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    Bet he saved a ton on shipping

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    Here's a few from back in the day (mid to late 80s timeframe):

    ANG C-5 crew makes unscheduled stop in New England to take on a few crates of lobsters handed to them from a truck at EOR.  Lobsters no big deal had the stop been scheduled, but making an impulsive lobster run on the fly (so-to-speak) is what got them in trouble.

    Another ANG C-130 crew loaded a 15-pax van and followed their local NBA team around the country during the playoffs.

    Unconfirmed but was told a USAFE based -130 crew was doing an unauthorized ferry of a classic 57ish Chevy from Turkey to England.  Customs and home station USAFE folks were waiting on the ramp to fry the crew upon arrival.  Someone at home squadron alerts crew via secure comms.  Chevy pushed out back of the Herk and now sleeps with the fishes at the bottom of the Med.  A classic "we know what you did but can't prove anything situation".  

     

     

      

     

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    Air Force Looking Into Pilot Training Changes To Curb Accidents

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    On 3/9/2021 at 4:56 AM, Bergman said:

    What’s old is new again.  You know they did this for decades, right?  T-37/38 ACE (Accelerated Copilot Enhancement) at many tanker bases.  I think the B-52s did it at well; not sure what other MWS had them.

     

     

    I remember this at Fairchild circa 1982 with T-37s.  Serious question: Why not bring back the program using something like the Cirrus SR-20 like they use for powered flight training at the Zoo (a.k.a. the T-53A).  You could get like 40 T-53s and support equipment, staff, etc... spread out across the MAF for the price of say 4 or 5 T-6s.  Not the same aircraft by any stretch; but mission planning, making turnpoints/destinations on time, getting guys/gals pilot in command time and other stuff could be accomplished at minimal cost.  Have Mother Blue buy the tails and contract some local CFI/Flight School for initial/recurrent training and hire an A&P for daily maintenance & servicing.  Just a thought...   What say you?

    AF Test Pilot School-Masters Degree

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    19 hours ago, Magellan said:

    Plus you will realize where you are signing up to live for possibly the bulk of your active duty career going forward.  The flight line is like an airshow everyday especially when TPS has qual eval aircraft in town, but it is a very remote place to live for people that like urban amenities...like a drive through Starbucks, fully stocked liquor store, or gym that isn't as old (or older) than all the bombers on the flight line.

     

    Spent 2.5 years at Eddies in the late 80’s, worked maintenance in the F-15 Combined Test Force.  Yes, it is/was pretty remote like 14 miles, all on base at 55 mph, from the Rosamond “gate” to seeing the guard shack and other base buildings.  BUT it was an awesome assignment; saw the space shuttle land several times and leave again on top of that modified 747, watched a B-1 land on the lake bed with a nose gear that wouldn’t come down touched down on the mains and skidded to a stop with the nose of the jet on the dirt (pilot did a great job, very minimal damage), there was a human powered bicycle “motor” airplane covered in what looked like saran wrap with a giant wing span flying at like 5 feet AGL up and down the flightline.  Down on the NASA ramp they were still flying the oldest but youngest B-52 in the fleet.  I was a “B” model used for flight test, yes the exact same Buff you see in all those old-ass flight test movies, it was oldest in years but youngest in flying hours.  Then there was the annual “MASH Bash” and BBQ keg party on the ruins of Pancho Barnes’ “Happy Bottom Riding Club” made famous in the movie “The Right Stuff”.    Went to Nellis from there, didn’t know how good I had it at Eddies till I left. Good luck and chase your dream.

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    On 12/14/2020 at 1:57 PM, 17D_guy said:

    Awesome.  I didn't know she had that history with her Dad.  She did Wonder Woman, which I thought was great mostly due to great character writing and heart.  If there's anything a new Star Wars movie/show needs it's heart...I'm sure she can bring it.  Very excited.

    I want that X-Wing just to park in front of the local FBO and see what people do.  LOL

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    1 hour ago, Clark Griswold said:

     

      Also, get a proficiency training aircraft, aerobatic and cheap to fly.  Doesn't have to be fancy but there to practice the skills much less expensively than the big iron... 

    Put say... 6-9 T-6's at each MAF base like the old ACE program from YEARS ago.  When I was a young maintainer at a SAC base in 1981 and we had something like 4-6 T-37s,  for all the young Buff and -135 newbys to get some extra stick time.  Why wouldn't such a program succeed today?  

    GA Aircraft Flown

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    16 hours ago, FlyingFisher said:

    Currently looking at buying an RV-14 (non-A) and interested in some light off-airport action. Those of you that own or have experience with RVs, what's the general consensus on the extent a tail-dragger RV can handle (grass strip, gravel strip, river gravel bar, etc.)? 

    The RV series are badass and pretty good at a lot of things (speed, payload, fuel economy, etc...) river gravel bars might be asking a bit to much. Best to direct your question over at Vans Air Force dot net the the "General" or RV-14 thread. The VAF gang are a good group and would love to hep you with this question. If I had the money, I'd have an RV-8 done up as a P-51  (see my avatar picture) no questions asked.

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