morons can't think beyond the end of their political noses. "To reduce the use of guns for criminal purposes." Do they really think criminals are going to pay attention. CT residents had better practice their reload skills on their Thompson Contenders. "...use any gun except one made...

You guys get to fly all the cool stuff. I soloed (glider) in a Schweizer SGS 2-33 way back when. Made my first land out the next day when I got all catty whompus on takeoff and released at about 200 ft. Just managed to clear the fence at the end of the strip and plunked it down. We hand carried...

Yep, the Japanese occupied Viet Nam during WWII.

I met then LCDR Nakagawa at the '68 PacFlt / All Navy pistol matches at NAS Miramar. He later was CO of NAS Pt Mugu and last I heard was retired in the Monterey area. A helluva nice guy and pretty good pistol shot. On Edit: Just went out to check and found that Capt Nakagawa passed in...

I (used to) reload because of being able to tailor a round to a specific gun. Two brand new guns will each "like" slightly different loads and part of the fun is figuring out what load each gun "likes". I have several long guns in my safe that print sub-MOA out at 200 yds or better, but not...

I've got a Dillon 650 w/22 Hornet dies gathering dust in storage. PM me if interested. I rather it go to someone of similar interests rather than some random person.

Uhh, a couple of Duffle Blog posts, methinks... :cool:

He was way off, turns out it was 51%... :)

Yep, now that I look back at them, that makes sense. In my defense, I was only over on the bay side of Cubi once, when we were invited for lunch on the Enterprise by some Chiefs we met at the club. I made the JO at the brow promise not to untie any ropes while I was aboard.;)

I'll second that BZB. I'm still trying to figure out where the pier side photos were taken. Alameda perhaps? :rolleyes:

Even less now that they've opened the 85 MPH toll road between them. :eek:

I see an opportunity here. I'm startin' my design om a "Full Motion" office chair right now! :)

Anyone notice the dual cross-deck pendants? I didn't see them in the video but still photos from another source shows them. I'll go see if I can find them.

Was going thru APX-72 school at Moffett while transitioning from P-2 to P-3. Spent that weekend up at Angels Camp with friends.

Got this from a friend and thought of this thread. May be a repost.

Just being a dick here, but he did a sweet job settin' it down right in the chocks... :) I guess we're gonna have to winter over again in Yuma to get us some F-35 sightings.

Spent a lot of time out on Smith Shoals fishing for grouper. Not sure where any restricted areas are now. Catch a few grunt on the way out for bait and life is good. Sure wish I had had GPS back then, could'a found my honey holes a lot faster. :cool:

We had them at NATTC Millington back in the day. We called them "Bush Chiefs" because they would actually hide in the bushes trying to catch sailors goofing off between the barracks and classrooms.

I read somewhere that the pricing on the "Two Buck Chuck" was that instead of using the more expensive wooden storage casks for ageing they used stainless steel containers with little to no degredation in taste. We bought 2 cases last time in Monterey and it was palatable. Not a Silver Oak...

There is rarely, if ever, an occasion for a Chief to publicly "Correct" even the lowliest Ensign. However, a private, friendly reminder out of view of the sailors will sometimes suffice. If said Ensign is not open to that, his actions will eventually come back to bite him in the ass. As for...