HuggyU2

Word.

Actually, I should fix this to say "member of the human race"

Hacker,... you are funny guy. I kill you later.

Do I know him? No. Do I have first-hand experience dealing with him? Yes. ... ... ... As an active duty officer, I figured it was more appropriate to delete my original comments.

2. It is beyond me how he continues to ruin the legacy that he could have had. He just won't shut up. It's too bad that Hoover or Bud Anderson wasn't the first to go supersonic. These two epitomize what a gentleman with a great aviation legacy should be.

Not true. While some of the high rollers in EAA (like the Poberezny's) drive VW's during AirVenture, the EAA President does not. There are additional VW's around the airfield, and the one in the video is the Flight Line Operations vehicle.

Yes, you are probably not going to be an airline pilot. Oh darn. I know a number of navs that got employed based on their security clearance, and are doing quite well. There is good work out there for quality officers.

Sounds good. I'll quit now and take a 35% pay cut, 'cause I'm so racked with anger about the 36-2903 changes. I'll explain to my family that I'm not a pussy. Let us know how this works out.

Two people in my squadron did it last year. I'm one of them. We both left the AF on 31 Oct, and came back on active duty 1 Nov.

A "morale shirt"? I've never heard it called a "morale shirt".

First time since '02 that I'm missing it. Have a great time.

A better question would be "have they done this in a situation where this was the only option for employing air assets?" We've all seen too many instances where a Service or their asset was called in, mainly because they wanted a cut of the action.

It's an internet forum... try using a name rather than a vague "someone". A lot of others could use the SA. Maybe so. But any truth to the rumor that many ANG fighter units have lost their bar?

Touche, monsieur. One did, and I very certain the other 3 did. FWIW, the one captain lost his eye, and spent a minimum of 6 months learning to work with monocular vision. After that period, he went through sim training, and then was certified by an FAA-designated examiner. It's been determined that binocular vision is not critical from the cockpit of airliners. IIRC, the field of regard, distances, etc.... are such that the difference is in the noise level. This was a long time ago, so things may have changed. But generally, those changes involve getting less restrictive.

During my very brief stint at United Airlines, we had 4 pilots with 1 eye.

Hey, now wait a minute! I was certainly not trashing Strait and Nelson... I know you had them in your collection (who doesn't?),... and I just couldn't imagine you saying "hey, let after this Willie and Merle duet is over, I'll throw on some Patti."

So,... how many of her albums do you have? They're in your CD cabinet, right next to George Strait and Willie Nelson, right?

You mean companies like Northrop-Grumman, and their top-notch RQ-4? Just curious what GA companies you do not like.

Hmmmm... don't see any U-2's in there.

Last I heard, two Beale T-38's are going, and will be on Aeroshell Square. Halloran is a class act, no matter how you slice it. And his list of aviation stuff he's done in his post-AF career is equally impressive. He comes to our rental house BBQ every year at Oshkosh, and having him there is always a highlight.

Do you really need an answer to this question? You cannot figure it out?

Not true: she PCS'd to school. FWIW, we've had approximately 7 women selected to fly the U-2 over the years.

Seems to me that those are significant skill sets that the AF needs. Do you think that 20 years ago we were even close to the level we are at now in these areas? If you ask the Task Force guys on the ground their opinion, I'd say you'd have some big supporters. While I wish we had $1 trillion more to allow everyone to fly 5 times a week and be King Kong in their weapons system, that's not the reality. We're in a COIN war now... fight and train appropriately.

So, when are you going to breakdown and build the jet-powered Sonex?

If you ever have the choice, take the taildragger.