JarheadBoom

Aircraft firefighters and structural firefighters both wear 2-piece turnout gear; they're exposed to fire a hell of a lot more frequently than your average aircrew, but they seem to do OK. I'd like a 2-piece flightsuit in the desert - it would make preflights and cargo loads/offloads a hell of a lot cooler. BUT... I'm looking for the reason(s) a 2-piece flightsuit is not compatible with ejection seats.

THREAD RESURRECTION I was discussing flightsuits with someone earlier today (it was a BORING day...) and the 1-piece/2-piece issue came up. I didn't have an explanation beyond "The 2-piece is not compatible with ejection seats" to explain why we don't wear 2-piece flightsuits. So my question is... What makes a 2-piece flightsuit incompatible with an ejection seat? Is it as simple as the wind blast after punching, or something else entirely?

So, using that reasoning, I should cock-swab my AC's mask and headset tomorrow because we have to play games in Alpena this week. Yeah, that makes perfect sense. On-topic: Good to see that a douchenozzle "leader" got fired, illuminating the CAREER OVER light steady-bright. Too bad our local douche got a star and moved up...

1. Good on your SQ/CC for backing you up. Generally speaking, the Navy is pretty intolerant of enlisted mouthing off to officers. 2. What. The. FUCK?! to the items in bold above. 3 (but related to 2). I said it before: Herk Driver already answered the question in post #100. In the Marines, the Duty NCO is a rep. of the Commanding Officer; I pulled DNCO, on average, once a month for almost 7 years. I fully understand the "representative of the CC" concept. [RANT: ON] However, that STILL does not give ANY enlisted person carte blanche to speak in a blatantly disrespectful manner to a commissioned officer! What the fuck is being taught to Airmen in basic training and tech schools?! For the love of Christ and puppies, "Don't be disrespectful to people senior to you" is the most basic concept in military service, behind "Other people tell me what to do"! Goddamnit, it's so fucking simple, yet it's apparently a foreign concept in some career fields/locations. [RANT: OFF]

Interesting rifle. My uncle has a Krag he inherited from my grandfather when he passed away. I got my Springfield 1903A3 from the same grandfather. More info and pics here.

You're referring to the .30-40 Krag-Jorgesen rifle, yes?

All those sponsorship deals (NASCAR, the monster truck, etc.) do is plant the seed in kids' heads. Then they go to an airshow/carshow and see the Mustang and/or Challenger, they walk over to check it out, and next thing you know they're talking to the local recruiter. The Marines in the SoCal recruiting district did that with an old Humvee back in the mid-'90s - they gave it a nice paintjob, nice wheels, and a huge system, took it to airshows and carshows, and cleaned up. I don't remember the figures, but they had a measurable increase in contracts signed, and made mission well before the end of the FY.

I can't wait to see one of those at an airshow... . . . . . /sarcasm

Fuckin' A Right For the young and impressionable officers out there, read that out loud to yourself. Now do it again. Keep doing it until there is no possible way you'll ever forget.

Chock - A block of wood, rubber, or plastic that is placed in front of and behind a tire or tires, to keep an aircraft/vehicle from rolling. Chalk - The personnel and equipment that make up a single load of an aircraft/vehicle. * Note - "chalk" is an Army & Air Force term. The Navy & Marines use the term "stick".

Heh... I'm barely qualified to talk about it, much less have an opinion. I didn't notice until you mentioned it that the horizontal stab has a much wider span than normal. I was referring to the additional vertical panels on the tips of the horizontal stab. I would imagine the crew could negate most of the larger-stab-induced CL changes with stab trim, but I know that's not an optimal solution. After re-reading my link in the light of a new (and non-exhausted) day, I see you're correct. I mis-read it.

How the hell did I forget to mention Havana Club? I just had some earlier this week...

Ya think??? Serious question: In your opinion, what causes the modified 747 SCA to fly "like crap"? The mount brackets (for lack of a better term) the Orbiter sits on aren't all that big. Sure they're gonna cause some drag, but enough to cause crappy handling? It's not like they're asymmetrical. The added vertical stab area causes some drag too, but should give increased yaw stability, yes? Probably adds more weathervaning effect (I can't think of the proper pilot-term right now) in a crosswind situation. Looking at the pics in this thread, pics in other places, and some Googling, those 2 things appear to be the only major external changes to the SCA from a "stock" 747. ** OK, a little more Googling resulted in this. One of the pilots is quoted as saying the SCA flies similarly to a stock 747... which flies in the face of what Jughead heard.

Yoke monkey - pilot Stick actuator - pilot Flight control actuator - pilot Meat servo - pilot Voice-actuated autopilot - pilot Side-sitting switch bitch - flight engineer Wrench bender - mechanic Tin bender - sheetmetal specialist / metalsmith Bubble chaser - hydraulics specialist Tweak - avionics specialist Tron chaser - avionics specialist

Sergeant Scott Pfister, USMC. BAMF; not someone a sane individual would run at while waving a loaded weapon around. I'm reluctant to name the other two Marines I'm proud to say I knew and worked with on the -53 crews; I can't find any published references to them, by name, associated with the mission. But their names are in here.

Interesting. Every pilot with 747 time that I've ever talked to has said what a great-flying aircraft the 747 is.

Daily - Captain & Coke Special occasions - Three fingers of The Famous Grouse scotch over a single ice cube. Beer - nope.

Dunno if I'd call that the biggest problem with the AF today... but it's definitely in the top 5. The shit that gets people spooled up in this service is, at times, beyond the stupid.

Just call it "'Standard MEU Mission' Day". After hearing the story a few years later from someone who was there (I worked with one of the -53 crewchiefs who flew the mission), O'Grady is VERY FUCKING LUCKY to be alive after what he did in his final minute on the ground.

[threadjack] DUCK HUNT!!! That fucking dog pissed me off many a time in my youth... A friend of mine, in a fit of adolescent rage, threw the gun right through the bay window behind the TV in his parent's living room. Ooops. [/threadjack]

I suppose this fits the "funny" category... or not. You decide.

Gotta be a sock-check station, too. One for the ride line, and one for each concession stand line. OOOH... almost forgot the hand sanitizer stations!

Agree to all. I don't have a dog in this fight; I don't wear my shades around my neck at all (with shades around my neck and regular glasses on my face, I'd look even goofier than I already do), and I'm not at Balad (and not likely to ever be there). Just trying to help those who are there, and want to wear their shades like that, fight the power.

Well hell... find a www. link and post it; all those who like wearing their shades around their neck can print this sup and use it to (figuratively, unfortunately) choke-slam all the shoes who go gunning for that shit. The best way to beat these fucks is to use their own game against them...

If I was a marshaller taxiing that thing into parking... I'd run.