Fly Navy said:No HUD? Are you serious? I figured they'd have put a HUD on that thing...
No HUD, just a windscreen and ECMO1 calling out VSI's. Add Bi@#ing Betty to my list of things I do as an NFO.
Fly Navy said:No HUD? Are you serious? I figured they'd have put a HUD on that thing...
Clux4 said:How do the do landings at night?
contrail_dash said:Had a Prowler come through my FBO at C-Springs two weeks ago...they were lost...couldnt find Peterson AFB..funny there was a bunch of C-130s and 2 C-17s over there.....I just pointed and off they went.
jg5343 said:How in the hell did a plane full of 4 naval flyers get lost trying to find an AF base? I assume they were VFR, but I have never been lost enough to stop at the nearest FBO and ask directions. Don't these planes have GPS? Either way I know they can navigate via VORs so again, how can a highly trained crew get lost so badly they have to stop and ask for directions? That must have been embarrassing as hell!!!
bcw said:You would be suprised at how many people come into the wrong airport. A couple of years ago (Nascar race weekend) a King Air landed at FFC. He jumped out and asked us about the airport. Our hero was shooting the GPS RWY24 approach into Tara Field (4A7) and landed at FFC. WTFO! That guy was lost as a three year old easter egg. Nevermind that Tara field is 15 miles to the east, and he landed on RWY 31. Of course all of us instructors had to bust his balls. I know it's off topic, but funny...
jg5343 said:Still, the maps will work. I flew a 3 hour cross country in a c-152 and it had NO nav aids. I know their compass wasn't broken. I am not claiming to be a super pilot, but I haven't been through Navy training yet and I would have been able to find it. I'll bet my license on it. They were screwing around.