BlackKnight

Dude, don't worry about it. Sure, we make fun of folks but I'd bet most of us would tell you that answering questions is a small price to pay for a fun weekend at an airshow, and I enjoy meeting the folks and the kids (I was one at many airshows once, asking all sorts of silly questions). I don't really expect people to know all about the jets and military. Ask away. Plus, for every funny story or dumb question there's a great one, like meeting a WWII B-24 ball turret gunner and having him tell me all about his time in combat and giving me a personal tour of a B-24 that just happened to be at the show. Or the guy who's face was still lame on one side due to muscle damage from bullet wounds he suffered during Desert Storm- all he wanted to do was sit in an A-10. I was more than happy to accomodate- made his day and mine. Barney

MKopack got what I was saying to the kid... I am very familiar with the N/AW (night, all weather) 2 seat version of the A-10, of which two were built (yes, one crashed and one is in a museum). However, at the airshow in Oceana, Va (oh, the quotes and stories from doing that show a few times) in the year 2000 it had been a long, long time since they flew. Can we get back to funny airshow quotes now?

A-10 Static: Dork: "How many turns in the rifling of the gun" Me: "I have no f**ing idea" Knucklehead: "You guys flew over me firing that thar gatlin gun and the shells rained down on my humvee" Me: "The empty casings go back in the drum" If one more dumbass asks me if the jet slows down when we fire the gun, i'm going to puke. "You guys land those on carriers, right?" (pointing to the travel pod) "what kind of bomb is that?" "MK-69 stink bomb" Best: Ultimate wannabe: "Yeah, these jets are pretty cool. My GIRLFRIEND got airman of the year, so they gave ME (civilian teenage dork) a ride in an A-10. I also got a ride in an F-15 and F-14" Me: "There's no such thing as a (flying) two seat A-10, dumbass" (not that the rest of his story wasn't b.s.) Many interesting "stories" from airshows, but i don't know if we want to open up that can, do we Toro? Kids read this stuff, right? Besides combat, airshows are about the most fun you can have in the a.f. Especially after the sun goes down, even better if it's a canadian airshow.