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/threadjack continuing There was a fairly senior O-3 getting an IFR pickup to land at NKX, as he was getting vectored, shit went catywampus...and maybe comms issues? Bottom line is they were diverting traffic from San Diego Intl, bc a 53 was rampaging around SoCal airspace...he claimed that he...

Mexico to the south, mountains to the west, shitty little Colorado River to the east, bunch.of libs to the north in PS...you can't make waterfront property like this anymore. (the perfect pitch for buying property in Borrego Springs) TBH, I may have violated Mexican airspace coming out of El...

I'm sure there were El Centro O-5s back in the 80's encouraging their JO's to snap up real estate around the Salton Sea. Maybe the Cher lore added perceived value?

GTFO here, are there really people from El Centro? 😅 That Cher video though...it's crazy the Navy signed off on it...different times i guess.

The dude in the left seat probably needs a few FAM flights to learn how to stare out to his 90 sharply, while the man is embarking/disembarking. 😄

Maybe the deer have become self-aware of the regs, and are now just fucking with you at the range...I wouldn't put it past them.

I know nothing of the case beyond the link you posted; however, the fact that he he made a heart shape with his hands leads me to believe he's guilty. Nobody who's innocent, in their 50's, does this shit.😅

Have you ever met some of these people?

As @Brett327 said...it's just a fucking car. Stop with all this BS. Ai? Just dumb IMO.

Jesus Christ...just drive like a man, Chuck AI..NVIDIA..blah blah. Harden the fuck up. 😳

I only dumped fuel once...it almost didn't go well.😙

JFC, not even close.

Not to be cruel, but I hope they experienced weird noises and G--Forces prior to their demise...

Nobody wears watches anymore dipshit.. . This may be triggering to a few forum members. 😁

Former VPOTIR has now issued his first executive order...translated from Farsi it reads: "I'll go by ground, thx" 😁

Why does this thread title end with a question mark? It seems fairly objective at this point.

Mods, spin this into a separate thread, if you will. Apparently there was a 3 ship transporting the 'man'.. Two of that flight landed safely....I guess they said fuck that dude (the HAC carrying the dude), we ain't pushing into this shit. Piss poor ORM/CRM all around, if you ask me.... Throw...

Sounds like it's been confirmed as a very 'hard landing'.... The Iranian HMX equivalent needs to do a better job of selecting qualified pilots. Maybe they should start poaching NSI/WTI's from their operational units? 😁

'hard landing " + "heavy fog" + "mountains"...usually doesn't end up well. I'm curious if this will be a 'rally around the flag' moment, or create more instability among the populace. Expect crazy conspiracy theories coming out of the IR government.

Is there some kind of V-22 emergency that a 30 minute leash would mitigate? I'm sure there is, just asking.

I believe the Dukes of Hazard also dealt with corn products, although more indirectly.

Good to see the age waiver went through. 👍

They should kick you out for not trusting yourself with a mechanical vehicle on the US roadways. 😁

There's a lot going on in this pic, but I won't take a potshot... Seriously though, nice pics and your recs are correct!

I think that's a little harsh (but you said that, didn't you?). Squadrons have only enough bandwidth to make so many NSI's, among other training requirements. I get your point, but as others have said, there's no need to be an NVG wizard with what they do. Also, there's only a few dudes...

I know @ChuckMK23 was being somewhat flip, but I wonder if there will be a future market for autos that are relatively bare-bones WRT tech. Like the kind that don't need a software update.

To the OP, you don't need to invest in watchbands this aggressive.

If in reality they were all Debra Wingers, I'd say you were wrong.

I was mostly a SD dude, but apparently the New River crowd enjoys mowing their lawns and being a volunteer firefighter....our CO was a volunteer firefighter in BFE Onslow County, and there were times being in Ops that we were trying to track him down for a signature, when we were informed that...

Haha. I did a tour there as a stud, and then as an FRS IP...and avoided Jacksonville like the plague, moving further south by my FRS tour to Wilmington.😄

Yeah, the crazy conventional wisdom from the "elders" at the time was to advise single dudes to purchase real estate...post 9/11 and knowing you'd be deploying your ass off. The point about not being in control of PCS moves is huge. The fact that you're leveraged up works both ways. When the...

Agree with you on the first two points. The real estate one is debatable. It obviously depends on your situation in life. The mantra from my first command in SD was to buy a house (Pendleton to the north, Mexico to the south, mountains to the east, good wx...it'll never go down) There were...

They don't. Obviously they need dudes that are strong players, with enough flight experience. The reason it happens is that they are given the first bite of the apple from among the mover population (assuming they submitted an app). HMX takes who they want off the board, prior to resident PME...

An effective LOR is like a good woman's cocktail dress. Long enough to cover the essentials, yet short enough to pique the interest.

I wasn't trying to counter your post, but just relaying my memory of that X in a T-34 as a stud...it was cursory. You obviously know way more having been an IP.

My memory may be off, but I recall that AOA fam flight in the T-34 as a stud to be really underwhelming. Prob bc the IP wasn't that confident, and I was just happy landing that fucker with a flare. 😆

Unless something has changed, (except for air contracts and lawyers) MOS selection occurs at the end of TBS.

It seemed like a good faith question for some direction for info...not sure why you needed to hit it with a 'Google is your friend' response. As a newb, I'd have no clue how to find an Aviation Plan.

Google Marine AvPlan. It'll get you the 2022 pdf version that you can stew on. That should be all you need for now.

Not trying to turn this into a heavy lift thread, but with that weight I believe a K could carry that load from Pax to Lakehurst without refueling if necessary, and no wx considerations. But why not hit a tanker...that dual-pointed load is flying steady at the standard helo AR speed. Maybe...

Yeah, I'm guessing they wanted the photo. Not sure how much that F-35 weighed, but I believe it didn't have an engine? Without googling, I'm guessing it could handle 165NM ok... I just googled and it said an empty F-35 was around 30k. Not sure what the engine weighs on one of those things...

I'd be curious to know if they had to coordinate with local LE to temporarily shut down some roads from the coast into Lakehurst. Maybe you'd know?

I was actually partial to Blue, due to my love of the movie Old School...as @johnboyA6E alluded to.

I guess this is the Russian version of " standing on the yellow footprints", prior to a couple days of boot camp and off to the front...looks like a crack group.

The Robinson violates my internal rule of not flying in a helo with less than 3 engines. Strap a few more motors on that sucker, and I'm in. 😆

They opened the aperture for the O-5 command board for VMM commands when I was at MMOA in the early 10's. All for -46 dudes with real good paper, but who had no opportunity for operational command in their MOS. I believe a few were selected. It's just surprising to me that a community that has...

Honestly, this is not a good sign of the health of the V-22 staffing situation, and probably a kick in the nuts to a 7532 eligible for command that didn't get selected.

Damn, that doesn't sound good. Even after the Force Design 2030 changes, that they have to basically canny parts is no bueno. I'm sure they'll continue to chase their tail with bonuses to try to fix the problem...

Got it. Still would be challenging to be a boot WRT to the airframe and be a DH. But I guess it's been happening from the start of the transition, but surprised to hear it's needed these days, long since the transition has been complete. I'm guessing maybe there's a surplus of HMH and HMLA...

Curious if there's a demand signal for qualified mechs from the airlines. A topic I haven't seen discussed on here I don't think. Man, that's got to be a tough gig to roll up into a new T/M/S as a DH. (I'm assuming they're not transitioning?) Are they requiring these dudes to voluntary...