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I guess if you're dead set on drawing sky dongs, this is the airframe to do it with. A lot of plausible deniability, at least initially. 😆

CG has mad skills to worm their way into a mountain flying course with an instructor billet. Deep respect. All those DOT jokes from when I was in API fall flat now.

That tracks with what I know/knew (non STEM, state college business degree). The 53-E was engine limited, unless operating in frigid temps where you could hit torque limits. At MGW, a lot comes down to preflight planning and updates in flight. Our community got better when I was in after some...

Have you tried Vicks VaporRub? In the old days, it was an elixir that cured everything. Maybe follow it up with some Robitussin.

OK, this is kind of funny and a good troll. Ukranians leaving reviews of Kursk restaurants. One example. https://x.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1823021195144339732?s=19

The conventional wisdom has always been that you have to be good at 2 parts of that 3-legged stool to succeed in squadron life. I think it's probably true.

FWIW, 47's don't seem to fly well under a 53. 😆

Sounds like he did as well as John Candy in this scene.

We were never at extremes in our operating areas. I believe that the gouge was that the tandem rotor system of a -47 was more efficient at high DA's (maybe a smart guy like @IKE can weigh in) Never got to go, but the Army runs a mountain flying course in Colorado, that was highly respected...

Nope, never went. IIRC it was probably like 50/50 if you got sent while you were in the training pipeline. That was early 2000's. Not sure what it's like today.

I somehow managed to not go through SERE school while waiting for Primary, just luck of the draw I guess. I will say that as a 3 pump FRS IP senior O-3 contemplating getting out, my OpsO and XO totally fucked with me about me having orders to SERE school. For a hot second, I was resigned to...

Griz, you're discounting the bennies that comes with the purchase of a workhorse like this. I mean if you pull up thirsty at Imperial, you're getting a few pizzas and some Gatorades. It brings down the cost of doing business. 😆

TBH, I don't know what they did with the 53-D's. I assume they were put in the boneyard. Israel and Germany fly a version of the light twin 53, but have no clue if those birds were cannibalized for FMS. Once the E's go out to pasture, maybe they could be repurposed for forrest fire fighting...

It's bc they're tightly held assets Griz...😆

I did an advance for an FRS training det there. After scouting out the downtown pubs at night, I remember hoofing it past Bowdoin back to the NAS. I guess there wasn't a good Uber network up there. 😄

I don't know much about Phrogs (except hating riding in the back of one, and that the synch shaft is important), but no thanks. 😁

I worked SeaFair in '14. I'm pretty sure this asshole writes the same op-ed every year. You're correct though, he was probably one of the few flight docs that nobody liked. In my experience, they were well liked and integrated well, but there were a few exceptions.

I believe there was still P-3 presence there in the late 2000's, but I could be wrong. The reserve -53 squadron moved next door to Lakehurst after the closure. .cool blimp hangars there. Edit: JB McGuire is more accurate I guess.

Not trying to derail this thread, but NAS Brunswick was slightly better. What are these BRAC turds doing to us? 😆

Forgot about that flick. It was the height(only) of CH-53E Hollywood glory. The reservists from NAS Willow Grove came in and scooped up POTUS after the nuclear blast in Baltimore. 😁

Possible, but doubtful. He'd never trust that setup. He's paranoid as shit, and I guarantee you there are folks with scores to settle. He'd never give up his state security service protection apparatus. It's the dictator's dilemma.

I'm honestly curious how Putin will go out. Dying in office, military coup? Personally, I'd prefer Qaddafi-style...with a stick in his ass in a ditch while fleeing Moscow.

Yes, will be interesting to see how it plays out. For the most part, I believe UKR has the upper hand in operational design. The fact that RUS was seemingly caught flat-footed tells me something about their Intel, and a basic hubris that nobody would dare seize any of their territory in war...

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A lot of good memes out there. My favorite is this one, with a stoic Schwarzenegger representing the US. I didn't catch it at first. https://x.com/G_Yakovleff/status/1821310189343051883?s=19

Interesting piece from a retired AUS army 2-star regarding the UKR offensive into Kursk, and what their objectives may be. He admits that there is some 'fog of war' right now with his analysis, but it's still an interesting read. Haven't really seen much coverage of this Kursk incursion in the...

Haha...no worries. I didn't know if it was something that flew way over my head. 😄

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UKR should call it the People's Republic of Kursk, and call for an immediate referendum on annexation.

Just don't be this guy

From a -53 perspective (3 engs and 2 Nose Gearboxes that fed the MGB) , if you got a chip light, you'd scan for secondaries (temps and pressures). If there were secondaries, you'd shut down that motor; if not, you'd pull and reset the CB to clear the fuzz and see if the light returned. If it...

If it was RFK jr and the bear simultaneously, I'd feel safe against the bear.

If you ditched in the ocean, would you be more worried about getting eaten by a shark, or being electrocuted though?

I don't know that exact process. Maybe take a look at the most recent Field Assession Board MARADMIN, and download some of the references and search for age waiver. Could point you to the exact process...

I'm sure he had some sociopathic tendencies in his being that allowed him to rationalize what he did. I do like this passage from his Wikipedia biography though. 😄 "In May or June 1969 near Chu Lai Base Area, Calley and two other Americal Division officers were in a jeep that passed a jeep...

Disassociated sea tour after first flying tour, and request a billet on an LHD in Japan? 31st MEU/ARG routinely makes port calls in South Korea during bilateral exercises. You'll get to explore Pohang (the Toledo of Korea). It's awesome...😉

haha...no. i was reactiing to you calling out my misspelling of her name. NBC execs are cursing out whoever makes the decisions on the women's basketball lineup.

dammit 😆

Caitlyn Clark will be my guess.

Is that an approved formation?

Goddammit Flash, my hairs used to bristle a bit on this attack on my service, but it brought up a memory of my bike being stolen in Iraq...so it's fair. 😆

I just realized that I didn't post an appropriate emoji...that I was being facetious. Hope you took it that way. I had a CO, who was a known liberty risk, address the RR after changing command, say that he might have a CoC without a band, and that he didn't give a shit (basically). On the...

Solid leadership from the CO....I always wondered if I violated some weird R&I board about overflying a grid coordinate in the Riverside Valley, enroute to the Shangri-La. of 29 Palms. Nobody knew, but the squadron legend was that it was an old-school porn film location...or just basic...

That's funny bc I remember going into my HAC board feeling well prepared, and the opening question from the squadron XO (HMM-REIN) asked me about a hypothetical about somehow when I was returning over the hill to SD, I got raised on the radio to come and help CALFIRE with a forest fire...I...

Well, that's all we were doing with a pen,.just getting it to laugh enough to start. 😁

Yeah, I'm not sure why the use of an HF radio died in the -53E. Seems like a useful capability in certain situations. Instead, it became a big vestigial organ of a big antenna on the fuselage, and hogging space on the lower console. Seeing as how none of them worked. I guess there wasn't a...

IIRC it was very unique, in how elevated the cockpit was. I know every helo has a different sight picture, but the H-34 struck me as 'different'.

Didn't start it up, but had a chance to be a copilot and fly an H-34 out and back down the New River...It was a Vietnam Vet org that maintained the bird. Had to turn over the controls on final bc I had no experience with a dual twist grip on an ungoverened engine. This was circa 2008. I didn't...

It wasn't a normal process, but it was good knowledge to get a motor started if you needed to. You'd MAF it and post-flight, a maintainer would slightly bend something to make the starter button make contact with the switch. The -53 also had an HF radio that was never used while I was in, and...