Aviation BS and Photo Thread

Yup guardian radio is still the flt following along with a few others depending on where you are. Small world.

 

A few more. You don't get to see these birds flying anymore. It's a shame.

 

At this rate I'd be lucky to do that in two years.

 

I saw this in the AOPA/Facebook site.....

 

^HARSH!!

I like it.

 

Yep

 

Horrible scenario but a perfect aviation meme.

 

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For that ... "abrupt physical exit & embarrassment " from United ... my guess is ... he will be rewarded well $$$ from several sources ...

PS ... Love those 58's ... zoom ... zoom ... zoom ...

 

I'm trying to place name to face but my memory has faded since it was so long ago... I think the FacChief was SFC Adams and there was a girl named Holloway that worked there... but that's about all I recall

It's a damn shame they retired the fleet... was by far my favorite heli and the 58 pilots always had the best personalities...

 

Another 1.6 in Matilda the 206 today... doing gimbal camera integration flight testing.

 

It takes us (60s) three years to get that much time, unless we deploy

 

My grandfather retired from the USAF in 1967 with over 25,000 hours.

That's impossible now.

 

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...^^^... 25,000 hours ... ... (congrats to him ) ... that would cost more than most countries are worth today.

 

Old MATS pilot. Got called back to active duty for the Berlin Airlift, stayed for 20. Flew C-47s, C-54s, and was the most proficient C-124 pilot in the USAF. He did all the acceptance flights on that bird, and led the way into heavy airlift to Greenland.

Successfully landed a crashing bird in Newfoundland in 1966 (multi-engine and hydraulic failure); tore him up but because he'd sent the rest of the crew to the back of the bird they were okay. Old Shakey took it on the nose and crumpled up to the cockpit, but didn't blow up. He never flew again after that.

Used to get drunk and tell me hilarious stories about being a hop pilot from Newfoundland to Ireland early in WW2, and how he had a girlfriend at each end. He'd then bitch about "those damn wimmen" WAF pilots who replaced him on that route so he could fly combat airlift. Besides all the cargo he delivered in theater, he helped deliver the 82nd on D-Day.

Cool dude, just the nicest guy, and still a personal hero.

 

Must have been flying something big that holds a lot of gas. Most fighter guys don't build much time which is why the airlines have some crazy formula to transfer their sorties into hours.

 

Yeah, fighter pilot combat hours are the same as dog years. It's tough maintaining that level of intensity for so long.

 

...^^^... Those were the guys that made things happened and never griped about doing what they had to do "to make things work".

He reminds me of some of the older guys (WW2) that mentored me and my grandfather (WW1) who raised me.

It was the way they were brought up in those times.

Good people doing great things in historic times.

Cheers to him and the memories

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...^^^... This varied greatly depending on distance to target and mission with most rotary units in RVN.

But Rotary CAS in RVN, when flying off the float (LPH), to support BLT air and beach assault forces ...... was about 10% of total sortie time ... in the bad stuff and close in .... because no smart ordinance was available and probably could not have been used that close anyway.

Short and very intense situations with lots of intercom & radio chatter too.

In contrast with newer & better systems ... a buddy was in Iraq War in a AH-64 ... put a bunch of smart ordinance down range and only saw enemy (face to face in the distance) once when the chain gun was activated.

 

Aaaannnddd another 2.3 in Matilda the 206 today.

 

I just sold my house this week and now every time I look at my bank account all I think about is buying a plane.