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I agree with junior about the obligation to know your CMI's , but as a side note that applies to most anything: if you aren't on fire or falling out of the sky, go ahead and take a moment to make sure you know what it is you are really doing. I've seen more pilots in real emergencies (let...

We had a situation somewhat similar to that during my boat tour. A Senior Chief heard of the incident from a EN3 that witnessed it and let us (the senior LTs) know. The Chief's Mess fixed the Chief, and we fixed the ENS (who had actually been in the right, but lacked the sack to stand up to...

Strictly my personal opinion as a non-HSL guy who flies R's and S's (including armed helo with B kit): For R's, the issue won't be that the SWO's see them as only "a ASW or RADAR/ESM platform" but that those roles are by far the most useful to them. SURFPAC and SURFLANT have long been...

Never had a carrier turn down my plea for "free" gas in order to get their extra PMC run in at the end of a quarter. V-4 skims far more in a day than we could ever use. It messes with your actual CPH but as long as you didn't drive yourself into an inspection window that you weren't...

If nothing else, this is good for the Navy helo world because it is another SM CO slot and a 50% increase in "winners" come FITREP time.

PM will do fine....

I'm talking about shooting a simple, normal approach to the hover that retains some degree of single engine capability prior to getting over flat pavement. I agree that people who do not understand the interaction of their aircraft's gross weight, DA, power available, wind direction and...

Ignoring that vibe is a skill I never mastered. Besides, the 60 bleeds airspeed so well in a tight turn that all you have to do is swing out a couple of aircraft lengths and roll on your side and you can accomplish the same thing. The extra second it costs you is more than made up for in the...

I was just making a joke -I was talking about the old-school phrog button hook in the pre "D-CUP" days. The phrase button hook became politically incorrect for awhile, so folks just renamed it a more palatable term. The 60 is capable of that approach, but since I don't care for the vibes it...

They all have the same sweep: two blades are advancing two are retreating.

518 is the last Romeo to finish integration, it is at HSM-41 now. 523 is the latest off the line, but it won't be done with integration for 5-6 months.

Look at the hook-up man's posture, the angle of the blades and where the loads are located. First guess would be he finished a button-hook high and short and is waffling down to the load. Edit: I forgot that button-hooks were killed in the 90's, I meant 'bow to stern approach'.

It is all good, I'm sure the only thing the marines tolerated about me on my disassociated was my love of the phrog.

No worries, brother, I was talking about guys around here who talk about 46 pilots as dinosaurs. I'll be the first to say that tail rotors are an inherent design flaw...

I'd object, but you're kinder to us old 46 dinosaurs than some other folks on this board.

Oldest - 150938 (HH-46D) Newest - 166518 (MH-60R)

Not bad at all, due to the absurdly large glare shields. Unfortunately, those glare shields plus the nose-high hover attitude gives a poor sight picture in the hover.

We've already exhausted the growth potential for the -71, even with upgraded engines, xmsn, and tail rotor. I don't know who told you that about the folded foot print, but they need to put the crack pipe down. It still might need a partial disassembly just to get it in a C-17. I agree it...

And sorry about the threadjack, NFO's. If your eyes didn't glaze over as soon as you saw 'helo', then just take away that there isn't universal agreement on the effects that any given decision might have on your career. Just remember that nobody cares about your career more than you do, so do...

Like I said, volunteer to serve on a board, I think you could learn a lot and it is well worth the time for anybody who plans on making a career of the Navy. Remember that promotion (stat.) boards are different from screen boards, and they are not always looking for the same thing.

And I should add that non-observed time is always bad, so you have to be carefull taking TPS combined with your Masters: two years of NOB while your buddies are breaking out in production jobs will put you behind the power curve. Make sure you have the first tour FITREPS to carry you through...

Look at the actual success rates of HX/VX types returning to the fleet. Many go on to strong careers in acquisition fields (ie AEDOs) but the Hardisons of the world are by far the exception, not the rule. Volunteer to be an assistant recorder on a board, it will be a great learning experience...

VX and HX can be tough if you go back to the fleet. Compared to the RAG guys, nobody know what you did or why you were doing it, and you are off the community's radar for quite some time. If CO is your most important goal, then don't try to blaze a new trail, go to the RAG. All things being...

Concur with MB, and from a practical standpoint any first tour aviator would do well to profess a desire to become a RAG instructor. If you walk through the door aiming for an pack-minus shore billet you will influence your front office to view you as a pack-minus player.

That isn't the way they are detailing in the helo world: the RAG is still the top billet. Though if that is the way of things in the pointy-nose world then I wouldn't be shocked to see the helo types try to follow. It takes some time for board results to reflect those kind of changes, so...

And once the R hits the fleet you can slide the words 'fat kid' into that list as well...

I learned the hazards of cooking that particular set of books after watching a Marine one-star ordering the MEU CO to "launch the AMRR." Not a good day for the 53 or AV-8 dets...

Having just sold a home in San Diego and contemplating selling another, I think the tightening of credit is going to have a large influence. Despite all the problems in the sub-prime market, I wonder if anybody really wants to put the brakes on credit so close to an election?

Since Phrog and Brett jumped in I won't wait for your answer and will offer up both sets of advice I have ready: If you are 19 years old (like I was when I was in your shoes), then my sincere advice is to put your big-boy pants on and keep going. Regardless of your own self-assessment of your...

If you don't mind my asking, how old are you?

Could be a number of different things: people with poor or limited credit histories, little or no money down (except the gov't backed ones like VA) or folks buying too much house for their income level (bad debt to income ratios). I accepted the offer from my buyers because they could do a 15...

This may be of no use to you, but be advised I just closed today (a week late) on a house I was selling to buyers getting a 'sub-prime' loan, and it very nearly didn't happen. I'm sure this was partly a function of my buyers, but despite being pre-approved the underwriters were all over them...

I think you are looking for this and the others in the series. It is also starting to be mentioned in the precepts for promotion boards. Would have been nice if they had planned to take care of people before they sent them, rather than scrambling afterwards, but I suppose it is the thought...

A couple things I would add from watching some friends try to make the dual-military couple work: 1. One person should be willing to take something less than ideal (non-flying orders for a pilot, for instance) to get co-located. 2. Both should be willing to accept something other than the...

According to one of my LTs that attitude is alive and well in at least one squadron in HSL east.

Ever share a pattern with those guys? You spend half the time wishing you could get a turn in one of those seaplanes, and the other half wanting to get behind them and push....

For new helo guys, if you do go HSC be sure to get yourself on the 'right' track. One of the consequences of having your pilots separated into focusing on different missions is that the haves and have-nots get sorted out even earlier than usual (and HC was always bad about identifying their...

The Navy's theory is that there is no reason for them to fund this mission if somebody else will pay for it. The budget isn't going to grow, and they sure aren't going to cut any money from the pointy-nose world, so don't expect any sudden shifts in CNAF's priorities.

There were no Phrogs on a stick for a long time. The Navy even took the maintenance training bird from Memphis, crammed some robbed parts on it, and turned it into the low-time bird at the RAG.

And maybe when you do see a Rhino on a stick, you'll be able to smile appreciatively and say "circle of life..." Maybe this will explain it, it is an old joke about 46 pilots: Q: How many 46 pilots does it take to change a lightbulb? A: 6 (a whole detachment). 1 to change the bulb, and...

Plenty of other people's aircraft on sticks. This one was ours. I hope you feel that way about your bird one day.

Don't knock Afarts: in Japan you could get 3 different Simpson's episodes a day.

It hasn't been "years" - 'cause that would mean I'm old. Don't expect to love the R like we loved the phrog....

Alas, there is one on a stick at NASNI now (Navy D model). Enough to make a grown man cry....

Too true, but you may as well ask for what you want. The sooner you learn that the worst the Navy can do is say no, the happier your career can be.

I would add one thing on the subject of community selection (and it would apply to selection out of primary as well): 'fly with your friends'. It is hard to get a true feeling for the communities without being in them: your personality will have as much effect on your happiness within a given...

Can I get some extra sugar with that kool-aid?

They will be updated before - the hardcopies are updated by the users.

For those of you who have the access, look up the class "C" that went down with a mid in one seat. The HAC was demonstrating an Auto, and the mid got all he could ever hope for. (I think it was HSL, but not positive).