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We'll tell the next CG alternate that a lightning strike is about to open up another slot.... Congrats on the transition - a buddy of mine from my first squadron did it and was very happy.

This is just a GPWS - if she thinks you are about to become gravity-challenged she says "Power, Power" in a fairly annoying voice. Personally, I have only done very basic software testing in preparation for whatever HX-21's test plan is (I've never read it, don't even know if it is approved...

Don't know if there is a fleet flight clearance yet for HSM, but HX-21 was down in AUTEC with an R within the last couple of weeks.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/longshot-a-swooping-haawc-for-torpedos-03340/ I've posted this before in a similar thread, but it is a fairly mature solution to the torpedo problem with the P-8

For testing, the 60's GPWS lets us input an artificial deck (which also lets you input an increased safety factor for any given mission).

https://secureapp2.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/BAH-Primer-2007.pdf

And if anybody questions my comment of "obviously biased", just read the above quote in reference to the RF chamber....

http://ebird.afis.mil/cgi-bin/ebird/displaydata.pl?Requested=/ebfiles/e20070724531398.html Should have mentioned this earlier: whole article is available on ebird. While presented in an obviously biased manner, there are some valid points.

I'm with you there - and as you can probably tell from some of my posts I totally understand the impulse. But.... when it comes to eating turds (to use a lovely metaphor), we are old pros at this point. You can hold your breath for 3 years, when it comes right down to it.

And cat shots/arrested landings are brutal on airframes. There is a reason our jets have such short lifespans in terms of total hours.

Unless punching at that time would give you access to a lucrative career that wouldn't be there three years later, it would be hard for leaving early to work out for you financially.

Short version: so much capability has been added on that weight has increased to the point of needing total redesign to handle it, moving it from COTS to new development. Goes on to ask if POTUS really needs what he is buying. Lots of political undercurrent to this discussion and lots of...

Two concerns with that - the first is that there are a lot of personal assumptions you have to make and then stick to in order to make the math useful (how long are you going to live, # of kids, SBP, etc). The second is that looking at somebody else's can influence your assumptions to the point...

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/cv-ucavs-the-return-of-ucas-03557/#more More reading if you are interested. The Air Force magazine entry from '05 is good reading in retrospect - especially interesting to me was the $/lb comparison.

How much total time would that put you at? I'm kind of curious because I just recently had a sit down with one of my LTs (on his first shore tour) talking about finances and the staying in/getting out decision. One of the things I made him do was figure out the practical difference between...

Bunk, are you really considering trying to switch to the reserves at this point?

That would be great to have three more jets. How exactly would we pay for the pilots, parts, fuel, maintainers.....?

It would. There are some interesting aspects to the program from an acquisition point of view (involving the Flight Risk Clause and the contract) but it is on track for Dec 08 as far as I know.

Since it is a common source of questions (see the JSF thread) I thought I would put a bunch of info in one spot. Below are links to a number of aircraft currently in various stages of the acquisition process. Source for all the articles is Defense Industry Daily: while some articles are collated...

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.21863567.1153163487.RLvg38Oa9dUAAE9euUo&modele=jdc_34 Note the completion date for the LRIP II birds.

I did some training with the RAF last summer and spent some time talking with some folks who are working on their acquisition side. Great guys and I really enjoyed it. Some light reading to back up HJ's entry...

"Yeah, and maybe I'm a chinese jet pilot." - Ash.

http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/JointALSPEF032207/Castellaw_Testimony032207.pdf Personally, I would say 2013 is very optimistic. Above and beyond the fact that their monster budget is ripe for poaching, it is a very complex project. And if we have to sustain our current GWOT effort, it...

I switched to the zeta liners and earcups from Oregon Aero at the same time I went from 6's to 9's, and somewhere between those two changes I stopped having any fatigue/soreness issues (this was also around the 400 hour mark of experience with them, and after 2 years out of the cockpit).

Since we've been on the subject: http://www.npc.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/6FCF3152-60CC-4686-A892-6A5D3CBCFA4F/0/NAV07181.txt There is good info on the board below the selects.

Obviously the downside to a higher vis. job is that if you do poorly (or are perceived to) then everybody knows about it.

Not trying to imply he could/would do a sudden reversal of course, I am just curious if the very different perspectives of the two (i.e. Rumsfeld protoge vs. not Rumsfeld) would produce a different perspective on the program. While the new Huey will be fun to fly (at least until we eat up the...

Just a couple of points: Your future is largely determined by the first half of your first tour: if you do not get selected for one of the "big" jobs as a JO (which will be decided by your first couple of years as a JG) then you won't break out as a LT when you leave. That will influence...

^^ Really good post. There is a lot more that goes into this than most think.

51 is actually the hull number.

Not enough choices for me. If we are still fighting the same war the same way in the future, then yes IAs should be a part of the Navy's future. But I hope we aren't.

Now that was clever. But you asked for it.

I can see where the people would see it as inefficient, and certainly there is an element of that, but you have to remember that many (if not, unfortunately, all) of these procedures were implemented in the name of spending money wisely, and were introduced as a result of hard lessons learned...

What Joe said: I wouldn't bet any of my own money that we could do it in 4 years even if we wanted to.

Slight threadjack (or tangent, at least) that rob's post inspired me to want to chime in with (not fully relevant, but not worth a new thread): I don't like the tendency some people have to claim that disagreement with the administrations policies or conduct of the war somehow demeans the...

Make sure you get the title of the thread also - otherwise it will be quite difficult for us old cranks to comment on your thread vs. make fun of another JO spellcheck cripple. For what it is worth, I do not think the presence of Navy folks on IA's has anything to do with our "culture" for lack...

HAL, Since you were on a "role" you ought to have suggested a poll on whether or not spell check is the JO's best friend.

And barring extenuating circumstances (system failures, etc.), a healthy application of power will solve a lot of the predicaments that a pilot can get himself into (especially true in the helo world).

I wouldn't mention that around their union folks when you consider how much work they are pushing overseas.

Reflexes are an extremely small part of the equation. By the time you are at the FRS you should almost never have to devote more than 5% of your brain to the monkey skills.

Every now and then USMC's head of aviation snoops around the Sierra's down at Pax. We've always thought he is just poking at the Bell folks, but I guess you never know.

Krieg's replacement comes from the blue side, so I would be curious to see if he has a different opinion.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07415.pdf This is why you need to build up your joystick muscles.

Of course, I am not meaning to imply that we should have let it get that heavy.

Than a 101? Block 2's are making a good run at 40k lbs; I don't see a -92 getting there...

I try not to be the guy who is happy because he already "got his". But UAVs can make that hard sometimes when you picture military aviation 20 years down the road....

In the end, unmanned will be cheaper than manned. That will drive a lot of decisions in what aviators think of as unfortunate directions.

Steve is right, I was only talking about aviation. As long as you aren't missing a ticket somewhere else it is looked at as a positive by SWO/Subs.

For Navy, non-observed FITREPs = bad for your career.

The San Antonio was also the first to attempt a truly integrated design process trying to take advantage of the CAD age. Great on paper, tricky in practice for the first try.