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Speaking of boondoggle,... I suppose another option is to use it for a vacation road trip,.... end up in Sacramento,... and I buy you a commercial ticket home.

OK,... my biggest surprise is how many of you know folks that have done this. I have never heard of it happening to anyone I know.

Problem: I have a car (Honda CRX,... well, like a car, only smaller) I just acquired. It's near Meridian. I need to get it to Sacramento, CA... Lemoore is pretty close. If anyone is interested in 1) trailering it, 2) adding it to your PCS move shipment, 3) some other option, ... let...

And,... what's wrong with those, junior?? Ah, yes,... I see the problem: you have to be old enough to actually LOOK like a "salty" aviator to wear them.

It's covered by Guard guys,... and they get paid a ton of money to do it. They are not complaining.

What do you mean... African or European?

I didn't know you did an interservice transfer to the Air Force.

Gee, Pugs... I never considered it a parochial thing, with "AF love" or "Navy love"... just a heck of an operation with lots of "aviation love". Plus, there are 2 minutes of "Navy love" in the video. I was not aware that Maj Ribas-Domenici's downing was ever figured out.

Even as an AF guy, I know where to find great Cuban food in KW: http://www.elsiboneyrestaurant.com

I really hope the Dept of the Navy personnel system is not as piss poor as the USAF's. I am watching a ton of U-2 experience bailout and/or be shown the door over the course of 1 year. A lot of folks. Many want to stay, but figure it's better to find a good job with 13 months warning than...

Getting picked to be the announcer for CoNA was great... ... getting to actually BE THERE was a magnitude better. I'm bummed I didn't get to meet any AW's there, but I hope you heard the shoutout I gave earlier in the day. For those that didn't make it, you missed something very cool. When the...

What about some of the watering holes on Orange Ave in Coronado?

I'll be there. Biggest flyover in the US since WWII is not something I want to miss.

Col Stroud sounds like a whiny little bitch. While he beats his fighter pilot chest, denouncing all the other pussies in the military, to include RPA operators and non-rated officers, he forgets to include one other group that he should blame: his own fighter pilot culture. There are hundreds...

Not true. There is no "12 month rule".

This is brutally simple. Call Sheppard Air (www.sheppardair.com), pay $50 for their test prep, spend 3-6 hours one afternoon reviewing it, go take the written test, go to FSDO and get your certificate. Easiest thing I've ever done that involved the gov't.

I will be there. Hope to see some of you there. Their initial hope was to get 150 aircraft. Don't know the latest plan.

I'm sure Ms' Boxer and Pelosi are in mourning, due to the fact that Naval Aviation was founded in the waters around San Francisco. Congrats on the first century, you Navy/Marine/Coastie types. :icon_zbee

Yes, we do not do diamond formations.... I wish we did, though.

Whether we agree or not, it is perceived as a complete lapse of flight discipline. "The rules say".... The Boss was briefed that way... so why isn't it done that way? And with a 4-ship of F-22's running about $1.4B,... and a division of Super Hornets running a bunch too, leadership is...

Yep.

NSAWC/Fallon. I sure wish that was true. Unfortunately, it isn't. I have no idea how there wasn't a thread on this, but the 20 Nov flyover at Iowa's Kinnick stadium is an example. Major crucifixion going on. Check it out on youtube. There are dozens of views. I'd post a couple, but have...

USAF squadrons pretty much decide whose name goes on the jets. In our squadron, a list was made, the commander signed it, it was sent to maintenance, and the names were put on. Simple (unlike most things in the AF).

"Queer"? I'm glad to hear it,... but Congress might have the last laugh on this one. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/senate-repeals-dont-ask-dont-tell.php

Let's see some pics

The ride should be free... ... after they purchase an $850 T-shirt.

Rocky, Tell the "cadence in the pattern" story. Sounds good. BTW, if you hear when YoYo's Bar is having their grand opening, send me a pm. I'd like to get a T-38 and come down for it.

Ryan, do you know anyone that's flying this?

My thoughts? Unfortunate.

Came across this EF-10B. I knew literally nothing about this aircraft type until I researched it. First night jet-to-jet kill was with one of these (actually, the F-3D... same jet). Anyone here have time in on of these? Any good stories? VMCJ-2: what do the C and the J mean? Or is it...

Anyone going?

As I posted above, one test. Call your FSDO or Sheppard Air and ask them. Ryan, Hal: there never used to be a "Non-CL restriction" on Instructor Certificates. This was implemented because of the FAA's gnashing of teeth over military aviators getting a CFI with only Hornet, F-15, T-38, etc...

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What do are you talking about? If you are saying your F-18 time counts as non-CL thrust, not true. Is that what you mean by "unrestricted multi-engine time"? Example: I want go fly the OV-10 for CalFire. But they want applicants to have 400 hours of non-CL time. Now, I have an ATP for MEL and...

I seem to recall that he was the one that was "communicating" using his middle finger with the MiG. I knew the USAF Exchange guy there during the filming, Bob "Motown" Records. His stories of Wednesday night at the Miramar Club for the year or so after TG was released are epic. Renegade One...

Well, I'm sure glad we got that straight. Now back to my mellon balls and quiche...

Hard to imagine.

Great suggestions, eveyone! Thanks for this.

Let's say your were setting up a party, and wanted to give a tip-of-the-hat to Naval/Marine Aviation. What songs are appropriate? Instrumental stuff from WWII? Korea? Modern? Is there anything that fits the bill? Again, not hokey stuff,... honest "Naval Aviation Music".

I just heard today from an actor I know that it is going to happen.

I went to UT-Austin. And I don't follow college football anyways. But "USAFA plays dirty"?? You need better excuses. :icon_tong No dog in this fight.

I was watching the whole thing unfold, and wondered how he managed to miss the runway despite starting with a lot of energy. I was standing with friend who has a whole bunch of Reno race experience, and he was downright livid that it ended up in a pile, instead of a nice landing.

Keep in mind that Steve was literally living at Chino then. He helped tear these aircraft apart and put them back together. His level of knowledge on them was way more than most anyone with 150 hours in a T-6. Not to mention all the hangar flying he must have soaked up while doing all of...

A very-young Steve Hinton got his start in the early 70's by ferrying Mr Hoover's F-86 around the country for his airshows.

I was stationed at RAF Alconbury for 3 years. I lived off base in St Ives. Too far for you, but there are a bunch of great villages to live in. It was the best assignment of my career. Alconbury is scaled back, but I hear the commissary and BX are still open. There used to be an American...

OK, HeyJoe,... that is pretty damn funny. But actually, I was referring to this: Funny thing is,... it's one of the more stressful things I've done!

Sure enjoyed last year,... but it's the same weekend as the U-2 55th Anniversary party in Sacramento,... too bad. On a separate note, it's also the same weekend as the California Capital Airshow at Mather (www.californiacapitalairshow.com). It's only a two-hour drive from Reno, so come up on...

Gazer.