T-6's starting to show up at Whiting?

[ChunksJR]

You guys talk about the shorty and what not...

I never talk about a shorty...

 

[Gatordev]

I never talk about a shorty...

You know, it's funny. When I was flying with the Wing 4 guys at Las Cruces, everyone called it a "shorty." I don't think I've ever heard a Whiting guy call it that. I guess we're just more endowed...

 

[Raptor2216]

Sir,

Are you the one I saw practicing for CPT's in the trainers a week or so ago? I was the one you were making fun of for using the microsim...in case you're wondering.

You guys talk about the shorty and what not... I rolled in for my Fam 1 break today at a whopping 170 KIAS... went straight to 60 degree AOB and was told "45 degrees in the break." Ugghhh. Stupid course rules. I'm such a shitty pilot.

 

[MasterBates]

If he looked like a short 14 year old wearing a LT flightsuit, I think you have found the elusive Kmac.

 

[bunk22]

Sir,

Are you the one I saw practicing for CPT's in the trainers a week or so ago? I was the one you were making fun of for using the microsim...in case you're wondering.

If it was Kmac, WTF was he doing practicing CPT's?? That's what the ITU syllabus is for.

 

[cosmania]

Hornet guys in my last airwing had the "Six in the box" club. Had to get hud footage of 600 or more knots in the break and get a fair or better grade on the landing. So fun to watch.

We used to give upgrades for a SHB, but only if you didn't fong in on the ball...

"You gotta break at the rounddown, the bow is for pussies."

Once you master that, it's time to get your wingman involved. Try the Fan break at the stern, difficult, yet possible.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Man, all this talk about breaks reminds me of the time we came in as a flight of 3 into the boat... We must have broke across that bow at a mind-blowing 120 kts!!!

 

[bunk22]

Sea Story Time

It's 99, somewhere in the Pacific and I'm tower flower on the Connie. I'm waiting for the one COD inbound from the beach so I'm reading a magazine or something. I hear a prop plane break, didn't think much of it. Ended up being a bud and nugget with VAW-116 (Dingle) breaking at the stern. After about 30 seconds or so I just happened to look up at the plat cam and all I see is a nice big dome shooting through the cross hairs, followed shortly by the paddles call...."603, wave-off starboard side"....great shit for the ready room As far as I knew, the only wave-off stbd side for the entire cruise.

 

[EvilGN]

HSC. Just busting on the fact that it seems people end up in HSL because they wanted to shoot hellfires and what not....and are disappointed when they end up flying hours worth of SSC.

Nothing wrong with flying hours worth of SSC, it probably makes up 60-70% of my Multi-eng turbine time