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Netflix recommendations?
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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No doubt, but I was saying I find it easier to hover the -60, even with doors on, because (I think) of scan and seat position.
As mentioned in the Ship Photo of the Day thread years ago, I happened to catch “Azorian: The Raising of K-129” on Amazon. Could not stop watching- an amazing feet of engineering. Lifting half of a submarine up from under 16,000 ft of water to inside of a ship with no one noticing was unparalleled. 1968 was a deadly year for submarines: in addition to the diesel electric ballistic missile K-129, 3 other submarines sank mysteriously that year.
2 things noted at the end: Lockheed used a very strong steel that unfortunately was also too brittle, and not being ductile caused the grappling hooks to sheer. The crew was headed back out to finish what they started when columnist Jack Anderson revealed the entire story despite the government begging him not to.
2 things noted at the end: Lockheed used a very strong steel that unfortunately was also too brittle, and not being ductile caused the grappling hooks to sheer. The crew was headed back out to finish what they started when columnist Jack Anderson revealed the entire story despite the government begging him not to.
Agree it's a pretty good documentary. I was already familiar with the story from books like Blind Man's Bluff, but the documentary did a good job of making it interesting while not dumbing things down.
Just finished the four part documentary titled Marines on Netflix. I enjoyed it, mostly because it was fun to see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It was filmed last year as 1/4 Marines (as 31st MEU) went out on their CERTEX and prepared to switch over to being the 12th Littoral Combat Battalion. You could tell that for some of the young kids it was a jarring change - especially the end of scout-snipers in infantry battalions.
Just one thing confused me. It appears a UH-1Y driver “failed” some exercise (his 1P check, I think) and decided to “step away from flying” for a while and go back to the infantry. Did he turn in his wings, get a new assignment as something like a tactical air controller, or can Marine aviators just step away from flying for a while?
Just one thing confused me. It appears a UH-1Y driver “failed” some exercise (his 1P check, I think) and decided to “step away from flying” for a while and go back to the infantry. Did he turn in his wings, get a new assignment as something like a tactical air controller, or can Marine aviators just step away from flying for a while?