Random Griz Aviation Musings

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The Commemorative Air Force AIRBASE Arizona museum will receive a AV-8B flown in directly to the museum at KFFZ from VMA-231, Cherry Point. Interestingly, the Marines will also provide a team to demil the plane on site and also leave a Pegasus engine for the museum's engine collection.

Facebook post: UPDATE: The Harrier is now due to arrive on June 10, probably sometime after 1200. It is coming from Cherry Point and will probably have one refueling stop. We will monitor the flight and update the arrival time as the flight progresses. The museum will be open during regular hours on the 10th so that the public can view the arrival.
The aircraft is BuNo 165576, It served with Marine Attack Squadron VMA-231 out of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

 

[ChuckMK23]

When the local tour helo is blocking you from taxing out of the chocks!!! (he cranked up on a revenue flight and did a vertical takeoff to a 100' hover and departed)

I am parked about 1.5 rotor diameters away... its very congested ramp space

 

[ChuckMK23]

Steam gauge fun today. RNAV RWY 1 at I68..

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

Steam gauge fun today. RNAV RWY 1 at I68..

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Oh the dark ages of aviation.

 

[ChuckMK23]

CAP Cadets at VT-2 earlier in the week! ( @mad dog is a Do'er Bird Alum)

and of course they made it to South Field too

Before anyone makes a crack about the old school tiger stripe Airman Battle Uniform, CAP will transition to high speed/low drag OCPs after the FY. CAP being issued OCPs needs to be signed off by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and that is happening any day now.

 

[Griz882]

I’d say this one qualifies for the “any one you can walk away from” landing category. The roof repair guy might not.

2 injured after plane crashes onto hangar roof at New Century AirCenter

A mechanical failure has been blamed for a crash between a bi-engine plane and the roof of a hangar, which injured both the pilot and a passenger inside.

www.kctv5.com

 

[number9]

CAP Cadets at VT-2 earlier in the week! ( @mad dog is a Do'er Bird Alum)

and of course they made it to South Field too

Before anyone makes a crack about the old school tiger stripe Airman Battle Uniform, CAP will transition to high speed/low drag OCPs after the FY. CAP being issued OCPs needs to be signed off by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and that is happening any day now.

I don't know how old the tallest kid in this photo is, but I'm worried about his anthro measurements by the time he stops growing!

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

Can you say big wing/drone pilot.

 

[skybert]

I’d say this one qualifies for the “any one you can walk away from” landing category. The roof repair guy might not.

2 injured after plane crashes onto hangar roof at New Century AirCenter

A mechanical failure has been blamed for a crash between a bi-engine plane and the roof of a hangar, which injured both the pilot and a passenger inside.

www.kctv5.com

I’d loooove to see a video of that!

 

[ChuckMK23]

another exciting day at the local airport. Dude landed long floated halfway down the runway before touchdown.

Part 91 and no damage. Took a local landscape dump truck and some tow straps to pull it out of the soft grass and back onto the hard stand.

 

[Brett327]

Go arounds are free.

 

[wink]

another exciting day at the local airport. Dude landed long floated halfway down the runway before touchdown.

Part 91 and no damage. Took a local landscape dump truck and some tow straps to pull it out of the soft grass and back onto the hard stand. View attachment 42865

One of those guys mentioned in a previous post that got all of his tickets on a world record pace , no doubt.

 

[Griz882]

Interesting story here…

Dangerously close, increasingly common

U.S. Navy Boeing F/A–18F Super Hornets had to maneuver aggressively to avoid a VFR aircraft transiting a military operations area in California, an incident that communication might have prevented.

www.aopa.org

I’ve flown through plenty of exercise space and it is always a “head on a swivel” event, but I place most of the blame on civilian VFR pilots. A lot of the. just suck at comms.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Interesting story here…

Dangerously close, increasingly common

U.S. Navy Boeing F/A–18F Super Hornets had to maneuver aggressively to avoid a VFR aircraft transiting a military operations area in California, an incident that communication might have prevented.

www.aopa.org

I’ve flown through plenty of exercise space and it is always a “head on a swivel” event, but I place most of the blame on civilian VFR pilots. A lot of the. just suck at comms.

Ha! Have you ever flown the Fisk arrival at Oshkosh? Talk about head-on-a-swivel!!!

 

[ChuckMK23]

Just finished flying a factory new 182. The finest 135 KTAS money can buy for North if $700k.

New car smell and a nicely designed interior. The latest Garmin avionics and AP to keep doctors and lawyers from killing themselves.

No more vacuum or steam gauge standby instruments.

Still a 182 however.