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as previously posted, do whatever makes you feel good, brett.

re:"Use your Capitalization button as well... It's "I" not i, and "Coastie" not coastie..." will try, spanky. but like a lot of folks i know, i rarely use the caps button.

re:"I'd prefer that you adhere to the established rules and norms of the forum, Flaps. If you post a link, have something to say. If you ask a question, make sure a new thread is actually required." what established norm was violated by the original post in this thread? also, does a comment...

do what ever you think you need to do, brett. if you'd prefer, i'll just exit the forum.

i had been asked by another old marine RIO. not likely we would have come across any coastie pilot instructors in our pipeline..... although i suppose a coastie could have been assigned to fly t-39's or even (in our case) bugsmashers. we're getting ready for our 45 year quantico reunion. shit...

right

never heard of one but i don't know. thx, ed

re:"Former Su-24 Fencers?" aussie ardvarks

quite sobering. did some civil engineering on that bit of infrastructure a while ago. http://www.laosgpsmap.com/ho-chi-minh-trail-laos/

all's i know is this..i got a lot more out of the marine corps than they got out of me. fortunately, i never did anything notably disgraceful.

not quite the dolittle raid but he certainly had a pair. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239241/Hero-RAF-pilot-Ken-Gatward-dropped-French-flag-Arc-Triomphe-Nazi-occupied-Paris.html

fond memories of sitting in the back of a herc with a bunch of marines on a flight from iwakuni to cubi point around '69. man, you haven't lived... :)

see link,.. i guess my original time line was in error, go-men-a-freekin'-sigh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749615/posts

washed up in ireland in '02 after being lost off key west a year earlier

i think the last p-3 was delivered in 1990, about the time the a-6f's were being evaluated at calverton , ny. as an aside, there is one b-52 that was flown by a grandfather, son and grandson.

just amazing and sad... my dad, a ww2 vet and most of his generation had no idea. i think it was the mid '60's when the first warnings started showing up.

you're correct. THIS is a b-17

dunno what he's smoking but (i think) that's a b-17 and it never ceased to amaze me that the cockpit is just about the same size as that of a c-172.

http://www.river-rats.org/what_is_a_fighter_pilot.php

Don't forget he was about to testify about Libya next week too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29251424@N00/8109656574/in/photostream

re::My point being, sir, even if entirely smothered in poor prose, is that the NFO in my humble opinion, serves a special tactical purpose, and shouldnt feel that they need to prove their worth in admin......we've got that stuff on lockdown, but you talented folks can help us out in the finer...

poor (old)man's go pro $1.59... poke a hole in a ball cap brim and screw (4x20, i think) your cameara to it. works for acro for me. i use a 32gb card, good for about 4 minutes.

for the 'truder dudes With additional ordnance pylons, more powerful engines, new radars and digital avionics. Three pre-production prototypes built at a cost of $220 million each in 1987. The third aircraft was flown for a total of 2 1/2 hours before the program was canceled. I think the...

nov. '69..vmfa 232, iwakuni

one might ask if the military represents society as a whole. take a walk through new york (or a similar) city and observe the ethnic diversity. is this diversity similar to that of the military? i think not. i'm not prepared to say if this is a good or bad thing. but i suspect that much...

re:"Anyone around here have any traps in that thing? Seems to me it would be a nightmare to try and get aboard with those TINY, stubby, swept wings. Equivalent airspeed for approach AOA must have been pretty high?" tried google. couldn't find any adverse comments on f-11 carrier suitability...

re:" Wasn't NASA flying/testing them at the time?' there was DARPA and NASA. one or the other continued to fly them after grumman did the initial flight evals. BTW, i've often wondered how the f-11 did against the f-8 in 1v1 ACM. not sure much of it ever happened but it would be nice to know.

nope, not an x-35. keep guessing. :) two more grumman photos from about '73. we returned two f-11's to flight status (one came off a pedestal from somewhere, i believe) and modified one with an in flight thrust control system (not vectored). these were the last f-11's to fly. seems to me it...

grumman photo from 1986 plant 6 at calverton, new york. the (non pc) maintenence guys nicknamed it the polecat for the polish tin knockers who put the wings on backwards.

shit,,, its easy to look busy with a hinge

that's certianly true but as i'm sure you well know , when they find out your work load is reduced, they give you more work to do. i was much busier in the tomcat than i ever was in a phantom...go figger..

well, i don't think it will be china. they probably wouldn't lend us the money to go to war with them.

i would think 'system networking' or whatever the proper term is, makes the driver of a single seat platform much less autonomous. everything his system(both air frame and weapon) is telling him is also being linked to a multitude of other folks who are there to help him out. when doing...

might not be too long before the aren't any sticks to complain about displays and work load either.

the f-14 d had one mfd in the back seat and two in the front seat. the f-15e had 5 mfd's in the back seat (as far as i know). i heard the eagle wso's complained about being 'display limited'. .. http://aviationintel.com/2012/07/13/must-watch-astonishing-video-see-the-f-35s-avionics-suite-in-action/

see link. it may or may not be bull shit. i dunno. http://www.uskowioniran.com/2009/09/iranian-f-14-tomcat-achievements.html

thanks... minolta srt 101 as i recall.

mine needs the chest strap

very cool... gotta believe the folks at the history channel are licking their chops. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-find-flood-vintage-spitfire-market-17513848 somewhat related link #

i was a tomcat instructor rio there from '75-79. worked with hot dog brown. he highly recommended it. will see it soon.

TINS started dating a young widow a few month ago. she tells me, "i really like you but i can't live with facial hair." so my little pea brain ponders the relative benefits of facial hair vs the relative disadvantages of chastity. i have my barber remove my 40 some year old 'stash...

from the '70's... hong kong taylor made flight suits with collars, ascots and white shoes . there's just no more class these days. :)