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The C-model should be the one w/ beefier gear... shouldn't it?

With regards to Nat'l Parks and warnings, etc: You can walk right off the edge of the Grand Canyon if you so please, with almost no railings to stop you. On the switchbacks going up/down, you can lose your footing and fall >1000', and it happens to people w/o the government getting sued. When...

So maybe he did give out his own NSS and made some whiny comments. That was a while ago. He apologized (in post #77, three weeks ago) and hasn't bitched since. Schoolbubba resurrected the thread, and picklesuit reopened the mudslinging. Can y'all let a guy learn from his mistakes?

85 total delivered, 57 at Whidbey... Where are the remaining 28 going?

I don't see the difference between "going in a rocket" and "going in a space shuttle." They're both rocket-propelled on the way up - i.e: they're both rockets. As for the way down, I think we can agree on which is the cooler approach (pun not originally intended, but embraced): In once case, a...

Nearly every MIT course has materials posted on the web: ocw.mit.edu

I just want to say that this thread is many many times better than the "what can the Navy do for ME?" thread. Kudos to the OP for a desire to serve his country as best he can.

Search effort continues: see http://helpfindjohn.info for more. Fliers were posted around the Pensacola/Milton area today.

Yep.

All, If you're in the Pensacola area, please keep a look out for 2dLt John Alley. He's been missing since Friday afternoon. See story at WEAR - they had photos on the 10-o'clock news, but I haven't seen them online yet: http://www.weartv.com/newsroom/fl/topstory/topstory1.shtml Please keep...

Ah - I got you on the swimming in the Schuylkill issue. I learned to row single on the Arlington River in Jax and fell in regularly until my coach told me one day that the previous day's rain had put a lot of sewage in the river. That fixed it. And the UT rowers - or at least those UT...

Rowing's a good full-body workout, but it's a bit leg-heavy - especially if you do it right. That said, in college I could knock out a Navy PRT run at 6:00/mile pace after an entire winter of rowing w/o any running. But rowing on a machine is a drag, especially if you don't have a good reason...

I think this should be moved to the humor section.

Second DSL's question: I think we had the response to ecofriendlyrich's misinformed and ignorant comments nailed down pretty well by about page 3. Other than the above post from Ektar actually talking about something, I think the past few pages have just been everyone getting their shots in on...

Please stop.

If you're using the cotton cover (which technically you should be using) with your flight suit, then you don't have to get it dry cleaned, and you can stay ahead of the stain developing. Or, you could just wash the grease out of your hair every once in a while... I mean, that's just gross.

"Bishop of Rome" is weird, too.

A YF-16. As in an F-16 before the AF put a whole bunch of stuff on it to slow it down.

Yes, IA.

So maybe this guy believes in small government, low taxes, and use of our military power when necessary, but happens to disagree with what got us in to this war? Does that make him a liberal? And how is that hollow or disconnected? Obviously he is willing and ready to do what is asked of him...

That looks very draggy. Why did the man do that to your airplane?

"Research" = use of search function(s). Thankfully, there was no thesis involved. Reducing the size of my kneeboard apparatus + blue brains is the goal here, and I was not aware the pages were replaceable free of charge. Thanks to the wonderful Airwarriors.com community (<-- not sarcastic), I...

Thanks for the replies. After a few attempts and some wikipedia research, I think there isn't much I can do with the damaged sleeves. It looks like there are two types of stains: a bit of black toner residue, and a blue stain that looks to have diffused in to the vinyl. The black toner...

Ok this is weird but I couldn't find anything anywhere on how to do it: I'm trying to rearrange my blue brains, but to my dismay, the copy toner has transferred itself to the inside surface of the vinyl sleeves. I'm trying to figure out how to clean the darn things without (a) turning the...

Why do you say that? A satellite is either really really far away in geo-stationary orbit (not as nice for photos), or it is only overhead each orbit. You can't just move satellites around like they do in 24. The Global Hawk is useful because it can stay in place for over a day - what if it...

I'm gonna get that haircut... it's within regs.

Not only does it fly forever, but it slays the evil dragon of spiraling development costs with the shining sword of rock! Now why didn't we think of that earlier? But seriously - Aurora's got some good people working for them - this can definitely work.

Yes, because after API, nothing you learned in API matters anymore, right?

Seriously.

Not me.

If you did not register, then say so. Don't lie.

There are some relatively recent threads on this site that should explain a few of the options as well as discuss the pros and cons on going to grad school as an SNA select or as a Winged NA. I did the Navy Scholarship Program (OPNAVINST 1520.24B), and if you've got any more questions after you...

All I can say is that this is really screwed up. http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8482917?source=email

There's a coaster at California Adventure that's like that too ("California Screamin'" I think...) probably not as intense, seeing as it's Disney. The Bose automobile suspension system works in a similar way. They claim to have had the linear motor technology for over 25 years, but they just...

To the thermodynamicists here: If this whole Earth-is-a-heat-engine theory is true, then there must be an output shaft or piston somewhere (if there's no work being done, then the system is not an "engine"). If we could locate that piston (or shaft), we could probably run a generator with it...

OP: I did a 2-year grad program that sounds like the one you're describing, but I was able to knock out IFS at my commissioning source (back when you could do it anywhere) after I commissioned. It has definitely put me behind my peers, but 6 days versus 6 months in A-pool has probably helped...

I've gone with the reading glasses idea in college and grad school (computer simulations...). It makes sense when you consider what your eyes have to do when you focus in up close: the muscles tense up to bend your lens. Reading glasses allow your muscles to relax while reading, so they don't...

Google's search function directed me to this editorial from the Augusta Chronicle. I think they do a good job of quashing the First Amendment-based defense.

You could always call student control and ask them. Odds are, the person on the other end of the phone is another ensign like you and will give you the heads-up. Either way, you'll probably find out this Friday your squadron and start date.

I saw a seminar on the microturbine project back in September. They were just finishing up work w/ the last of their funding then. If you're really interested, keep a look out for papers or a report on their last test. The project is essentially done with now because the funding was cut off...

I think we broke your website, HJ... we have a way of doing that...

Nerd alert. You're looking at shock waves, all right. But as a few guys have said, the aircraft itself doesn't have to be going above M=1 to produce shock waves. As you approach M=1, some of the airflow going over the wings (or other protrusions) exceeds M=1 locally, and as it decelerates...

It is NETC... https://www.netc.navy.mil/ Also, I think the "jacket" is referred to in the uniform regs as a "coat."

It's about an hour drive from Milton, so that might be a bit of a stretch to ask someone to do that at 4-4:30 in the AM.

Does anyone know of any alternative parking locations for the Fort Walton Beach / Valparaiso FL airport? I'm flying out of there for Christmas/New Year's, and the airport parking is $7/day. I have to save money so I can get my AWGs. Thanks, Beans

Huggy, you might have heard of proverse roll referred to as "rudder-aileron effect." Or maybe you were being sarcastic... regardless, how does the U-2 behave when you just use rudder? Does anyone know if there are sailplanes w/o ailerons? I would think that in some cases they wouldn't even be...

I called "The Old Foot Locker" on W Navy and they said they still had the set, but it has a few moth holes in it and would not be suitable for use as a uniform. Alas.

Before the concept of "research" pushed my grad school completion to the latest possible date, I thought I might have had the same situation. I was told to contact the grad schools detailer to have my PRD changed so the flight schools guy could write my orders. I assume you've tried this...

On the topic of ironing and its reduction of Nomex's fire-retardant qualities: I think that's a myth. I did some searching on the DuPont site and on a few sites of companies that market Nomex clothing for other uses, and it seems that the fire-retardant quality is inherent to the material...

You mean like an Amish? Judging from the Mormons I know, the average Mormon probably has as many personal belongings as the average non-Mormon. They just don't curse, drink coffee, or hit people.