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This actually kind of surprises me. I thought they would have changed all of the helmet/ICS hookups to a common/standardized setup by now.

We referred to them as Kidd-class. And the Callaghan was damn fine boat. Our det all knew we were lucky to be on a Kidd-class ship. She was only four years old when I sailed on her. Yes, the air-conditioning worked as advertised and was put to good use in the Gulf of Oman during the Summer of...

In regards to the "how much has to be light colored tape" question I offer the following example. The helmet you see below was issued to me in the Spring of 1984. I was "syllabus complete" in the RAG and doing the usual waiting for orders to the fleet squadron. When my helmet came in, I was...

Are any forum members going to be aboard the Lincoln, Princeton, or Chaffee for Navy Week LA this weekend? http://www.navyweek.org/losangeles2011/

Aaahhh...the good ol' all service fightin' clothes...scrapped for individualness after only what? 20 years?

The original hovering ASW aircraft, no?

When these: <========= become available, you can put me down for two. 1 gold & 1 black.

Only to youngsters like you and I. The named freeways in the LA area are sections of road that can and do change freeway numbers. For example, the "Hollywood Freeway" starts out on the 101 in downtown LA and goes north. At Universal City, the 101 bends west, becomes the "Ventura Freeway" and the...

Perfect for the weekend....gonna have to see if they stream....isn't KGB-FM still doing the AOR thing?

When I was in SD, KYXY was the easy-listening station.... And to bring it back on-topic (sort of...), tattoos used to be a sign if rebelliousness. Now they are a sign of conformity. When the current crop of twenty-somethings are running the big corporations, you will be looked at suspiciously...

Anybody seen this yet? http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/03/29/faa.southwest.incident/?hpt=Sbin The real entertainment is, as usual, in the comments....

That's what San Diego was like back in the early/mid 80's. By 9:00 AM Monday through Friday, there were helos from three RAGs (so 6 -12 aircraft) up in the air. Not to mention whatever the fleet squadrons had going on that day. So when a SAR event happened during those hours, the response was...

Funny thing, back when the B models were first hitting the fleet (first operational deployment 1985), it was the RA part of RAST that was getting all of the coverage. There were all kinds of video being shown in RR's of the White Elephant making RAST landings with the Perry-class deck rolling...

MasterBates can attest to that!

So by that logic, we are just finding out now about the health risks of flying at altitude. Sooner than you might think. MRI systems don’t use ionizing radiation, like other imaging devices do (you know, x-ray machines) and have been in use for over 30 years with no documented adverse affects...

The radiation exposure at altitude in the aluminum tube has been well-documented and many years' worth of data (60+ at this point) has been collected, pored over, conclusions drawn, and knowledge gained. Compare/contrast that to the use of back-scatter x-ray at the airport. While some say it is...

This assumes profiling for the sake of securing air travel relies solely on race. Profiling goes deeper than that. It takes into account other things in addition to race. Like say, nationality/citizenship. Or how your travel is structured (one way vice round-trip), did you check a bag, etc.. In...

Thank you for the reply. My employer (a SoCal County) contracted out its FD and Ambulance (ALS and BLS) service. The FD is contracted with the State and the Ambulance is contracted to a private corporation (American Medical Response). But these are recent developments (within the last 20 years)...

A question: Are the ground-based trauma response units (read:ambulance) in Maryland also state run/owned? Or do you see AMR (a contractor) on the scene?

Is there really a US Code that deals with salvaging US Military aircraft? Who knew....

Did the S-72 ever actually fly with the rotors?

I have a feeling that SWA will ditch the 717's. They have standardized on the 737 with excellent results.

Following up: the scenario outlined above is referred to as "Planned Ditching" in NATOPS. Bailout was a much shorter checklist. The planned ditch was used for things like anticipated fuel starvation. Bailout was recommended only if uncontrollable fire or other circumstances make it impossible to...

In the H-2 FRAC Syllabus, there was a whole lesson on the bail-out option. The aircrewman jumps out with the bag of rafts (which weighed almost 90 pounds), the pilot on the left jumps out (because the collective is in the way for water egress), and the pilot in the right seat flies a short...

Yes, that is true. But if he is already a Naval Aviator in another airframe, the "water survival" portion will have already been covered.

Probably depends on to which coast you are heading.

Don't forget the rocket-ride.

So the lead ship of the DD-963 Class is no longer in commission. But there is still one DD-963 Class boat out there. Kinda funny to have a USS Spruance floating around that had a whole class of ships with the same name that it is NOT part of...

Me too.

That valuable information sounds like it was gained through experience.

Intel gathering...

No need to apologize. My "better data" comment was aimed at those that will come along after. Just so they are thinking about the whole picture when they click the link. Enjoy the newborn now, because in two eye-blinks he/she'll be off to college....

The idea that our Country's debt is attributable to Presidents is laughable, when by Constitutional design it is Congress that controls spending. I looked at that wiki link, it shows all the Republican Presidents as increasing debt and Democratic Presidents as reducing debt. Knowing the makeup...

Mapless compass course. You were shown your starting point and given a list of "Range and Bearings" (sorry, I can't shake my radar operator terminology). When we heard the story about the "hard" course, the guy telling it said you were golden if you were close to one of the markers, but hosed...

Army Land Nav "checkpoints" or markers were 1 foot square concrete pads set flush with the ground. But certain courses were used so often that there were trails connecting them all. Also, when you were doing a land nav problem with a group of 100 or so folks, you'd be at your marker, shoot your...

Found some more retired aircraft pics (let's see if we can make A4s day): Training wing on the transient ramp NASNI (late 1985 or early 1986). Notice the T-2's... Blue Angel A-4's (NATTC Millington 1983) Closeup of Blue Angel A-4's. Notice the huffer painted in the Blue Angel scheme...

I wonder if I should have qualified it as an "airshow alpha"? I seem to recall that it was in preparation for the BG's arrival to Freemantle....

25 years ago on the Connie: The first operational deployment of the F-18 retired airplanes another retired airplane an alpha strike showing 6 different airframes.

What you P-3 guys miss out on is the post-mission-throw-the-empty-tubes-over-the-side drill.

Just to give a balanced perspective: One of my "good deal" flights while on Active Duty turned to crap because of being stranded at Pt. Mugu. Here is the sequence of events that turned what was supposed to be a weekend-long two-ship cross-country to Monterey, CA, into a weekend of near-hell...

Hmmm...a Naval Aviator that doesn't know where on the compass he is pointing at any given moment...is it time to weep yet? ;)

The Arizona State Senator that helped author the bill was on a local talk show yesterday. He stated that Arizona law enforcement has a close enough relationship with ICE, that ICE will come and pick-up any "illegals" that the local LEOs round up.

Some of us old-timers didn't have to deal with In-Flight dumping. Our aircraft didn't have enough endurance for it to be a problem. You either dumped before your flight or held it for 2.5.

That dude is not being hoisted. You can still see the hook in its stowed position. Big Navy Media strikes again.

Forget the flight deck, how pissed would they have been if it burst while still in the aircraft....

NATOPS states (paraphrasing) as part of the STARTING ENGINE checklist that external DC power is connected and that the battery is AS DESIRED with a note and a caution. The note is that the battery may be switched on just before start to provide a back-up source of DC power if the external power...

Rescue Dawn?

That is a really good question. Time has erased it from my memory. I will consult the Big Blue Sleeping Pill and see if the answer lies therein.

Can't contribute to this one. All two of the helos I spent time in were DC start only. The SH-2F was always an externally-powered DC start. Battery start was for emergencies only. The UH-1H/V was always a battery (we don't need no steenkin' external power) start.

Of course! Flick on the flame, move it close to the IP, watch the IP disappear.