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500 foot bubble in the CAF...

No...I'm not kidding. Read up on it. I know several guys who have done it before in an Aviat Husky and in a Dh Beaver and (acording to them) it's not as dangerous as it seems. The surface tension of the water at that airspeed is significant, as is the ground effect. The airplane wants to fly away from the water and not get stuck down into it. Apparently, it takes a bunch of forward stick pressure to keep it sticking on the water. This is obviously not the first time these guys have done this. They didn't wake up one morning and decide that it would be cool to do this in formation sometime. I'm sure they've practiced this individually a bunch before doing it in formation as well. The news release that was issued with the initial photographs a couple weeks ago said this: [ 08. April 2006, 17:45: Message edited by: Hacker ]

Not really...go read the thread on the photographs of the same event. Bush pilots do this all the time and it's not as dangerous as it looks.

I'd be interested to know specifically why you do not like the 92FS and why you do like whatever Glock it is you own. Although the 92FS is not featured prominently in much Gangsta Rap, it's still a good handgun and doesn't really have any poor design features (other than it is large framed and shoots a smallish round. The Beretta is suited for a pilot sidearm nicely. For the survival scenarios we're talking about, I can't think of anything "Glock Perfection" provides that your Beretta can't. But really...c'mon, if you're gonna b*tch about the M9 at least say that you'd replace it with something manly (e.g. 1911) and not some Tupperware gun.

Look over at flightinfo.com...there are numerous military dudes over there currently flying for majors, so they'll have a better take on things. More importantly, when it comes to meeting the minumums, make sure you look at each of the airlines you're applying to carefully. Many of them have specific time modifiers to solve the difference between the military's brake-release-to-touchdown hours and the civilian Hobbs-time hours. For some it's a multiplier for your overall time, and for others its an addition to each specific sortie. Modifying your AFORMS-logged time may be enough to put you into the category you want. WRT "total time", maybe I was reading you wrong...if you're just sitting in the jump seat and not actually being a member of the flight crew, then I think you should not log it as anything (because I don't think the FAA cares about it).

Most of the airline apps that I've put eyes on are specific about what they care about WRT categories of time. You can DEFINITELY count "other" in the "total time" category, but I don't think it's legitimately SIC time.

+1. Was that from Grace, Toro? My hero...

Callsign auction - If your squadron gives individual flight leads unique callsigns to fly with, then convince your DO to make everyone *pay* for their callsigns. You have an auction and *nobody* (even the SQ/CC) gets to keep their callsign unless they pay for it. Not only will guys pay for callsigns they want, they'll pay to make sure their bros *get* crappy ones. Generates a truckload of cash and costs the squadron nothing. Plus, you can regenerate cash after a year or so by making the new guys fight for callsigns that have been left by dudes PCSing out. Calcutta - The Calcutta is basically a Turkey shoot, except people in the squadron bet on who they think will perform well and who will suck (like betting on a horse race). You can bet on yourself to do well, or bet on someone else to do well. Winners get ca$h prizes and the snacko takes 30% clean off the top. Again, costs the squadron nothing. [ 20. March 2006, 10:00: Message edited by: Hacker ]

Any CT over-G is pretty much an auto wedge. At Moody we had an IP who failed to secure all his loose items prior to opening the canopy after landing. The result? His FLIP pubs were blown out of the cockpit and, conveniently, directly down the intake of the right engine, FODding it out. I don't remember offhand what a new J85-GE-5 engine costs, but that couldn't have been easy on the O+M budget that month! Recently we had a student wedge, too. If you guys recall, there are a series of water sump vents on the lower part of the T-38 fuselage. During the walkaround, you're supposed to ensure those vents are flush with the skin. Further aft on the fuselage, there are very similar vents, but these have a big red circle painted around them. That's because these are fuel vents and not water vents. Well, at some point in this student's formulation of his pre-flight gameplan, he picked up a habit of physically pushing in those vents with his finger, either to try and drain them or as a strange way to ensure they're flush and closed. Anyhow, on this particular day, the poor preflight technique and the red-circled vents collided, dousing the student -- and all his life support gear -- with JP8+100. His helmet, mask, chute/harness, g-suit, and a bunch of other stuff were condemned. That stud, BTW, is headed up your way Toro...not sure if he's going to blue or red, though. [ 04. March 2006, 06:51: Message edited by: Hacker ]

No, that is brake release to touchdown (+5). Depending on the location of your MOA, that's probably 25-30 minutes of turn-and-burn time. [ 02. March 2006, 04:03: Message edited by: Hacker ]

This is a repost of a bunch of quotes from numerous sources about the UPT washout rate. As was said previously, the overall SUPT washout rate is something in the 10-20% region and I remember reading in an article that the actual historical UPT washout rate was 14%.

Still looking, BTW, for the reference on the flight suit sleeves being out of regs. Anyone? <crickets>

Good luck, bro. I've been at Moody with my sleeves rolled up since summer '03 and haven't heard a comment about it yet.

My favorite restaurant in ABQ is The County Line BBQ. Sits up N/NE of town at the base of Sandia Mountain.

Here are a couple with aircraft actually in the shots... Why doesn't someone start a porn-and-aviation magazine, anyway?

Again, I say...grow a pair...do your damn job and stop worrying about the implications of some kid you wash out who has sour grapes.

Here, exactly, is where the problem is. UPT...DO YOUR F*CKING JOB, GODD@MN IT!

Finless brown trout

Back on topic... I actually have lost an inch in height since I started flying fighters. I measured just a bit over 6'2" when I had my first FC1 physical, and by my 2nd year flying the F-15E, I had lost 1 inch vertically. The good news is that ever since then I haven't lost any height.

Since the Masters is about to become un-masked again...looks like this is an option!

Unless your airframe (F-15, F-16) doesn't have boldface.

Who the F*ck ever said anything about fair?

Excellent sleuthing, Steve <snicker> https://www.airliners.net/open.file/102744/M/

How's the pay and job security these days?

According to airliners.net, that's a Bristol 175 Britannia 312