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I've disengaged from this thread. See my PM. r/ G

Hic... But for every one caught...how many fly without getting caught....scary thought. "Check the flapsh shetting down....hic." r/ G

In aviation terms....we'd call this one a "Luffberry"...a death spiral to the deck! My opinion on this topic from the aviation side of the house (can't speak on ground combat as I don't do that...) is simple...the machine cares not who flies it. It simply responds to flight control inputs...

When in the military on a military PC, such as anywhere on the Lincoln, you agree to a blurb similar to the following every time you log on... "########## !!! WARNING !!! ########## This is a Department of Defense (DoD) Computer System. This computer system, including all related...

ahhh...you meant if you qualify to take IFS.... No worries. Still some good info to put anyways on IFS and NIFS. r/ G

Think twice... Not a good idea. See https://www.ifs.cnet.navy.mil/ifscode/help/FAQ.cfm for some FAQs on the program. If the Navy finds out you have, for example, a PPL and did IFS again, it would be frowned upon as it plainly states in the instruction you are not eligible. Pilot and...

Search is on... Yo Bunky, A witch hunt is not going to be good for morale...sorry to hear about the mess. Unfortunately as the young JOs on this forum will find out, you can think about ANYTHING you want in uniform, but you can't always state it... "Away the Morale Supression Team...

Is that the one with the Argentinian VIPs on board that hung up in the port catwalk nets? r/ G

Remarkable similarity between the new "Taskforce Uniform" female Petty Officer head gear and what President Karzai of Afghanistan wears? Perhaps some color or texture in our new female uniforms would help? Either that or this PO has a large cover and a small head. Just staying in touch...

PM me. I have this info if you have a way to recieve it. Its a large file ...27 MB. r/ G

Lots of images of the relief effort here: http://www.news.navy.mil/ Image below info: 050104-N-9293K-499 Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia (Jan. 4, 2005) - A Lone mosque stands among the damage of a coastal village near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) and...

http://www.news.navy.mil/ More info here...http://www.news.navy.mil/ Lots of pictures of the relief effort. r/ G

Some good explanations above as well. I'm no aero major, but the spoilers on an F-14 deploy up (a bit ~6 or 8 Degrees) all the time when DLC is on during a landing. You need to fly a bit faster (6 kts), but they allow you to use a vernier wheel on the stick to roll in lift as the spoilers...

The F-14 has spoliers (4 on each wng) as well, no ailerons at all. We use our differential tails and spoliers to roll. One drawback is when you make a quick stick input on the ball, the spoilers destroy some lift which is not what you want, so every lateral stick moevement is typically...

E-2 Bubba Best guys in the airwing. My CAG wouldn't let our strikes go if the E-2C was not up. The radar upgrade was the best thing since sliced bread for this airframe. They also have some of the funniest F'oclse Follies ever...a la "Naked E-2 Guy" comes to mind... r/ G

PropStop nailed it....I love it when it's actually called out in the procedure to tap the gauge. See the attachment. r/ G

Good info on the P-2. It sort of looks like a whale crossed with an S-3. A big plane for a carrier ops. I think this may get confused with the Grumman S-2 Tracker, pre-cursor to the S-3.

Good summary of your training. Good luck in the fleet. r/ G

Wow...how did this all start?? Steering wheels on CVNs??? Damn shoes. now you got the aviators all riled up and kickin' the hornets nest at each other. The good old days...cold cats, dark nights, and pitching decks....guess we've all been there at one point or another...seen my wingmen blow...

Beam on.... Chances are he was getting ready to lase a target and had the FLIR on target in auto on the target tracking, selection for trigger however was gun. You can point one way and lase in another. Most likely he was on the range. Would explain weak kinetic energy of the 20 mm...

Latest... It was switchology the news just reported....jet functioned exactly as designed and requested by the pilot. ...seems the same trigger is used to fire the laser as well as the gun... oops. Fire the "Laser".....(a la Dr. Evil).... r/ G

Hard as it is to believe...tapping a gauge (analog not digital) did sometimes help if a cannon plug was loose on the back of it. Sometmes worked on old Grumman products I flew. r/ G

Now we're getting into the stuff urban legends are made of.......perfect loops and skeletal remains.....Hmmmmmm....I'ver never heard of either of these in 19 years of Navy flying. But.....I did see an F-14 from VF-211 have full uncommanded aft stick off the cat due to binding flight...

Nope, never happened with a P-3C Orion.

First off it's Hollywood, so it's all BS. We don't turn with rudders, they control yaw. We use asymmetric differential stabs or horizontal tails to roll the jet (a tiny bit of rudder) then when our lift vector is where we want to go we do a smooth pull with both horizontal tails taking an even...

Actually.... Actually....we do this because the nose strut compresses another 4 inches or so at cat launch (aside from the regular kneel). If you had your head back against the head rest it would get tosses forward, then be flung back and bang hard against the headbox. Not what you need on...

It's a "shoe" thing....don't even bother trying to figure it out. This ain't no sh*t but, ....The Stennis once lost it's little wooden "wheel" during PIA overhaul in 99 and had to get underway with a metal stick where the wheel would have been until a new wheel could be fabricated. They...

Yes...had my ass kept dry by the hoov a few times myself.... First to launch...last toland...no safety net neccessary it seems. But going away very soon is what I meant.... Have you seen the Braveheart S-3 Spoof video? Was a huge hit at F'oclse Follies. r/ G

But not for long....

Way back when....I had thin nylon speed laces with a locknut on them on my issue flight boots...until the safety police told us not to wear them as they were a FOD hazard. I could put on a flight boot pull up both of the laces at the same time, push down the lock and wrap my laces under the...

This is worth a look...a well done BBC documentary on the fighting in Falujjah...very current. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4037009.stm r/ G

a favorite of mine...I think the reporter had to change his shorts after that pass... r/ G

I saw a Hornet run the gold course before we left Reno that year...Like you said, left AOB the while way in blower. r/ G

A ready room down or even a pink sheet for not having your dog tags!!! YGTBSM!!!! Someone is missing the big picture here and needs to be re-aligned to what we really do in Naval aviation. The IP in question clearly must be disgruntled and unhappy about his role in life. r/ G

Reno Air Races No, but I'll look. I did take an F-14D on a XC to the Reno Air Races in the early 90s. What a blast. Sittin' up on the Tomcat's turtleback watching planes go overhead at 500' / 500 kts in turbo-props of all things. Seriously souped up planes at that show. r/ G Try this...

I have laced my dog tags into my boots' laces for my entire career. Putting things round my neck always seemed sort of unsafe in a jet. I have one dog tag on each foot down by the toe. In a bad accident, usually there will be at least some part of you still in the boot...I hope. Outside of...

I like the passes between the towers 10 meters apart. Some great footage from the Red Bull Budapest Air Races. Imagine this in New York on East River..... r/ G http://home.scarlet.be/~mirhaus/airrace.wmv

I doubt he was strafing the school as a target. More than likely he was arming up on the range and a short caused a hot trigger to discharge the gun...only until I assume he quickly disarmed the master arm. That would explain the short burst of rounds...and their weak kinetic energy on the...

Soder....is what we call it down east...

By odd, I mean the priveleged stuff sometimes, it it has do with personalities and such. The stuff that won't make the JAG as it is not priveleged. 'Nuff said. For example, you can tell a JAG only what you want to, but only fact. In the MIR safety investigation you can say you thought the...

CFIT...controlled flight into terrain...sadly, those two did not make it.

fit right You should not be able to see the edge roll when you look up. Remember in any tactical manuever you are under G and looking straight up most of the time for the other a/c. Should not fit like the martian in the bugs bunny cartoons. I recommend leather ear cups...best thing I...

Rio Didn't he have Fridge in his back seat? I remember he goit burned a bit too, but may be an earlier mishap as the memories muddel about...what did you d on the Stennis...VAQ? I was Air Ops. To ENS Squid...every mishap has two investigations, a JAG which becomes public knowledge and and...

Yes both made it. Sometimes you only have a second to make a decision. The pilot went on to transition from the F-14A and just had command of a CVW-14 F/A-18C Squadron. He was on cruise on the John C Stennis with me. Call sign "Waylon"...you can figure out the last name from that callsign...

when this guy woke up in a shack out in Angeles City with a chicken on his chest....

Will this work...mind you the NATOPS is 27 MB. Send me a private message and I can shoot this your direction... r/ G NATOPS FLIGHT MANUAL NAVY MODEL T-44A AIRCRAFT (U)NATOPS Number: 01-T44AAA-1 Base Date: 15 Feb 2002 Change: 1 NSN: 0801LP1027531 Chg. Date: 15 Mar 2002 Issue...

I guess if an Air Medal is considered "spanked." Lots of things to consider on this mishap...how do you get out of the plane as the pilot...the canopy is not going to open as there is an ejection seat in the way, some initiators have fired....he had to climb out unstrapped in his gear with...

I was on the flight deck taking pictures of a Russian Helix that was shadowing our CVN when this "emergency pull forward" was announced. I watched from next to the 2 wire on the foul line as he trapped. Thought for sure the BN was dead. Ugly, very ugly. As he lined up on centerline I...

Hmmm....I agree it did sound a bit fishy....not impuging anyone's honor here...but you wouldn't believe how many fleet "I've been there" stories are embellished... We don't practice FCLPs (field carrier landing practice) with the hook down. The only time the hook is down is for an actual...

Preventing GLOC... Ahhh yes....the hook manuever. Here's a good web link to explain some anti-g basics. http://www.simhq.com/_air/air_036a.html Cheers, The original "G Unit"