-60b rag Devin? I'm quessing H-60 Seahawk, helo's? I keep forgetting that not every SNA finds the notion of being a piece of blue water op, ordnance equiped, slingshot ammo appealing. Good luck! I was drawn to a T-34c at an air show recently and spent about an hour looking at it, despite my girlfiend bugging me that it was boring. The desert-camo painted TOPGUN FA-18C on the one side and the F-15C with an Iraqi kill flag on the other were of course amazing upclose, but fantasy jets all the same, while the Turbo-weenie had the allure of being more of an immediate reality (SNA acceptance provided) The pilot with it was an instructor and a helo-driver. Some guy talking to him was a little condesending, asking him how he felt being a "lowly rotor head", after having just seen the Blue Angels rip up the sky. The instructor pilot kept his cool and asked him: "What do you think pitches more maverick , the ass end of a ninety-thousand-ton carrier, or the ass end of a frigate!" The guy shut up after that. I spoke with the instructor for awhile, bugged him really, asking him about primary, pipelines and what not. He told me a lot about some primary realities and enlightened me as to the day to day life of a helo-driver operating under SWO, which is a likelihood for most SNA's. We'll just say that I came away with a new appreciation of what the "rotor heads" do.
Of course I dreamt of jets as a kid, and especially when they blasted overhead of my muddy tank positions in Germany, but now that I'm older I'm not sure if I'd want it, the need for speed just isn't there anymore. If I got jet grades and there was a strike slot for my taking, I doubt I'd say no though.
Best of luck in Primary!
Hey, how's the Osprey look to you? SpecOp's missions...SEAL's and hot L.Z.'s...howboutdat!!!
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