LJDRVR

I took a closer look, and hidden amongst the jaw-dropping, costumes, they had one variation where they actually got it right! Straight out of the late 1940's, except for the material, the cold-war service dress blues: [ 12. May 2006, 22:47: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

Bendy: I'll toss out three books that fit the bill nicely; Redefining Airmanship www.amazon.com/redefining airmanship Flight Discipline Flight Discipline Darker Shades of Blue Darker Shades of Blue All three were written by Dr. Tony Kern (Lt Col/RET) Tony is a fifty pound brain sort of guy who was a -135 AC/IP, followed by B-1 AC/IP. He finished his career as head of the history department at the zoo. Tony developed an airmanship model while working for the AETC folks developing the first ORM program. His books can be read again and again. They contain plenty of good material, particularly for the military aviator. Dr. Kern is currently running a veteran owned company called Convergent Knowledge Solutions. www.convergent-knowledge.com They are working on generation 7 CRM, and other concepts that will eventually change the face of human factors training forever. Here's some food for thought: CRM has been very effective in both civil and military applications. There are numerous scientific studies to back that statement up. Yet why is the ratio of human error vs "other" causes still at 80/20? The answer is individual flight discipline and continuous individual improvement. Read any of the books I mentioned. You'll buy the rest. [ 13. May 2006, 14:34: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

Spot on Brady! As a human factors nerd and former airline Director of Safety, I can say with some authority that the points you've brought up are exactly where we Aviators need to focus. All the greatest battles are waged within.

FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA, TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI..." YGTBSM! What's next, Sam Browne Belts and riding boots? I'm so glad the last Air Force uniform I wore was that of my predecessors. God, I though McPeak was nuts! Memo to the airstaff: Feel the USAF has gotten away from it's heritage and history? I agree. Feel like coming up with a "retro" uniform to capture that feeling? Here's a fricking idea you morons, USE THIS UNIFORM: WWCLMD? Chowderheads. [ 12. May 2006, 16:29: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

Yeah, I thought it would be similar, that good old GE pumps out the hot air. I'll bet with the smaller area to pressurize you don't have to worry about the cabin at flight idle. In the turbojet Lears, you had to maintain a minimum of 80% RPM above FL200ish or the cabin would start to climb with the resultant inner ear discomfort. No real hassle, the tip tanks are plenty of drag, and the spoilers are real effective too. I was flying an air ambulance mission once from Houston to Vero Beach FL in a LR25. Climbing through 8000 at 250 knots and about 6K fpm, the cabin safety valve AND outflow both opened, the masks came down, the horn came on and the emergency pressurization started blowing 350 degree, unfiltered, stinky air in the cockpit. Fortunately, the EMER PRESS is resettable, otherwise it would have been a real no-s__t IFE from a physiological standpoint. As it was, we reset the bleeds, descended, turned around, and landed. Copilot's first trip. "Does this sort of thing happen a lot?" "Yeah. Know your boldface." Sure would love to fly a T-38 once.

"Turn the goddamn heat OFF!!" Ahh, nothing like have nice warm bypass air blowing all over you with no ability to control it yourself, and a student who's English is non existent. I use to fly CJ610 powered Lears. (J-85) You could really create a physiological emergency with the H-valve opened up all the way and the power pushed up. I'm curious; is the T-38 as bad? Time for a come-to-Jesus meeting. Anybody know if Mr. "I did everything OK.!?" graduated?

Ah yes, the joy of being stationed in the NCR. More women than you can shake a stick at. (STS) I even married one of them when I was stationed at Bolling. If you get a chance during airshow season, drive out to Culpepper, VA (or is it Bealtown?) to see the flying circus. Charlie Culp's flying farmer routine in a J-3 is simply the most amazing piece of flying I've ever seen anywhere. Two-turn spins from pattern altitude and some other pretty unbelievable stuff. Whose Blanik IL-23 are you flying? Great airplane!

I used to teach in a J-3 Cub, I would often look and those 56 year old weld clusters at the base of the stick during preflight and wonder....what if? Never was too much of a concern, if I had a student, they would fly, if solo, I'd simply climb into the other seat.

Two happy endings in one week....sweet! I wonder if he saved the stick so he could use it to beat the heck out of whoever did the welding?

Here's a kiss-my-butt/goodbye posting from a jarhead aviator. I'm not going to comment on it, but it sure is an interesting read. https://austin.craigslist.com/about/best/wdc/118782492.html [ 04. April 2006, 20:56: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

https://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1025605 I'm voting for photoshop. The jet's exactly the same height above the ground it would be if the gear were extended. There's no blur which one should see if the photographer was panning to keep a 300 knot AC in his viewfinder. No heat signature. Don't know enough about fighters to comment on nozzle position. It also looks like he's offset from the centerline. (#2 in a taxiing formation?) I'm just a stupid airline pilot, but if I were beating up some airfield at 300 knots or better, I'd be glued to the centerline. Discuss... [ 02. May 2006, 05:33: Message edited by: Toro ]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I wonder what would've happened if he didn't get the answer he wanted after that? :eek:

Two things went against Captain Moped's favor: He was not well-liked, and had long possesed a reputation for doing stupid things and not following the rules. His willfull act cost the company a lot of money, both in terms of DHS fines for the smuggling, but also in terms of FAA sanctions for the HAZMAT. I can see what you're saying, ten years ago and with the proper personality, he would have pulled it off and been legendary in a good way.

CH's story reminds me of a certain high-ranking NASA astronaut who steps to the jet early one morning at Elington, conducts a cursory preflight, straps in and proceeds to fire up. Unfortunately, the Dynacorp MX troops have left a battery sitting in the Number two intake on this particular T-38. Although he misses it during preflight, our hero discovers the FOD beyond the shadow of a doubt when he attempts to start #2. Very embar$$ing. In the airline world, there's no real concept of the "wedge", although we do have some folks do stuff so incredibly stupid that their ineptitude becomes legendary. To whit; several years ago one of our Captain's had an overnight in Tampico. Instead of having a beer and chasing FA's, our intrepid aviator finds himself miles away from the hotel and in need of transportation. Call a cab? No. He walks into WalMart, purchases himself a scooter, fills er' up and rides back to the hotel. The next day this idiot goes out to the jet with his newfound toy and simply has the rampers load it in the cargo bay. He then flies back to the states, where he tells those rampers to simply leave it in back, he'll come get it after he clears customs. Rampers say WTF and contact law enforcement. Captain is charged with a variety of smuggling-type crimes, FAA gets involved because there's a battery and gas in the scooter. (Hazmat) Certificate action ensues. Moron is fired. Fast forward two years and much hanging out and buying beers for his union pals, and said Captain is reinstated. (with seniority!) This no-talent a$$ clown is now the laughing stock of the entire company. Although we civilian aviators don't tend to have nicknames given to us like our military counterparts, this guy is now universally known as Captain Moped.

O.K., this threads about run it's course, I'll continue, but something along the vein of rare and exotic. (Nowadays, but these once filled the flight lines at Signal Corps Posts)

Boom: Sirkorsky HR2S? I don't thinks so with the single throttle on the collective and the Army syle paint, but I'm really grasping at straws here. (The HR2 was a Navy Helo) It really does look like an S-58/HU-34/HU-19 sort of variant, but I have no way of know which without more detail. (Windows or instrument panel) [ 31. January 2006, 15:59: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

Hoser: Grob G-103 and a Cessna 303 Crusader. (Good pick, I went for the obvious.) So, you went to school in Nashua, eh? Oh, and for the record it's a cruciform tail on the Cessna. Boom: Some sort of Sikorsky. I'm on a layover right now and don't have access to my reference material. I'll get back to you. (Some sort of Sikorsky Helo, maybe an S-58) Anybody gonna be in Toluca Mexico tomorrow? Lunch is on me.

Have one for me, I'm off to bed for an early show.

Not a Dehavilland. (The Rapide cockpit is very tiny.) Here's your answer, if you're ever in windsor Locks, the airport is right next to the museum. Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A [ 29. January 2006, 22:05: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

CAP 10 F-20 Tigershark Thorp T-18 or Emeraude P337 Skymaster (Gonna guess pressurized since it has a drum altimeter.) [ 29. January 2006, 22:05: Message edited by: LJDRVR ]

Hey Boom, how about another photo or a clue?

Great! Here I was thinking this was one of the greatest threads ever, and now it turns out that maybe not everybody is playing fair. For the record, I'm not cheating, I really am an airplane nerd. 6000 hours in 54 different types, and I just can't seem to get enough of flying them and and talking about them.

Nice job Boom, yours is an early B-57. (I think)