Everything posted by stract
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Everyone calls me boomer.....
I just find it so Gen X that on either end of Gen X is a "lost" generation 😀 I'm Oregon Trail Generation myself.
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Mass ANG Rear Seat Ground Ejection
pretty sure they do, but the better question is did the seat have the TCTO done to replace the legacy digital sequencer with MASS?
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Mass ANG Rear Seat Ground Ejection
well one had a good outcome and the other most assuredly did not.
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Mass ANG Rear Seat Ground Ejection
no physical injuries, noted. Dude should earn a callsign out of this, no?
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Best Grill
another vote for BGE!
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F1 Thread
surprised and happy Horner was shown the door. I am betting it was a strategic decision by Red Bull to try to keep Max.
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Dos Gringos is back!
for some reason in my community the spoofer name was Jabba the Pig Fucker lol. backfired on someone once and they ended up with it.
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U-2 Pipeline
@HuggyU2 might be able to weigh in.
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Gen Brown and Gen Slife relieved
the USCG leader was also fired back in Jan. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-coast-guard-commandant-over-dei-security-fox-news-reports-2025-01-21/
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Mid-Air Collision in DC
there's a concept for that: normalized deviance.
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MH-139
Anytime Tower would ask me to report my gear, I'd respond "fixed and welded". Guess that won't work now.
- VA Loans
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USAA Epic Collapse
Have you had any auto or property claims with them, and how has it gone? That's really the data point I'm looking for. Have had 1 auto claim with USAA in the last five years and it was pretty seamless. Haven't had a property claim in over a decade (knock on wood).
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USAA Epic Collapse
I did not enjoy my time with Progressive. Raised my auto insurance rates significantly with no ticket/accident history at all.
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CV-22 Osprey assignment out of pilot training, how does it work?
You mean Novosel 😉
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HH-60G retirements
There are still Golfs flying. So I know that isn't true.
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HH-60G retirements
Does anyone have vis on the schedule for HH-60G retirements? Curious when/where the last one will be.
- MH-139
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Danger41 - Rest in Peace - Updated
Damn, sorry to hear this 🍺
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
The F-16 SPM was moved over to Sentinel last week after this firing: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/missile-defense-weapons/usaf-removes-sentinel-program-leader-amid-review
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GA Aircraft Flown
Will you be by the jet tomorrow (Sun) am? I wasn't planning to go this year but might just to say howdy to you.
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GA Aircraft Flown
I've got 0.4 dual in a Ford Tri-Motor. Thanks EAA! Nice left leg workout with the p-factor 😂 IMG_6026.mov
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
Considering Supt is a retirement job, he won't be CSAF.
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UPT Class Patches
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UPT Class Patches
Here's mine from Mother Rucker. Back then Hueys we flew had orange doors. On Fridays we'd wear our patch halfway back on the sleeve because doors were open! Will post some more tomorrow.