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It's probably equal parts recoil assist and "don't turn the *** around muzzle awareness..

And on the Navy side we are well into that trend for Reserve NFOS, especially Tacair.

Scooters used bridals as well. So as long as A-4s went to the boat for advanced CQ a carrier had to be equipped.

No need to kid. You're right. It's a fact. Just look at the timeline.

Well that was my point it is formalized and under strict regulation. Nothing like making a Couple of phone calls and running it by the skipper. Hell, there was no such thing as a formal DEMO PILOT.

More deadly, yes. More pretty, hell no! Attractive in a brutish way, sure. But IMHO, not pretty.

Way cool. Those were the days. Would never happen that way today. Maybe one of you toung'uns could tells us what it would take to make this happen today.

As a selres, I picked up a gig as a staff officer for NAVEUR in London. There was no NRC. We dealt with a single Admin OFFICER and his assistent on the Admiral's staff. It was incredibly refreshing and proved how you could, In fact, manage over one hundred reserves without all the NRC bullshit.

FedEx Reservist? You Bet

I happen to prefer the world war, one practice of tying, a a colored streamer to the wing strut, identifying the flight leader. somewhere I must have a picture of a blue streamer tied to the wing strut of my Luscombe

Saw one at a traffic light in Phoenix over two weeks ago, very odd looking. I understand you can't sell it on the open market for a of time, something like 2 years. Tesla has first right of refusal and will pay the owner whatever they want.

Now that we are off Naval aviation specfic, The Blue Max.

In the 1970s the CIA put out a requirement for a helicopter quiet enough to penetrate deep into north Vietnam for COVERT missions. Hughs helicopters produced a highly modified OH 6A dubbed THE QUIET ONE, that met the requirement, and was at the time the quietest helicopter in the world. IIt...

Today Jeff Bezos got the full detailed tour of ULA adding to speculation either Amazon or Blu Origin buys ULA. ULA is contracted to deploy Amazon's new mini sat comm link. and Blue Origin is late providing motors to ULA,, now paying penalties.

Training began 3-4 weeks agoin TUS with the air GUARD'S 162nd Win.

what ever happened to arguing about the contract?

I have thought a lot about swapping out my continental 65 for an 85 in my Luscombe. What was your thought process in coming to that decision. I have heard some people say it's not really worth the 20 extra horsepower unless you actually had on a 85 laying around the hanger.

At least until you get a headache and stat slurring your speech ;)

Looked it up in case you wanted to use it on the grizz o copter?

I will try and get some good interior photos too. It really is very nice.

This Just in from one of the professional photographer members the SW CHAPTER OF THE AAHF. The 0H6 is a Vietnam combat veteran, shot down a couple of times (as was common for the LOACH). The Cobra in the background did not see combat. Both on loan to the CAF Airbase AZ Museum.

Love the smile Chuck. Glad you landed such an interesting and rewarding flying gig I remember when you were still a clipped wing engineer at GE

Not too far afoul but unexpected, especially for the era. NFO to airline pilot, with a side gig in law enforcement aviation. I had every expectation staying in the Navy as a NFO, but an opportunity presented itself and I was off to the races. Now retired from a major airline I work for my wife...

I had a buddy punch out of of a War Hoover after the pilot misdiagnosed postal gyrations for a spin and applied the wrong control inputs. Punched out going through 10,000 feet out of control, The in trim aircraft continued to fly for some time even though it had two smoking holes in the canopy...

1946 Luscomb. 8A. Sorry to say this flight with my son may have been my last for a very long time. Suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. Just got discharged from from hospital. left hand side. Still not working. Can barely walk in a Walker I am basically wheelchair bound. prognosis good. But...

Wrong. I hear it all, and I don't think @Flash is politically a liberal. He said he wasn't some years ago on another subject and I have no reason to doubt him, or see how it bears on this debate. BTW Thanks for noticing my ass ? . I lost a couple pounds.

One word. THINS! Oreo Thins are a case of the sequel being better than the original. And either are better than 'droxies. Thins much better,

So how much of restricted funds ever get spent? If they spend what they are given for the purpose it was given, they would not have $50B and growing. Anyone ever notice that everything is "complicated" to @Flash ? Some things certainly are. But sometimes claiming something complicated is...

$50 Billion!! More coming EVERY year. You can spend some principle IF you ever got to it. There is no excuse for not being a part of the solution to the cost of education and number of scholarships. The money is endowed for education. The mission of these schools is to educate, NOT build nest...

Then how come the money isn't spent? And the interest? What strings are attached to the gains on investments?Sorry. It is BS.

Harvard's endowment is over 50 BILLION!! Restrictions on not spending it? They get millions of dollars and it is restricted to spending on a Chair in calypso music, so goes unspent? How about they spend a good portion of the interest on tuition or lowering tuition for all. I still call BS.

I never had it that bad. In fact, the VS RAG let us use their planes on weekends almost like they were ours. We gave them plenty of Xs both in the plane and sim, but it was a good deal. When CVWR 30 went aboard Enterprise VS-41 even let us get underway with RAG birds. Most valued and almost...

Think I know what you mean. Please elaborate.

I may have missed it in one of these posts, but the disconnect between the economy's needs for degrees in certain various majors is a problem. Just how many basket weaving BA's does America need? However many that is can be subsidized by student loans. The balance of basket weavers will have to...

Navy ensign. Not the National flag. But yes. It was a bit over the top. Still, it was a different time. Different Navy. No one one from the ship or squadron cared so much except for the reaction of the Aussies. There was no recrimination for the perp. I always thought the Aussies were as mad...

This is good. Hopefully the Aussie sailors will learn some of our "customs". We had a NFO ride on a RAN sub for RIMPAC in 1982 or so. When they returned to port at Pearl some of us went to meet our guy on the dock. Some time that night, after welcome home libations, the sub's Royal Australian...

Saw this out front my office building the other day. Awesome looking. Even has the motosickle version of HOTAS. Not sure I could ride these 21st century bikes. What does something like this cost?

Yes sir. Much better. I have always liked the bob tail look. That particular one with the throw back logo and tank is nice.

Really don't care for the pipes on the Sportster S amd Fat Bob. I don't know all the HD models these days, but just can't get behind that look.

The LAX goal makes the back yard. ??

I repped NAVEUR at a big EUCOM exercise called Agile Lion back in the 90s. Scenario was a developing Chernobyl style incident at a former Soviet Nuke plant in one of the former Soviet Republics. We exercised non combatant technical and humanitarian responses and as the region became destabilized...

Staff Weenie. NAVEUR was in London since IKE until it moved to Naples in early 2000s, I think. Makes sense. We thought they would shut down London every year the budget came around. The Admiral's NATO hat was Commander Allied Southern Forces, Europe. He spent most his time in Naples anyway...

That is a good one. Oh course, that one trip was probably as much about seeing family and such. Some of us did the overseas thing only to meet requirements. We had several international commuters in my NAVEUR Reserve unit in London. Most from around Europe. Longest European commute was from...

You can call it what you like, but downsizing of any sort with China threatening would be boneheaded. Or will we have a thread split where you argue we let the Australian's come to Tiawan's aid and insist Japan help the South Koreans in a dust up.

I don't mean to misappropriate, but @Flash once pointed out, what will you do with all the personnel and equipment we have in Europe? To accommodate their housing and training spaces in the US will be very expensive. Especially when you consider many of those facilities in Europe cost us little...

How much do you propose to give in to China? Where is your line in the Pacific? As to losses by our taxpayers, just start with the economic. Jobs, investment, consumer prices, products, etc. Then consider the human cost, as in human rights, and the moral cost to the millions of tax payers that...

BFD. The solution is as simple as it is easy. Increase defense spending to bring down the ratio. Am I ready for Congress or what? ;)