Another one from the mil-email chain…And a comment that pretty much ‘defines’ what the culture NEEDS to be in combat aviation…YOU ARE DAMNED RIGHT……and I want it to be “inappropriate”. The military is supposed to be tactically trained KILLERS, not some … Continue reading
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A husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, “You Can Be THE Man of Your House.” Finding new courage that he never knew he had, he stormed into the kitchen and announced to his wife, “From now on, … Continue reading
A ‘Maxine’ worth reading… Minorities We need to show more sympathy for these people. They travel miles in the heat. They risk their lives crossing a border. They don’t get paid enough wages. They do jobs that others won’t do or are … Continue reading
The Battle of Palmdale On the morning of 16 August 1956, Navy personnel at Point Mugu prepared an F6F-5K for its final mission. The aircraft had been painted overall high-visibility red. Red and yellow camera pods were mounted on the … Continue reading
Sigh… … Continue reading
Once again reality overcame modeling and simulations… Big surprise… NOT!!! Aerodynamic assumptions and extrapolations from known flight regimes proved inadequate when preparing for HTV-2 inaugural flight test. The data from second flight revealed that extrapolating from known flight regimes and relying … Continue reading
Yea… FINALLY…@#$&*# NICS…Anyhoo, here’s the new addition- MT6700, but with a twist… Let’s see if the experts can spot the two differences… 🙂 Left Profile Screwed together 🙂 and no model number… Right Profile, and my guess is less than … Continue reading
So there we were, myself and three classmates from AOCS sitting on the beach in Hawaii having a cocktail, and the next thing, we’re at HNL in full uniform getting on an airplane with no security at all… As we … Continue reading
Hope is not a plan…Change is not a direction…There WILL be a test in November… … Continue reading
I know better, but ended up going to an Indian Restaurant tonight… Chicken Vindaloo… Sinuses burned out- Check Need a shower- Check Tongue, no feeling- Check Eyes watering- Check… Sigh… And I ‘know’ I’m gonna pay in the morning… Glad we only do this once … Continue reading