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I'm think a combo business in these somali towns- Peglegs and Parrots. (You could also sell eye patches.) I did a google search and there doesn't appear to be any business like it in all of Africa. Anyone want in on the ground floor? I'm forecasting huge gains in the first year due to the pirate publicity in the media.

I thought the use of AFORMS was regulatory. We used PEX and AFORMS, the problem is when there is a disconnect, which do you trust?

We need to go back to all-some or none on the ribbons, not all. It looks ridiculous to have wings under the epaulette. I always like just wearing the training ribbon, to make people wonder.

That evaluator didn't like you. That is about the most chickenshit bust I've heard of in a while (provided your O2 was in 5 feet). I think your evaluator was abused as a child. Side note to piss off discus- I never hooked a ride, ever. (yet, there is still time) I just tried really hard not to suck and it worked. Although I thought I had hooked my final contact check on my first maneuver in the area. I was near the top of my block and started a cloverleaf. I punched thru the top of my area by 100 feet on the first leaf. I knew it while I was inverted, pulled power and descended for the next leaf. I just pressed and kept flying like it didn’t happen. Everything else for the entire ride went well. Walking in from the flight line I was sure the Unsat was coming, clean kill. Went in for the debrief and the EP. EP went well, but I figured I still hooked. The evaluator started filling out the grade sheet from his notes and said something like “great ride, I told you in the prebrief, I’d give you a freebie. You used it as soon as you started with the cloverleaf, however, you showed great SA by moving lower in the block on the second leaf. You got a 2 E.” So I went from a hook to a 2 E just like that. Goes to show don’t beat yourself up, keep flying the profile. You might water the evaluator’s eyes later in the ride to make up for some early buffoonery.

I recently had a post edited, I think from a mod. I imagine it was for general internet smartassery but the original post does not say "This post has been edited by ______: Today, 11:55 AM" or whatever the edit tag at the bottom of a message displays. I went into the orignal post and edited it myself, and the post does not display edited by slacker. Is my crap broken?

Here's my contribution to taking an email and pretending I heard it on the radio- Two weeks ago, flying in the middle of the night with Chicago Center. Silence for 10-15 mins. Unknown voice: "I'm f#cking bored." Chicago CTR: "Who said that?" Unknown Voice: "I said I was f#cking bored, not f#cking stupid." Funniest second hand interphone story, I wasn't on the flight, but I know someone who was. Back ground- The J's pilot seats have a cut out between the legs which allows the yoke to come all the way back. The Legacy C-130 seats do not have this cut out. Female pilot places her Coke on the seat between her legs. Within seconds the Coke slips thru said cut out and spill everywhere. Female pilot on Interphone, "Damn it, This hole between my legs has given me nothing but trouble." All other crewmembers throw down their headsets in order not to be heard exploding with laughter. EDIT- HMMM.... my post was edited and not by me..... HMMM again, when I edit, it doesn't show it was edited.

Yes.

They'll come back down again, especially when the government "buys them back."

Holy motherload! OLD CROW GET TO WORK!

I can lose them all, provided my altitude is field elevation. Seriously- depends on weight, altitude, temp etc. In the J- I've done single engine touch and goes in the sim. If your fairly lightweight, it would fly on one.

I have a long family history of military service and aviation in my family. I've heard stories all my life, but I can't recall them all. Thanks for my new research project. The ones I can remember- My Grandfather's Grandfather- Confederate soldier who died in a Union POW camp. My Grandfather is one of 13- part of the "greatest generation." He served in the Navy in the Pacific, his brothers were all over. One of his brothers retired as the adujant general of Alabama. My other Grandfather was involved in aviation from the begining. My dad says his pilot's license had a Wright Brother's signature on it. He built a surplus Thomas Morse S-4 Scout in his barn. When he cranked it for the first time, he emptied the barn of its hay. He flew all his life and I believe was a crewchief on p-47 and p-51s. When he died, my Dad cleaned out the barn and found unopened, covered in waxpaper and twine, shop manuals for P-51s. Sadly, he threw them away. I imagine they'd be worth a bunch. One Uncle was a helo pilot in Korea (2 tours) and Vietnam (maybe 2 tours). When he died, he had close to 15,000 hours in helos and I don't think he kept a logbook for a while. One Uncle was a tail gunner in B-17s. My aunt had her PPL in the 1950s, pretty rare for a girl at the time. My Dad- Army Helo/fixed wing pilot in Vietnam- he flew Hueys, Cobras, Loches, Birddogs etc. Retired from the Army Guard and still flies for fun. When I was a kid, my Dad took me to the Ft. Rucker Museum. Between My Dad, Uncle and Grandfather, there was only about 2 or 3 tails that they didn't fly or work on between them. It was pretty cool to hear the stories of the actual tail numbers sitting in the museum. Me- C-130 pilot I hope to take the family into 100 years of military aviation. Good topic.

Yep. Lightweight and low temp dev.

I've made it to FL370 in a Herk, could have step-climbed to 390 towards the end. You just piss off the jets hanging on the props cooking along at .53 Mach.

We don't buy the stubby anymore, only the stretch. I've flown both, and I see no advantage to the stubby. The advantages of the stretch are obvious, 15 additional feet of fuselage or 2 pallet positions. C-130J-30 Block 6.0 release allows for an increase in assault weight by around 30,000 lbs, which is huge. I don’t believe block 6.0 in the stubby increased its assault weight at all. Many advantages to the stretch, like you, I’m waiting to hear the advantage of the stubby.

You'll enjoy the J. I've never met a J model pilot that wanted to go back to the legacy. You don't have to look inside at all if you don't want to, the HUD is great. The problem is you're imagining flying the legacy with no engineer or nav, the J is nothing like it. The ONLY downside to having a small crew is fewer sober drivers on a TDY, that's about it. On the first J model deployment, when everyone hated us, (we were the only MDS booed at the Deid Christmas party) I heard a funny joke- What's the worst thing about being a J model pilot? Telling your dad you're gay. I thought it was funny then, and still do. You can make fun of me all you want, especially when we go smoking past you on the PIFR routes and beat you back before the beer ends. No beer for you, too bad.

Not a whole lot of difference. The stretch flies straighter with less yaw than the stubby due to the longer moment to the rudder. The assault speeds are higher in the stretch (because of lockheed contracts) so not as mushy on an assault as the stubby. The stubby has boosted ailerons- the stretch doesn’t= slower roll rate. I find the stretch easier to fly well and quieter. You can fly the stubby well, you just have to anticipate power changes w/ rudder in order to keep the tail from wagging. My only differences training was- “this is the stretch its longer and taxis differently. Don’t bang the tail skid, no more no flaps. It’s a longer walk to the pisser. Any questions?"

This thread is a great picture of both communities. On one hand, you have a C-17 guy wanting to measure peckers with all the other boys. (holy gayness, batman) And on the other hand, you have a pile of chips from the C-130 guys’ shoulders. Something to consider about C-130s- Look at the options for C-130 missions- MAFFS, MASS, Weather, Ski, Tac, Gunships, MC, HC. (I’m sure I left some off) If it can be done in a plane, it’s been done in a Herk. Remember, when they fly the last C-17 to the boneyard, the pilots will get a ride home on a C-130. My HUD is bigger than yours- Once you go J- you can't go back.

you can't say Hedi Klum NSFW and post a broken link. That should be banishment 1 year. no soup for you.

Here's my .02- There are big differences between the C-17 and the C-130. The C-17 is strat air (for the most part) and while they like to claim tac, they're not really. With the C-17, you can take a 10 day trip all over the world. You'll wake up in your bed one day and be landing in the AOR the next. The C-130 deploys. You'll wake up in your bed one day and a week later find yourself finally in the AOR for 45-120 days. The C-17s come and go, the C-130s stay. You'll find yourself more small, unique places doing different sh!t in a C-130, definitely off the beaten path. The C-17 (for the most part) stays on the well defined AMC enroute structure. The C-17 is an AMC superstar The C-130 is an AMC red-headed step child. There are folks who have flown both- I think it would be easier going from a legacy C-130 to a C-17 than vice versa. The C-17 to C-130J would be fine too. I don't know anything about the CV-22 cross flow. Navy training at Corpus is great (or it was in 99). It was a big boy program- here are your books- show up prepared. AF training is here is the fire hose, I will make you learn it by repitition. find a grain of salt.

Another WTF story- hanging curtains, yeah.Potato smugglin'

Careful calling someone paranoid when you obviously haven't stepped foot into a gun store lately. I've seen the same thing at two local gun stores- longer lines. I asked the guy helping me and he said sales are definitely up due to the anticipated election results.

You guys have covered a lot of good info for taking the wife/girlfriend to the range for the first time. One very important thing you have left out is clothing. You should always encourage girls with guns to wear bikinis or thongs while shooting. It is also a great idea to take pictures/videos of the girl shooting to analyze her form/stance. I encourage you to post these pictures here, so we too can analyze her stance and help you help her. On a slightly more serious note (I'm still serious about the bikinis and pictures)- I recommend starting with a small caliber/ low recoil gun. A .22 or something darn close. I wouldn't even take the "big guns" to the range the first time. Let her get comfortable with the basics and the environment using the least intimidating gun possible. If you don't have a "small gun,"” at least get some target loads. Handing your girlfriend/wife a .357 mag for her first shot ever is a good way to make her first trip her last trip to the range. Get some .38 wadcutters and she'll probably come back again. Now, let's get to posting those pics--

Powerful. That powerpoint should be required viewing in every school in America. Nice job.

enjoy the RIF