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Trivia: Almost 1,000 F-35's have been delivered and there are over 2,100 F-35 pilots. (As compared to 104 jets and ~1,100 U-2 pilots in 68 years). Pretty spectacular growth. I was the announcer for the Yuma Airshow in 2013 (I think that was the year). They had 3 F-35B's on the ramp. If I...

That is fortuitous for the UPS pilots. Too bad the pax airline pilots get stuck behind the RLA.

There's no employee bus at SFO.

I'll reiterate, this isn't always the case. Everyone's goals are different. My friend has 4 kids at home, and he picks up every short call he can. Last week, we went to an outdoor concert with him... while he was on short call. He thoroughly understands the rules of the game and knows when...

A lot of SFO pilots at UAL make a big deal about this... but in reality, it will save you about 8 minutes at best.

These injuries happened as a civilian? And now you're totally healed up? I guess my question is "why would you tell the military anything?"

No. The scheduling, QOL, etc... specifics of each company are complex and different. This is one reason why contract negotiations are so difficult. Here's United Airlines short call in a nutshell. - it's a 2.5 hour call out. That means you get a call... and you are expected to be at the jet...

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Question: for Navy/Marine pilots getting a total hip replacement (anterior approach), how long from surgery to back on flying status? Does that time change for ejection seat aircraft?

That plane hangs in McCarren airport.

I worked with some very wealthy people for 18 months after I retired. They liked unique things. I won't be surprised if he sells it.

Other articles said they were at 700' when it was opened. If accurate, the list of "breathing" and "rapid decompression injuries" seems completely overblown.

Sooch flew again today. https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-final-crewed-test-flight-preview?fbclid=IwAR29TxLbS92h29wFKag2uoGFJ5K9bdgF8mWSKkzjkQeOS6U8F0oXX5Fhr9Y_aem_th_AbLrCN_O2LKVZjg9ByGXES7s7Jj_Dnj-iyrPo2Nk8ll6EoEu-MCqNtmSH_M0bfEzh8w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

If you're in England, then make the effort to get to the RAF Museum in Hendon, on the outskirts of London. It's been 30 years since I was there, but it was good. They have a Kestrel... the early version of the Harrier and only 9 were built. I recall you could get to it via Underground, and...

If you're curious what being a driver of one of these cars pays, it's not that much. But... you're home every night.

For new cars, I've used Fighting Chance for 20+ years. No buying service comes close if you follow his advice. He won't hire an editor so his info on the website and the package you buy from him is way too verbose. But worth the extra read. https://fightingchance.com/

CAPT Wright, I appreciate the advice you gave me over 20 years ago. Your efforts for all of us deserve more than any medal the Service can give you. Hopefully a "thank you" from me will suffice.

Good question on "why helos?" But in his previous astronaut training, he flew (and still flies) the T-38 a lot... but always in the rear cockpit.

Correct. A number of the astronauts in NASA Astronaut Group 6 were scientists that NASA sent to AF pilot training for a year. My dad was an engineer in Apollo and I went to school with a bunch of the astronaut kids, including Bill Lenoir and Story Musgrave's kids. I believe both of them went...

I'm surprised I hadn't seen anything posted about this. Maybe I just missed it. The guy is something. When he decides to go in the speaking circuit, he will become wealthy. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7743546/nasa-astronaut-earns-wings-gold

Just curious about those going thru the T-45 track who have Winged recently... How long had you been on active duty on the day you were Winged?" And how long was it after Winging before you began training at the RAG for your follow-on fleet aircraft?

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/this-ov-10a-has-been-the-last-usmc-combat-loss-of-a-bronco/amp/

Keep in mind my perspective, Brett... which is why I asked: We don't have this hoop to jump through during our screening for pilot or nav training or when we attend Water Survival. And yet I've flown a single-engine plane over vast expanses of much of the Earth's oceans, well out of glide...

200 knots true... 70 deg of bank... 1,300' turn radius... 15 deg/sec... 2.9 G. I'm sure they could do even better when their life depends on it.

Great inputs. Thanks for the replies.

Has the Navy's focus on swimming abilities for its Aircrew become antiquated? Is it that important to ensuring a quality candidate? Yes... I realize y'all spend a lot of time on boats. Just curious what those of you in a Dept of the Navy flying career think... so no need to break out the...

I know a few guys (me included) that opted to go to a non-airline job after we retired from active duty. A number of them (including me) didn't care for the workload-to-pay ratio, and we eventually went the airline route. It's not the end-all, be-all for me... but it it pays the bills and...

Chuck: you are correct about Joe Jordan. He graduated from USAF TPS in 1955... back in the era of Mel Apt, Gus Grissom, and Deke Slayton, when no one had heard of those guys.

Haha... OK, FLGUY! Please understand my post was a humorous way of bantering with Wink and jmcquate... so don't read too much in to it... and don't take it so seriously! Short of someone who's done an exchange tour with the Navy or Marines, I believe I've got a way better-than-average...

... says the Service that wears flight helmets on the airport ramp while doing a walk around... and at the same time wearing the worst ejection seat harness ever invented... carrying every piece of water survival equipment known to man around their horse collar... while getting ready to fly a...

I know exactly who you mean! BTW Cleveland Airshow is considered one of the best run shows in the business.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!! The Cheeto-encrusted airshow nerds are a completely different group than these Twitter Clowns, and we take offense to your statement! Get your dork-groups sorted out!

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-the-chinese-spy-balloons-massive-payload

You got off to a really bad start. Within minutes of registering for the site... rather than look around for 69 minutes, you make your first post and speak to everyone like they are a bunch of chuckleheads that need to straighten up and fly right, and not waste your time. Well, the folks here...

Maybe Daviscol will eventually use the Search function.

After that hat-in-hand intro, I am sure people will fall all over themselves to answer you. And though I don't have a direct link, you can find a lot of good info on this site while you are waiting for responses.

Don't be too sure of that. I see tons of beards now in the enlisted ranks. And this photo is from one of our U-2 students about 2 years ago. He kept this for at least 6 months. Maybe a year. It was epic.

The silliness on Guard is significantly worse east of the Mississippi, and reason #22 I avoid the East Coast. I've never seen anyone in my military career act that way, nor anyone at United. And I hope I never do. Is it Regional pilots? I don't know. Maybe charter/part 135/corporate.

Uh... a boat? (Forgive me... I'm Air Force. I'll show myself out.)

I'm betting it will actually be a pretty good story!

Rumor has it the 27th Fighter Squadron did the shootdown, which is the squadron Frank Luke was in. They also used the callsign today of FRANK 01 and 02. The 27th wears their unofficial Balloon Busters patch on Fridays...

HA! That was the start of Desert Storm!

FLGUY, your comments are valid. My caveat is that I'm looking at it from an AF perspective... and I don't believe we score students the same way that y'all do on the NSS. AF UPT is changing rapidly... so maybe my info is dated... but instrument scores weren't the more important aspect to T-6...

My perspective based on my Air Force background... If he has the time and money to go get a bunch of instrument time, I'd encourage him to consider spending more of that money on aerobatic, tailwheel and/or glider flying. Sure... get some time on instruments so as to become familiar and...

The people that have needed a room in our squadron have all been civilians.

I don't know Minihan but he has respect from those I respect. I certainly won't trash him based on articles from the MSM. I'm told he listens to anyone with competence without regard to rank, and is willing to take chances for the sake of innovation. In this day and age, I'm accepting of...

When the U-2 TDY rate was through the roof, that was a major reason a number of applicants didn't apply. Same thing for AFSOC. That was much of the reason divorce rates were so high then also. "Lifestyle" in a community is an important consideration... and I'd say "days spent at home" is a...