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Ahhhhhhhhh, F&%$!@, don't get me started.

I wasn't implying that you were serious about her being hot...I got the sarcasm. I meant was that a joke that she is really his wife? Damn Chuck.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, this is a joke isn't it? If not....damn.

I completely understand...you are the messenger. I didn't mean for that to sound directed at you. I have to wonder if Yeager realizes the mishap pilot isn't an LT.

I wasn't there to hear what Yeager said but I do know the mishap pilot and I can assure you that he doesn't lack basic airmanship. He's been flying the Viper for a long time. He may have screwed up but he has been flying too long to not have basic airmanship.

It still wouldn't stop it at idle Just kidding...I know what you are saying. There is probably something to that argument. It doesn't appear that the engine is at idle just looking at the turkey feathers.

I watched the Youtube video linked above. One of the "related" videos on Youtube was from grassrootsnews. This know-it-all eyewitness stated that the second jet landed with "apparent engine trouble" (or something to that affect) and went off the end of the runway Didn't know the engine stopped the Viper. Weird setup.

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I can confirm that. Edit for clarity: I confirm that it is a Bama jet.

Reading this now. Read half of it last night and will probably finish it tonight. Very good so far.

I did some inter-flying with the OKC Herk unit before they went across town to combine with the Reserve 135 unit. Great unit. Hated to see them lose the Herk.

Are you talking about the Oklahoma -135 unit?

I was an AD squid for almost six years, got out and went to an Air Guard unit. Spent nine years there and then went to an AF Reserve unit, spent eight years there and will be retiring in three days. Obviously I have a few years experience with both the Guard and Reserve and I have worked with other Guard and Reserve units as well. Whether the unit has the label of "Guard" or "Reserve" attached to it doesn't seem to matter. You will find good and bad units in both.

It's okay if you are on the same crew isn't it?

Nice....Oh, and "2".

I hope they make the soccer players go through customs everytime they have to take a piss.

Almost forgot this one as told to me by some F-16 engine guys. They would get their new guys to perform the "echo check" on the engine. They would have to yell down the intake while simultaneously hacking their stop watch then run around to the exhaust and wait for the echo to come out to time it. Needless to say they were always too slow and had to perform the check many times but had to hustle a little more each time to be able to catch the echo before it escaped.

While at OKAS a few years ago we had a crew with a young Co-pilot. The Pilot, Nav, and Co were shacked up in one room. The Pilot and Nav rode the young Co pretty hard (sts) about everything. One of the other Co's found out they were giving him shit about leaving the toilet seat UP!!! Well this crew went out on a mission and this other Co found me and asked if I had a leatherman. I did and asked what for. He explained the situation and said he was going to remove the toilet seat. I said "cool". Then I told him that it is pretty cool to take a Hershey bar and melt it then take a coffee stirrer and fling the melted chocolate all over the porcelain (experienced gained from another practical joke years earlier). The crew actually broke that night and spent a few nights in some hole so they weren't in the best of moods when they got home and found no toilet seat and the appearance that someone had shat all over their throne.

Dude, you are insinuating that I would tell an outright lie to try to pick up some tail . I carry a picture of a C-130 and show the chicks and I tell them that that is a C-130, now what I fly is the C-150. Well at least that was back in the day. I can't pull that with my wife since she was an FE too. Okay, since I have managed to derail the thread, I'm out. My original intend was just to show how clueless some our new people are and it's probably not their fault, just the system and its priorties.

Back at ya Yeah, I should have told him something like I actually fly the plane because the pilots just sleep and only jump in the seat to taxi in.

Hey Rainman

A few weeks ago I was at Balad. We shut down to get fuel and the fuel truck driver asked me what I did. I said, "I'm the Flight Engineer." He said, "But what do you do?" I gave the 15 second explanation expecting him to say "Okay, cool. You ready for the fuel?" Instead he said again "but what is your job?" Again I said "Flight Engineer" with a little more explanation. Again he asked something about what my job was. I thought maybe he meant my civilian job since he saw the "AFRC" on the tail. I explained that I worked for the FAA. His next question was "But what do you do for the military?" I said again, "C-130 FLight Engineer"

Congrats, and screw being an example. Tell 'em to look elsewhere if they need an example. Yep, one more week until the tents then three days after that.... And to the brave Captain out there with no belt who we will never know....

I was sitting in the Haji coffee shop a few nights ago and saw a Capt in a bag walk by with no reflective belt on. I wonder if that was you? Either way As a side note, I am now sporting my new black reflective belt. Getting lots of compliments by my fella Herk brothers but have been unable to hook a shoe yet.

THat's f'ing hilarious. Two flights before the one this morning, my Co (he is actually our D.O. at home and is a LTC, acting as a seeing-eye-dog for our young AC) went through the detector with his shades on and she said something to the effect "Sir, you should remove your shades....I wouldn't want you to get deported". He just turned, looked at her for about three seconds (through his shades) and walked on. DEPORTED! for wearing sunglasses. I was really hoping she would use that line on me. My reply was going to be something to the effect "Really??? Is it that easy? Please don't throw me in that briar patch"