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Thanks! Shot with the handy dandy cell phone.

Factory fresh CODsprey made a stop at RNO today. Actually was supposed to be a stop - turned into an overnight... :)

There was almost zero viz on Monday - in Reno and at Truckee. Smoke from the CA fires was very heavy. We had some diversions from Truckee right before the crash - and of course a few afterward. That aircraft was a frequent RNO visitor - went to the other FBO up the taxiway.

When I worked at Atlantic in Cleveland I fueled that aircraft many times. Always liked seeing it fly - shame to see it retired.

Big Navy has totally fubar'd their air show program outside of the Blues.

Been the same in northern NV - finally cleared some yesterday... No smoke: Smoke:

When cable was "new" I watched that movie every time it was on. Years later when I checked into VFA-15 fresh out of apprenticeship training I found out we were in Air Wing 8.

That's not good - we can use all the events we can get.

Thank you! Liking what we see so far - will hit you up for that info for sure. If you stop at KRNO for anything hit me up at Atlantic.

My job is considered "essential" so no work from home for me. Accepted a large promotion at work the beginning of March which entailed a move from CLE to Reno. Spent the week before last driving a moving truck across the country - now settling into the new job and unpacking!

I'm sure I don't even want to know.

IBM Selectric II - what a beauty... Used to print fitreps out on a daisy wheel printer. That was fun - line up the OCR wheel, print the front, pull and reverse the carbons, swap to Times New Roman wheel, print the back. Twenty mins later skipper comes up with "a little change..." :eek::eek:

First "PC" I used in the Nav was an IBM that had the operating system on one 8" floppy and files on another...

Happened on the TR when I was with VFA-15. If I remember right (this was 89-90) the mishap was almost a class a because of all the damage to the antennas on the tails. Kind of hard to imagine though - a Hornet needing to dump gas before recovery... :D

Close to my neck of the woods...

His boss has some deep pockets... ;);)

Worth a shot!

Chief Pilot at Draken: http://www.drakenintl.com/profile/executive-team

That is what kicked off the whole "Legacy Flight" and "Heritage Flight" programs - Snort and the Tigercat.

Pretty sure the other T-2 belongs to the Warbird Heritage Foundation out of Waukegan.

Sounds like the issue is over zealous persecution of enlisted folks for wearing a "working uniform" out in town vs. what that "working uniform" looks like. Had a guy in my squadron go to mast for stopping at a gas station while wearing dungarees on the way home....from Cecil Field.....over 30...

Since @HuggyU2 is the announcer I'm sure his comment was tongue in cheek.... ;);)

Thought I was right... ? Went to the disestablishment - still odd thinking of 15 not being around.

15 if I remember right?

Quarter of the way down the linked article.... "As the George Washington saga showed, “the mid-life overhaul has been used as a bargaining chip for a larger budget in the past,” said Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain turned analyst. With Truman as with Washington, he said, “I doubt the...

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/02/25/new-uniforms-revealed-fashionable-and-free/ "Those in grades E-6 and below favored dark blue fabric because it better hid the smears and smudges hard-working sailors pick up on board a ship. But they didn’t want it to look like the Coast...

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I must be old too - cruised with Tomcats. ;)

Only in Iran...

Nice! I remember that - Teamwork '88.

I was lucky enough to attend a presentation he did about his book at the Pax River theater back in (I think) '91.

Maiden cruise of the TR with CVW-8 in 1988: 2 x F-14 (VF-41/84) 2 x F/A-18A (VFA-15/87) 2 x A-6E (VA-35/VA-36) 1 x EA-6B (VAQ-141) 1 x E-2C (VAW-124) 1 x S-3B (VS-24) 1 x H-3 (HS-9) Cool thing for me personally was I grew up watching Final Countdown - then ended up in the same air wing when I...

I'll make sure I stock some Dunkin... ;);)

Congrats!

From my awesome wife for my office:

Must be a former MC in charge of putting captions on pics at Time... "A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter is on show at the ILA Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition at Schoenefeld airport near Berlin on April 25, 2018." Looks like an NH-90 to me... :D:D

Made me think of this:

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Very good movie... "Make a hole make it wide..."

Nope - Sergeant Major in the Old Guard ;);)

Congrats on completing your tour!

OSH was on the proposed schedule for 106's TACDEMO - but that was cut from 20-something shows to 6.

Fueled that S-3 many a time at CLE. :) That Spad looks a lot cleaner than when I saw it last in El Centro!

Apparently Jinx and the cast, including "Holy Sh$t it's Viper" are in the Space Camp Hall of Fame... https://www.spacecamp.com/halloffame

We already have one.... https://www.spacecamp.com/ ;);)

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