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So it kinda defeats all purpose other than claim bragging rights that they can take off in a ridiculously short distance.

I wonder how much cargo, if any, they have in there?

Ah, I gotcha. I rarely click on the links so I was just going off the thread title.

So is Groton not considered an active duty base? :confused:

And what you just said highlights the reason why independent peer-reviewed publications are important. Statistics can easily be skewed towards one outcome or the other to prove a specific argument. I personally don't believe global warming is as bad as it's made out to be but I also find it...

I asked a similar question about the thought of buying them but he was pretty adamant that the Navy has already agreed to buy them. Of course I have no clue what his background is in Sikorsky so he may or may not be correct but it's interesting nonetheless.

So last week I ran into an old retired gunny at Fort Benning who works for Sikorsky. In the course of conversation talking about work he said that the Navy has agreed to purchase the 53k for the Navy, not just the Dept of the Navy. Anyone heard more about this? If so I think it'd highlight/solve...

It's starting to shift more that way. Quite a few of the HS squadrons are deployed and the others are starting to shift to the rag for HSC, so that's who's available. Of course there's onesy-twosy dets that the random HS squadron is getting picked for.

Unbelievable.

So theoretically someone could just be on perpetual hold, or do they put a time limit on it and then show them the door after awhile?

I have no issue with women serving on subs in the academic sense, the job is the exact same as on a surface ship. My only question stems from having facilities for both on the sub. Granted, I have a total time of a little over 30 days underway on one, but I would be hard pressed to remember or...

I've played anything in the pack but currently am playing prop for the Jax Ospreys. I am also in the middle of All-Navy camp right now as a locke. There are teams pretty much whereever you go. Played in P-cola, out in San Diego, and now here in Jax.

Hahahaha!

For me, I'd prefer to stay as far away from Norfolk as possible.

That is the one that I still believe.

The common consensus I heard when I went through was no one wanted to have to tow all the time, because that was the rumor that's all 53 guys did. I personally wanted them but there weren't any seats for about two months when I winged. Bingo!

My mom always told me I was special.....she even let me ride the cool short bus to school. :D

There were only a few slots every now and then so the seats were usually competitive. There weren't many guys that wanted 53's overall though.

You know you're tired when you're near the JBD on O-3 and can still sleep right through launches. I'm still amazed I slept through that crap.

I actually kinda feel sorry for him now.

There was a great article about this test in an issue of Heli-Tac. I am glad I was not one of the test participants!

Fair enough, I've yet to get sick either but I'm just a "never say never" guy. Watch, you'll get sick doing fcf ground turns some random day!

Done every type of flying imaginable I take it?

That's an amazing history. I could imagine reading those logbooks like a novel.

My form partner in primary puked just about every flight but finally managed to get it somewhat under control, similar to you. He ended up getting helos and now he flies 53's out of Hawaii. As far as I know he never had an issue once he was in the HT's. Good luck.

Interesting, the story one of the instructors I talked to said it was actually kipling reading it and they had it on a really old cassette tape (and wouldn't give me a copy). Close, but for anyone who's heard the other version knows it's a lots more intense of a reading than that one!

I actually grew to love that clip for some sick reason. Anyone actually have an audio clip of it? I've scoured the interwebs with no luck finding it.

So that makes me wonder, do SWO's/other non-aviation/non-high-risk-capture folks get any kind of SERE intro, maybe a few briefs/etc?

Yeah???

Action packed eh? I bet this is a picture of you huh? MT DEW EXTREME OORAH!

The 45 degree approach to the deck seems to take in account both worlds of straight in and sideflare and is pretty fast.

It's when you flare...to the side. :D

Some of the M-14's they demilled for drill use at USNA still had the select fire switch installed.

One thing to take note of for API and your weight. The weight limit to start API is 235, and unless it changed in the past couple of years it's not waiverable. The funny thing is that after you start no one cares at all. Then you'll just sign a waiver for ejection seats or seat stroking. Of...

I'm dissapointed I wasn't :( :icon_tong

And of course, rumors like that "what if" statement are the best, there's absolutely no way to prove it's wrong!

I agree. I always cast a wary eye at groupings advertised by a gun manufacturer simply because they either use a machine rest or someone who's sole purpose is to test the rifles, plus match grade ammo. That said, I'm like you in that I like to try and practice as much as I can to get as close...

Shopping at FUBU perhaps?

No, it stayed up and in position with no problem.

I have a Blackhawk belt and drop holster. Granted, I'm in a 60 but it fits fine in there for me and it doesn't interfere with any of the controls. Plus, like you said, it's a pain with how crowded the vest is and I couldn't find any reasonable place that it'd hang on there. The leg holster...

Regardless of what he's done since being in office, I thought the point of winning this award was that the individual had shown a long history of peace-driven accomplishments or done something so drastic in a short time to have justified this. I don't think that just visiting with other foreign...

My first thought was he was playing flight sim and took a picture of his computer screen! On another note, the sierra has the Weapon Fire under the covered switch, so where is the emergency release at then?

Ah, ok, I see the difference here. Using the radalt is a good BACKUP, but I don't think anyone on here is advocating using the radalt solely as indication of being at DH (except maybe for a CCA/etc/, because the radalt will almost 100% be more accurate than the baralt overwater). The DH's are...

But you're not using the radalt to track the glideslope, you're using it as a reference for HAT, which is in AGL, and which just so happens to coincide with DH. Hence, it doesn't matter what approach you're doing because the HAT doesn't change, it is what it is based on the plates.

If you're up for splitting hairs, using your reference of Sedona isn't accurate since 1) there isn't a PAR there, and 2) the HAT for any approach is in AGL, which is what the radalt gives. So, regardless of it being 100 feet or 1000 feet agl, you could still set your radalt for it and you have a...

Actually, it's good headwork to use your radalt when doing a PAR. Set the raws bug for the HAT (since that's AGL) and you have another reference for when you hit the DH. It's another instrument in the cockpit that will back you up so use it.

Jump off of a box/chair/something about two feet high, repeatedly, for about three hours before going in. Seriously.

Dunno about the rest of the airwing but our old CAG (an -18 single anchor type) used to come down all the time to fly our helos.

I've kept my tongue about SWO life for the most part since all of my evidence from an officer's perspective is anecdotal, unlike Uncle Fester and others. But, I was prior enlisted and I actually keep in touch with several guys I used to work with. When I hear similar stories from them about the...

Yeah, looked it up and thought about it and that makes sense.