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Something along the lines of if it barely meets tolerances it goes to the MV-22 line. I think this was in regards to blade tip weights or whatever you hybrid types have

So very happy they went with anybody but Bell. I have yet to have heard a good story coming from interactions with Bell. I know someone who used to be acquisitions at one of their factories and they told me that unofficial company policy regarding common parts between different service aircraft...

I'm confident unpiloted pax transport is coming in the next 10-15 years. It will come about the time people get comfortable with driver-less cars and start getting uncomfortable with manned cars. I'm also confident that the armed services will be about 30-40 years behind the commercial world so...

Maui Jim Stingrays. Ive tried several different types of Oakleys, Costas and other brands. I love my MJ's. Polarization is as good as any other brand and they fit and feel great. Works with a CRT HUD and they have awesome warranty. I shattered a lens once and they did a full replacement even...

The more I see from Bell the more I hope Sikorsky gets the nod for Future of Vertical Lift.

Would also like to know for the skid side of the house. Does it have to do with the fact that the "station" is moving and spinning and can't be baselined to magnetic north (kind of like the spinning tacan for the boat)?

It's been briefed as an Israeli bird every time I've seen it. Do the Iranians have more RH-53's or just the one (?) they took from us in EAGLE CLAW?

I didn't think the Marines had ATACMS.

I'm surprised this hasn't been on here yet. I can't take any credit I just happened to get a copy of the email. This started at the Miramar Air Show over a month ago and from what I've heard this has been going around the pentagon and all over the world. What started as a joke went viral after...

I just wish the Marines would let their pilots wear the same FROG gear that the grunts wear when it's hot out. Nomex isn't great in hot weather.

I like the Augusta (or whatever they're calling it these days) -119. It's a clean looking bird from a company that breaks tradition from the Bell/Sikorsky normalcy. They might actually hold true to their word and have some shred of good guy decency with respect to not screwing the customer...

I learned something today!

Go skids, You can't overspeed the gear when you gear is welded down... and not wheels

back in my day the -57 sims probably cost less than the -57 itself.

Every PGM gameplan just got a degree more complex. SIMO-SIMO, AUTO-BUDDY, AUTO-OFFBOARD, BOC/T, BOT/T, BOC/C...

didn't hear anything for a couple minutes and was about to shut it off then controlled chaos broke loose. Pretty cool. I'm now going to expect a "great job welcome to X" any time I land.

Aren't computers awesome? I heard the X-47 kept hitting the deck and the wires in the exact same spot and they had to program in random error in order to spread out the fatigue on the wires and deck. Maybe one day carrier landings will be no big deal and all the effort put into those reps can go...

but without being able to fit in a c-17 how would you get it to theatre... put it on a boat (kinda in the wrong service for that). Unless you seriously want to do an ocean crossing in a helicopter (sickens me to my core), I don't see the army taking that option. #TailrotorMafia. All things...

I think the power loss associated with a tandem rotor gets you into a diminishing returns scenario when you drive the weight up that high (but im no aerospace engineer) . I think the new tech and sizing of the CH-53K will far outpace anything a 47F could do. This is the right move rather than...

slid off?

how 'bout them apples!?! This discussion really makes me happy that I don't ever have to go above 10k' or wear a mask or zip on tight pants or use runways or...

If I were to go back as a Company Officer I would definitely have a lot more leniency towards the varsity athletes after seeing how awesome some of the "shitbags" are doing now. In fact I've been disappointed more by those who were "model" midshipmen and got to the fleet and just couldn't be...

I don't think they sell the OR overlord gloves anymore. I have a pair and was thinking about getting another pair to have a backup for down the road(especially when they were half off) and couldn't find them anywhere. The Wiley-X's are okay but I killed a couple pairs just in flight school and I...

well both birds are missing tail skids...

Sign me up!

What's an ICE? I know if I bring up HIPAA and PII that should spark some response.

I did a quick search and found nothing other than the general "don't lose your medical records" so here I am. A couple weeks ago I went to base medical to pick up an admin up-chit and lo and behold my medical record could not be found. I went back a couple times and was pretty much given the...

I stopped at Tom Ricks. He put a hit piece out a few years back on Col. Desgrosseilliers (Former USMC Basic School CO) that was absolutely completely off base and ruined any credibility that he or foreignpolicy.com had in my mind.

If i were you i'd make snide remarks when they take forever docking the boat and ended up 25 feet off...at .5 knots

a very backwards place with a NASCAR fetish and way too many mullets

EP's first (with notes, cautions, and warnings), then limits, then learn all MDG maneuvers and all required control inputs. Then memorize important checklists. Pretakeoff/takeoff/posttakeoff checklist and the before landing checklist. Learn those so well that two years after your last T-6 flight...

You should just install one (or a dozen) of these on the canopy. Would really show initiative https://www.wayfair.com/Stanley-Tools-Suction-Cup-Clip-033923089562-L2393-K~OPY4756.html?refID=GPA49-OPY4756&gclid=CP-ckP3-_s8CFQGRfgodpFcKKw

That... and significant progress has been made in manufacturing, safety, reliability, ballistics and lethality in the last 105 years. Sure, I'd love to have a Model T to drive around every once in a while but I'd hate to have to use one day in and day out to get around.

no, obviously drinking in the ready room did. We should bring that back

"We did, it's called the Zulu Cobra"-Actual quote from the DCA

Which way is up when you're drawing on the ground?

But did they have a North facing arrow?

42 * 2 percent parts compatible between airframes And if you want a source to back that up http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/AH-1Z-Viper.html

Skids have hover hold (not super stable but not terrible either) and a hoist. What does the coupling do? fix it to a gps point?

Crew Chief talk on plus basic pilot skills should keep you in a pretty stable hover right? Why would you need/trust a hover hold?

As a former Corpus SNA... Wtf is the HONE Equation? And in return for this info I'll pass along the philosophy I stole from a much wiser person than myself. There are three things that matter when looking at a "job". The people, the pay, and the work. If you're only satisfied with one of the...

This makes me uneasy

It's already started on the USMC side. Those who have gotten it so far are absolute rockstars.

I see what you did there...

I want to meet up with the person who will actually will tell me what percent get jets...

My vote is for using pure common sense and not going above 500 feet.... ever

I never heard an instructor say it was unsafe to fly without goggles at night just that it was really really uncomfortable. I wish instead of the hood for simulating IMC we just used powered off goggles and developed the around the goggle scan.

Not with that attitude

But practice full autos are fun...