In light of having to work the Miramar airshow this weekend, I thought it would be fun to solicit all of your hilarious airshow stories from years past. For me, they mainly involve answering questions about parts on the airplane with ridiculous answers. The following is a short list of items about the F/A-18 some of you may have never heard of before...
-Shark detector used during ocean ejection situations (some will argue and say its just the lower UHF antenna but they are wrong)
-SEAL delivery device, containing 1 SEAL or two if they are small. Goes into the water and turns into a submarine then the SEALS swim out and assassinate the Prime Minister of Micronesia (some will claim this is a fuel tank, but, again, false)
-Folks always ask "Do you have your own airplane that only you fly?" The answer is no. However, each pilot has a custom made ejection seat from the manufacturer, Martin Baker. If you gain or lose more than 10 pounds the seat must be sent back to the manufacturer to be recalibrated, grounding you for at least 6 weeks. That's why fighter pilots are all such physical specimens. If we gain any weight we risk not flying for months.
you get the idea...
-Shark detector used during ocean ejection situations (some will argue and say its just the lower UHF antenna but they are wrong)
-SEAL delivery device, containing 1 SEAL or two if they are small. Goes into the water and turns into a submarine then the SEALS swim out and assassinate the Prime Minister of Micronesia (some will claim this is a fuel tank, but, again, false)
-Folks always ask "Do you have your own airplane that only you fly?" The answer is no. However, each pilot has a custom made ejection seat from the manufacturer, Martin Baker. If you gain or lose more than 10 pounds the seat must be sent back to the manufacturer to be recalibrated, grounding you for at least 6 weeks. That's why fighter pilots are all such physical specimens. If we gain any weight we risk not flying for months.
you get the idea...