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    Civilian Gate Guards

    in General Discussion

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    Dude, if someone salutes you, it is a sign of respect. Just return the salute as an act of appreciation even if you are in civvies.

    my post didn't convey the tone.... I meant whatever as in the no big deal sense *shrug* my bad

    The first coupla times I was just a surprised 2LT and just waived as an acknowledgement b/c that's what they had said you could do at OTS. But after a coupla times, I returned the salute and got used to it - so much that when i went to another base, I found myself running my fingers through my hair to cover for my hand rising up despite the civ gate guard not doing anything but handing my ID back to me. I'm cool :salut:

    Civilian Gate Guards

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Never been saluted by a civilian guard here, Nellis, or PCola.

    At Sheppard, the civilian gate guards ALWAYS saluted. Saturday morning not in uniform? salutes all around. I had a couple act put out that I wasn't initially returning the salute in my civilian clothes and baseball cap. Whatever, here's your salute back then...

    Booze Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    ...Any suggestions for bourbons...

    My favorite bourbon: 1792 Ridgemont Reserve (Might have to go elsewhere to get it b/c I've noticed class 6's not carrying it anymore. Or you can have them order a case for a discounted price - I'm still working though my last order...)

    The others I enjoy: WL Weller Special Reserve, Eagle Rare, Gentleman jack, jack single barrel, Maker's Mark, and Old Grand-dad bonded.

    Some bourbon trivia: What's the difference between Jim Beam White, Jim Beam Black and Knob Creek? They're aged 4, 8 and 9 years respectively. Otherwise it's the exact same stuff.

    T-38 Class A @ Sheppard

    in General Discussion

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    I think that was Huggy's point. Maybe they should put a BAK-15 on 15R. I'm sure the argument up to this point has been that the runway is 13,000' long. The likelihood of a barrier engagement on that runway is pretty slim. That's just a guess as to why it doesn't have one, but this obviously proves anything can happen.

    All I was getting at was that he didn't get to try out the existing BAK-15 because of the policy for solo takeoffs - which may be perfectly legitamate and in no need of change. Say the scheduler had put a dual crew in that same jet instead and now they would've taken the BAK-15 - because of normal ops. I wondered why they didn't have them on both runways when I was there so I'm all for it.

    T-38 Class A @ Sheppard

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Maybe this will get Sheppard (and hopefully the Randolph Aux Field) to get rid of the MA-1A. I'd be curious to see if the cost of a BAK-15 is less than the cost of this incident.

    Since he was a solo stud, he had to takeoff on 15R compared to if it had been a dual crew, they more than likely would have taken off on 15C which has the BAK-15.

    Physics of Hot brakes

    in General Discussion

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    So I was watching the A340 RTO fire video from our video Thread and I started thinking about how I've got this answer memorized: "In the T-37, maximum temperatures will occur in the wheel/brake assembly 5-15 minutes after maximum braking is applied."

    But I don't know WHY max temps occur 5-15 minutes AFTER. That makes it sound like the brakes continue to heat up after you take away the friction and that doesn't make sense to me. Anyone got the answer?

    [ 11. December 2006, 05:32: Message edited by: Toro ]

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