Your first flight & oldest BUNO

[robav8r]

Was looking through my first logbook and thought it would be interesting to find out what everyones first flight was and the oldest BUNO they've ever flown in. For me:

HSL-31
SH-2F - 13 Sep, 1982 (First Flight)
SH-2F - 149022 (oldest BUNO)

 

[A4sForever]

I think we already did this ... but if there's something "new" with the "old" ... then press on. Or should we open the old thread???

What's in YOUR logbook???

 

[MasterBates]

T-34C VT-28 11 Feb 2002
Oldest BUNO, I'm guessing is one of the older TH-57Bs. Logbook is at work.

 

[Intruder Driver]

First flight April 1979
Oldest BuNo: A6E Intruder 148844

High time month (jets): 100.2 hours July 1989 VT-7 (TA-4J and A-4E)
High time quarter (jets): 266.3 VT-7 summer 1989
High time year (jets): 696.2 VT-7 FY-89

 

[Tom]

What is Buno?

 

[MasterBates]

BUreau Nunmber.

Serial numbers for Naval Aircraft that never change. Think of it like a VIN on a car.

 

[phrogpilot73]

First Flight - Jan 6th, 2000 (T-34C)
Oldest Buno - 153316 (CH-46E in Iraq)
Highest Month - 68.1 in Iraq, 59.7 of which is goggles.

 

[Schnugg]

Here's what I got...
TA-4J 153516 Sep 85
T-2B 152472 Jan 87
F-14A 158985 Oct 88
A-6E 161102 Dec 95

 

[bert]

Oldest - 150938 (HH-46D)

Newest - 166518 (MH-60R)

 

[robav8r]

Oldest - 150938 (HH-46D)

Newest - 166518 (MH-60R)

WOW ! 166518 - did that just roll of the assembly line ???

 

[WheelsUpHeelsUp]

128428 C118-B, sometime in 1975. Props WILL prevail!

 

[bert]

WOW ! 166518 - did that just roll of the assembly line ???

518 is the last Romeo to finish integration, it is at HSM-41 now. 523 is the latest off the line, but it won't be done with integration for 5-6 months.

 

[BigIron]

First flight in USN aircraft: 161811 T-34C 12/1/98

Newest a/c 164861 MH-53E

 

[Intruder Driver]

First flight April 1979
Oldest BuNo: A6E Intruder 148844

High time month (jets): 100.2 hours July 1989 VT-7 (TA-4J and A-4E)
High time quarter (jets): 266.3 VT-7 summer 1989
High time year (jets): 696.2 VT-7 FY-89

For any who may be curious, this is (was) the advantage of the training command during a surge. We had 3 IP's get 85-90 hours in July '89 and our low time IP had over 45 hours. For the year, we had 2 IP's over 625 hours and 8 over 500 hours.

Every cross country request was approved; I was on an X-C about 7 out of 8 weeks (my wife was a T-2 IP and we had a blast: NAS Glenview to watch the Cubs play, Key West every few weeks, Homestead AFB for the Miami Boat Show, etc.). Every time I had a contemporary tell me the TRACOM wasn't a competitive tour, I'd just smile and say "you're right, keep me in that briar patch."

Our flight surgeon was in the squadron every day checking IP's and flight time giving waivers.

 

[Gatordev]

For any who may be curious, this is (was) the advantage of the training command during a surge. We had 3 IP's get 85-90 hours in July '89 and our low time IP had over 45 hours. For the year, we had 2 IP's over 625 hours and 8 over 500 hours.

I know it's apples and oranges (T-34 vs T-2), but we had a couple of guys w/ 800 hours this last year. Talk about a literal pain in the ass.