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[A4sForever]

So is all of Naval Aviation pretty much a male sports team in a locker room goofing around?

Goofing around?? Locker room?? Where HAVE you been growing up all these years ??? *sigh* ... I guess that's what this website is for --- answering questions such as this ...

Goofing/locker: I doubt it ... it's more like how we take the pressure off ourselves -- pressure that comes from our high-stress jobs and is inherent in the stuff we do ... on a regular basis. If you're flying --- a daily basis.

And it's a way to keep your sanity when friends die ...

 

[e6bflyer]

So is all of Naval Aviation pretty much a male sports team in a locker room goofing around?

Yes. It is pretty much all nakedness and towel snapping. It actually sucks when we have to go fly.

 

[Carno]

I appreciate all the helps with the "flaps and stuff" guys. Not only were ALL of my questions answered but I was able to realize the importance of clean underwear, showering and Gold Bond.

A little research would have answered your questions too :icon_grin

 

[Pags]

i know of at least one Sierra pilot whose a$$ was the subject of a hazrep. apparently new cushions are coming for the Sierra sometime this FY.

 

[Tom]

What better way to get the answer than from the aircraft's actual pilots? That and it is the easiest...

I didn't mean anything harsh to all you pilots and nfos. It was merely a little friendly jab.

 

[MasterBates]

i know of at least one Sierra pilot whose a$$ was the subject of a hazrep. apparently new cushions are coming for the Sierra sometime this FY.

WTF? We have been *****ing about the seats for years.

You have a NEW helo and you are *****ing about seats?

Barring the few H3's left, we have the oldest Helo now.

 

[wiseguy04]

E-2C series

I noticed a few different versions of the E-2C currently in use. Does anyone know which one students are training on at the RAG right now? Or all of them perhaps? I'll be off to the RAG in a couple of months, and was just curious. Thanks

 

[Pcola04/30]

Rag students get a series qual....meaning when you leave the rag you will be able to fly any E-2 in the fleet. They have a couple of each variant on the line, so you could fly the HE2k today and the Nav upgrade tomorrow.

Not really any major differences, so my E-2 buddies tell me, an EP or two may change from version to version, but the vast majority of differences apply to the tube rats.

 

[wiseguy04]

They have a couple of each variant on the line, so you could fly the HE2k today and the Nav upgrade tomorrow.

So pretty much just E-2C, E-2C+, and HE2k? Yeah, they didn't look all that different. Which one is Group II?

 

[bunk22]

There are no more group ones which I believe was the E-2C. I never flew the E-2 but there not much difference in the cockpit, if any at all, between the Hawkeye 2000 and the standard E-2C. Not sure if the FRS has any 8 bladed prop E-2's. Might have some now, it has been 3 years since I was an instructor there.

 

[robav8r]

Not sure if the FRS has any 8 bladed prop E-2's.

8-bladded E-2's. The only A/C on the boat that actually gets "quieter" when it goes into tension. Wierd and scarey !!!

 

[Pcola04/30]

All 8-blades on the line now for the E-2 side of the house

 

[Red2]

The RAG flies E-2C CAINS/ HARS, E-2C+ Nav Upgrade (INS), Hawkeye 2000s, and the Franken-Hummer (Basically Nav Upgrade guts, but 2000 interface for us tube guys). Flying the CAINS/HARS would probably be the biggest difference for the single anchor guys. But Pcola is right, the difference really only applies to us in the back. We get series qualed as well.

BTW, did see a four bladed E-2 on the line this morning, reserves still use them.

 

[bunk22]

The Frankinhummer or whatever, isn't it the E-2T birds? All E-2's are eight blade now? The C-2's are getting them soon (soon in the Navy could be years).

 

[Pcola04/30]

The Frankinhummer or whatever, isn't it the E-2T birds? All E-2's are eight blade now? The C-2's are getting them soon (soon in the Navy could be years).

All E-2's at the RAG are 8 blade...I know at least one AD squadron is four blade, we had a guy get orders to it about two boats ago.