The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[BusyBee604]

^^ I don't suppose that CD could ever be made public/semi-private somewhere online for the rest of us? Us young ones need some inspiration from time to time, and a little history couldn't hurt.

Reconjoe, we expect to have the link to the CD audio up this weekend. It will be posted on the "There I was,... " thread (sticky) on this forum. The post will also have a link to read the BusyBee loss story, which should clear up any questions on "what's happenin'", when interpreting SAR freq. transmissions.

BzB

 

[navyao]

Still a Phrog guy. My reserve squadron is slated to decom as a Phrog squadron in FY-16. I'm eligible to retire in FY-16. Coincidence?!?

That's right, 774, that's how you knew about Gunny Paige. I would say you timed that perfectly, it's a shame you guys are going away though...

 

[navyao]

Back before NAS Dallas was closed I was in the NEX there and ran across a P3 FE from my old squadron VX-1. He was now in a VRF squadron and was cross training on H3's.

He told me the story of doing a preflight with an experienced PC/flight mech and the guy tells him, "This bird isalmost down."

"What do you mean ALMOST?" he asks.

"Well, if you can't climb to the rotorhead because of all the hydraulic leaks, then the bird is DOWN!" was the reply.

This picture illustrates that concept perfectly.

That would give me wash rack nighmares!

 

[phrogpilot73]

The PAO strikes again... I guess I fly a 56 vice a 46. And I can say with certainty that this is not the aircraft I was flying that day... AMC check with a f'd up pigtail, scan that didn't work, 18's that showed up late... Fun times.

7/11/2012 By Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

Marines with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, carry a simulated casualty on a stretcher to the CH-56 Sea Knight helicopter during a a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise July 9, 2012, while conducting Large Scale Exercise 1/Javelin Thrust 2012.

 

[KBayDog]

Is the Wild Goose Chase rockin' whitewall mainmounts these days?

 

[MasterBates]

YOU LANDED IN A LZ NOT RAG APPROVED AND NOT CLEARED OF BRUSH BY GROUND CREW!! SAFETY VIOLATOR!!!

 

[Gatordev]

What's the black box above the exhaust? An IRCM?

 

[phrogpilot73]

Is the Wild Goose Chase rockin' whitewall mainmounts these days?

Dusty enough that we hit the LZ with about 10 kts of GS... That's what makes for whitewalls!

YOU LANDED IN A LZ NOT RAG APPROVED AND NOT CLEARED OF BRUSH BY GROUND CREW!! SAFETY VIOLATOR!!!

Maybe in the Navy... In the Marine Corps, we do our job...

What's the black box above the exhaust? An IRCM?

That's the ALQ-157... IRCM... We don't have DIRCM, we're supposed to get it - but I don't see why... ILS was the smartest upgrade for us.

Oh, I flew ~48 hours out here, at one point it was 28 hours in less than a week.

 

[onedge]

Having seen no love for the Navy Dustoff boys lately........... Here it is. This shot was taken on 11 Sept. 2011.

 

[Recovering LSO]

Wife took some photos on the intra~coastal during Blue Angel practice the other day over Pensacola beach. Thought they were neat because the vantage point was somewhat different than the typical air show

Cool shots, but wasn't all of that pretty loud?

 

[KBayDog]

Cool shots, but wasn't all of that pretty loud?

 

[bunk22]

Div form I led the other day, student took pics.

 

[Gatordev]

Question: if below the rank of O-4 or E-9, who the hell still uses a Blackberry?

 

[wlawr005]

321's a good looking jet.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Another one of us in Yuma. Just over 48 hours in 14 fly days. I'm glad I rode the C-130 home...


Javelin Thrust 2012 [Image 9 of 12] by DVIDSHUB, on Flickr