WSJ Journalist lands on Carrier...

[phrogpilot73]

I think you guys missed the most important thing in that entire article...

The sleek but unwieldy F-14 Tomcat that Tom Cruise pretended to fly (and that was once the subject of my adolescent day-dreaming) has been scrapped, to the immense relief of the entire profession of naval aviators and mechanics.

Immense relief?!? Who the hell did they interview? Probably not many F-14 Pilots/RIOs...

 

[HeyJoe]

I haven't; but it does -- make sense ... and it's an interesting prop for a safety brief.

The 3 most dangerous things in Aviation:

1. A pilot making investments.

2. A doctor (also insert dentist or lawyer) in a Piper Arrow.

3. A female flight attendant with a chipped front tooth ....

So when I see this news item about pilot landing gear up, I googled his name and lo and behold, there's a MD by that name from same town....coincidence?

 

[insanebikerboy]

So when I see this news item about pilot landing gear up, I googled his name and lo and behold, there's a MD by that name from same town....coincidence?

Hmm, pilot with sh!tty flying skills and headwork....looking for "good fishing sites".....is it possible we've finally found the ever elusive Skeeter

 

[jfulginiti]

From the article that started this thread.....

"The sleek but unwieldy F-14 Tomcat that Tom Cruise pretended to fly (and that was once the subject of my adolescent day-dreaming) has been scrapped, to the immense relief of the entire profession of naval aviators and mechanics."

Interesting..... every former F-14 person I know can't go one day without talking about how great that jet was.

When I was in Japan, the locals called me Fugry.

 

[HeyJoe]

From the article that started this thread.....

"The sleek but unwieldy F-14 Tomcat that Tom Cruise pretended to fly (and that was once the subject of my adolescent day-dreaming) has been scrapped, to the immense relief of the entire profession of naval aviators and mechanics."

Interesting..... every former F-14 person I know can't go one day without talking about how great that jet was.

Not the first time that the press didn't have a clue what they were talking about....their "crack" is controversy and making statements like that to get more attention.

 

[Circle K]

Another great quote from the article...

I find myself entertaining the idea of offering the same tour to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It would serve him well as a lesson in humility.

That tour should somehow find it's way into many other "world leaders" schedules, Chavez comes to mind too.

 

[montellv]

Perfect ... as most Oriental imports went to school @ UC"R"A .... i.e., UC@LA for the unwashed.

From The Big Lebowski: Oriental is not the prefered nominclature,Dude...it's Asian American. (Paraphrased for effect)

My mom always told me Oriental is for rugs...Asian is for people.

 

[A4sForever]

From The Big Lebowski: Oriental is not the prefered nominclature,Dude...it's Asian American. (Paraphrased for effect)

My mom always told me Oriental is for rugs...Asian is for people.

Just goes to show how little you and/or your "Mom" (?) know about what goes down in the Far East ... as one of the last "Oriental" airline start-up's (wholly owned by "Orientals") I saw with my own two beady little "round-eyes" was called ..........

Thai Oriental ....