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The thing the FAA needs to file flight violation in your name...is your name. Guess what is broadcast all over for the crews of the flyby?

Navy Mids painted the MD Army national Guard tank on display just to the south of Rt 50 near the Annapolis Mall. Blue and yellow!!!! Nice spirit mission.

Nothing worse than watching the SuperBowl on AFN while deployed and getting the following commercial breaks.... "Hi, I'm Vern Clark, this is my wife Dottie..." "Hi. I'm B.B. Bell, Commander of..." "Drinking and driving can only hurt the one you...." So much for all the cool ads.

F-14 in all variants (A/B/D) never had a true fly by wire flight control system. Later versions (late 90s) had a DFCS (Digital Flight Control System) that helped the pilot with inputs. It did help correct the yaw that came with roll inputs on the ball, at high AOA and a reduced the aircraft's...

Okay...just don't f*%$ it up! :) in effect.

We're definitely not talking about distilled water, which has no flavor. We're talking about slimy Jet fuel flavored water. :( BTW, I know exactly what Bio was talking about when he mentioned "boat clothes." They have a certain boat smell, you don't notice until you take them out of your...

Lateral stick throw was restricted as a function of airspeed in the F-14. If you could command full deflection at a high IMN you could break up the jet. I watched an F-14D break up as a result of full deflection of a horizontal stab at 650+ knots. Like the airliner that took off out of La...

On every deployment I've made (6 of them) the water never tasted that good. The Big E definitely had a fuel taste to it. Same with some of the others. Considering the water is all made in an evaporator, why it tastes so bad who knows...bug juice syrup made it all sweet and consumable in the...

And if you are one day late, on one payment, your interest rate climbs up to some huge number like 19%???? Read the very fine print.

This guy is instant SCI...I think. :confused:

I know we used to use painted bullets and then lay the banner out next to the hangar post-flight...and count the hits by color. Remember calling the banner...as in clock position to determine best direction for the tractor and pattern? I got some old pics I've been digging through from the...

So you're not divorced? Which makes you still on the hook for her, as in still married in the eyes of the law. Is that correct? Not being sarcastic here at all. They will ask that if/when she seeks NMCRS funds and may not grant them on that basis. They may ask if you are solvent with any...

Have done many high speed FCFs in the F-14A where I've had a mach lever fail to hold an engine at speed during a mach run throttle back. Engine stalls and bangs like someone hitting the side of the jet with a sledge hammer...jet yaws ever so slightly, but yaw SAS keeps it pointing into the...

Hey we're not feeling the love here... I was Air Ops on the JCS for 2.5 years. We really watched out for our helo bubbas as no one else seemed to. We also always got pizza from our COD bubbas. The ship has to remember they are a service oriented organization. We are the airport, thats it...

In F-14s the Tomcat pulled the banner for A/A Gunnery and was called the "Tractor," sometimes an A-4 pulled it for us. Tow patterns: squirrel cage or circular that we flew. I would not be surprised if it was an A/A banner tow. Did it drop it near the end of 24L? Squid, you're in...

That took a serious hit...here's what it may have looked like before the IED...

The Space Shuttle Mission Specialist Deck. :) or maybe an E-2C :D

I agree. Make relevant meaningful posts and everything is fine. To post a youtube video link and say "Look at this video, see what I found...look at me..." is a waste of time. Amen A4s.

The latest Tailhook newsletter has them for sale as well. "Leroy" is selling them. He was a Blue angel when the team went from A-4s to F/A-18s in the mid 80s. I flew with him in VF-114, he was real smooth on form, real rough on rendezvous (REAL rough...but very effective and...

Had a few or more drinks there, too. I always thought it was a bit over priced. Did they have the two filipino guys on guitar?

Okay, so you found two youtube videos. What of it...any comment or opinion on them? It makes for a better thread than us guessing what your point is. :) in effect.

Tell me you weren't deep frying a Turkey on the deck. Hope the claim and subsequent rebuild turns out okay. v/r G

"So there I was at 10 knots backing up while holding my collective firmly..." Yup, sounds like porn to me...

Shooting fireworks (Roman Candles, etc) at each other on Perdido Key Beach during a drunken party at midnight can and will cause lots of little burn holes through your nomex flight suit. I know.

Here's where I am. Was a FL resident. Left active service in CA. Became CA resident by default. Paid taxes to CA. Back on active duty, moved to MD. Still a CA resident. Have a CA DL with a MD address. Pay no CA tax as I earn all my income out of the state. Pay no MD tax as I'm...

You'd be fun to watch in a liberty port like Pataya Beach when the real you breaks free...:icon_smil

Of course:

WARNING Do a Google search for "masterbates" only if you dare. WARNING

Old School, my friend, old school. ;) (but, not as old as A4s)

If they did, it would be liking betting on the "Come" line...a la the Bird Farm. You need to be PQ SNA at your physical.

Popping positive for drugs on a urinalysis during the application process would be an instant disqualifier.

Modern day "Scooter." (sorry A4s) Nice pics.

Put down the Twinkie and step away from box. Keep trying, be in shape when you visit your recruiter...not in "I can get in shape soon" shape.

Trusting your pilot to pull out when he's 90 nose low 450 kts accelerating on the back side of a loop following a hard pull during ACM. Trust. Without a stick (and sometimes no ejection handle) its all about the trust.

100% wrong. I just went around the corner to the IFS office here at USNA. And lo and behold the CNATRA IFS Director was visiting, so we chatted. What you said is just not true...rumor mill at it again. All IFS will now be done at USNA/TBS or P'Cola (for ROTC). Stuff that may have gone...

Damn crafty mice....

Each recommendation is unique and is developed around the perosn being recommended. No template to speak of.

I fly the...errrr....well it's recently been retired. Nevermind.

We camo painted two of our Tomcats on a Fallon CVW Det with shades of brown on one and blue on the other (like the Mig-29s of that time). On day one our CO was in one of them in a section, his wingie was in the other...at the merge with two bogies, lead bogey driver calls, "I've got the brown...

When I visit The Wall. I say some of the names listed out loud. I want the soldiers that died names to spoken out loud, another time, and not forgotten. It is very moving.

Exactly!!! :)

Just keep digging..."Sugar Britches"...

Once the JOP files the paperwork with the court, you request a certified copy at the courthouse or online. Fee is about $15. Take copy to PSD, request an update to your page 2 /DEERS, get back pay on entitlements to date of marriage in next paycheck. I would update the page 2 SGLI info as of...

Okay. We're done... "Move along, these aren't the droids you want"

Fill in your bio on your profile. So what university do you go to, where are you exactly as a naturalized citizen?

It's all fun...and games.

It looks like a blimp made specifically for fat people. A doubel wide dirigible with double wide seats.

I used to fly FCFs on F-14A/B/D at NARF on NASNI. Long time down jets were the scariest...if you could ever get the jet to be well enough to take off to begin with. I had one flight where the stbd engine ate itself internally in an F-14D. HP turbine disintegrated. Another where both...

737-230 is a twin engine jet. If they reported it correctly. Losing one engine at t/o is a big deal with only one left.