Biff_T
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Civilian traffic isn't normally cleared through the FRZ (approximately 15 NMs around DCA). The civilian traffic that flies through the airspace within 30 NMs of DC, must have special training and a clearance to enter the SFRA. They basically treat 30 NMs within DCA like Bravo. I believe they will provide flight following for the higher flying civilian traffic but helos are generally too low on the radar. -
You ask for specific routes or zones with tower prior to executing them. Example: "Tower, Biff 28 Cabin John, 1, 4, 3 to Andrews". From what I remember, there were only military, gov agency and police helicopters. No tourists. Balt-Wash_Heli (2).pdf
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Thanks. I guess they're gonna be stuck at the regionals for life. Regional scum! Long Live Compass!
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Somebody refresh my memory but isn't the CRJ900 at Delta flown by mainline Delta crews? If so, at least they're already at the majors. You gotta land all of your kickflips at the regionals to have any chance of going to the majors.
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This song would be bad ass coupled with a video of death from above, courtesy of the USAF, USN, USMC and USA.
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POW camp at SERE will be more fun if you do.
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Flares are for pussies!
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Watch me do a kick flip.
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I actually flew in an orange mustang suit a few times. I hated those things. Never the less, it was orange and very reflective. Edit: Shirts are for pussies!
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Very safe of you sir. The air force should make fully reflective flight suits, for safety.
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The Martyr reminds me of the G-Spot (Guam).
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My dirty boom operator scarf. It still smells like sweat and beer.
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I miss the way George Dubya used to say "Vladimir Pootin".
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When we flew in DC at the 1st HS, about half of the time we flew single pilot with a SMA in the left seat. They knew they maps as good and sometimes better than us pilots.
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@Vito This. Sometimes you'd be 20 feet above of the water, depending on the altimeter setting. Also, we'd typically use the radar altimeter as a warning that you're too low and stay above that setting. The same technique I used in DC.
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What does the AF say about wearing a dicky (fake shirt not donger) instead of a T shirt?
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I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday about CAS. He was a snake eater in Nam. He said they'd periodically call in air strikes from BUFFs. He said the bombs would go off everywhere, sometimes he had to hold onto a tree to help with the shock waves. He laughed when I told him that nowadays, dudes can putt a bomb into someone's butthole from 30,000 feet.
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He looks like a gay Darth Vader.
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There are routes and zones around DC. The routes you have to stick to, if you need to deviate laterally you're supposed to get permission to deviate. The zones, you can fly wherever your heart pleases but you have yo stay below the maximum altitude. You're never supposed to go above the altitude listed on the map. As for the lateral confines for the routes, they're marked on the map buy a solid blue line. Otherwise known as the route.
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I agree that they (CRJ) should have cleared final prior to landing but I wouldn't label this as causal. There's a certain amount of trust I'd have on the tower not clearing me to land with potential conflict on final. They weren't landing to an uncontrolled airfield.
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Easiest fix (besides meeting altitude requirements while flying in B): Tower shouldn't let helos maintain visual separation with an aircraft circling to land 33 at night. Also tower, should have pinged Pat about their altitude. You can easily see with your eyeballs that Pat was too high. That was the first thing I noticed watching the video of the collision. Edit: I used to teach dudes to hover or do 180 when traffic was landing to 33. It happened enough that I made it a point to tell the new guys I flew with about it, as my instructors did for me. It's generally a bad idea to fly under landing traffic on short final.
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This. Edit: "Skids down and locked" on the Huey
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