And some more pics from the wayback machine, courtesy of one of my shipmates from back in the day… Diego Garcia and our ‘fine’ quarters on the beach… Better known as ‘Splinterville’… And a couple from Utapao. First was Pia’s … Continue reading
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One more on P-3s and I swear I’ll get off them… LOL This was done back in 2011, for the celebration of Naval aviation, one of a number of ‘throwback’ paint schemes. Now what makes this one interesting is that … Continue reading
Bookends, so to speak… Both in P-3s. 1974 1991 BOTH were hot, one had humidity and typhoons, and one didn’t… And they were damn near half the world apart. But I wouldn’t trade my military career for anything. The shipmates, … Continue reading
This is what a haboob looks like…. I’m not sure if this is Masirah or Jeddah. Note the blown dust/dirt in the foreground. You just hoped and prayed all the covers stayed in place, otherwise the airplane was hard down … Continue reading
Back in the day pics… NAS Jacksonville, 1986 just prior to the balloon festival. In order, VP-5, 16, 24, 45, 49, 56, the operational squadrons out of JAX. Not pictured is VP-30, which was the RAG. And THIS is the … Continue reading
An interesting article on shooting sixguns in competition(s) The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a healthy sport. Old West-style shooting could be considered … Continue reading
I’m so old I remember these stores… sigh… Ben Franklin stores had a little bit of everything, and were fairly cheap stores, seen mostly in the rural South, as far as I can remember. In many small towns, they were … Continue reading
Our brains have been running Hunter/Gatherer 1.0 for 60,000 years without a software upgrade… Some things are hardwired into our brains, regardless of what the POS and left want to believe… Granted the ones still living in momma/daddy’s basement in … Continue reading
Hard to believe this was nine years ago… Some pics from a ‘business’ trip to Sicily. The obligatory shot of Mt. Etna… and it wasn’t trying to erupt! Yay! The castle town of Motta… NARROW streets, as in ONE chariot … Continue reading
One of my old COs flew Spads… Including training for their nuclear (one way) mission of loft bombing and running like hell… Radial Starting (3350 engine on an A-1H) Be sure you drain both the sumps. (You can fill your … Continue reading