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Not the flight line, but...
So a few years ago one of the original Tuskegee Airmen is at Little Rock for the initiation of the Tuskegee Airmen chapter named after him. Great guy, in his late 70's but still sharp as hell and an absolute hoot (he went to law school after his WW2 service & is a retired judge).
The night before I'm at dinner in town with him, his companion (a very nice retired CMSGT) and several other folks. As an official visitor, he's staying in the DV quarters on base. Dinner runs late, and a retired 0-6 fellow WW2 vet in the group and his wife bring him & his companion back out to the base.
Well, it's after dark when they arrive and they're doing 100% ID checks.
The driver has his retired 0-6 ID
The driver's wife has her dependent retired ID
The companion has her retired CMSGT ID.
Guess who gets jacked up by the sky cops for not having a DOD ID?
Apparently it got sorted out pretty quick (before things got stupid) when someone more senior and some sense showed up. He did mention to the Wing King the next day how efficient his sky cops were.
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One late night, a DC-3 (I think CAF but might have been some other similar group) was transitioning through LIT airspace going to Texas coming back from an airshow. They were at 8000 so they had been handed off to LIT approach. It was late at night & the airspace wasn't busy so they were chatting with the controller about the aircraft hsitory, etc.
DC-3 (older voice) "this particular aircraft has 80,000 hours on the airframe"
LIT Approach controller "wow!"
A younger voice, apparently also from the DC-3 "yeah, and the guy flying now put half of them on himself"
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I'm no doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
The symptoms that you relayed are the same symptoms that a friend of mine had. It was misdiagnosed as GERD. A later IBS diagnosis was added. This friend had three different reflux meds to treat the GERD and none of them ever helped at all. Finally, this friend got a proper diagnosis and did the same Nuke test that you had. The ef was 10. Luckily, this person was able to have the gallbladder removed the next day. It was an open operation and was an outpatient procedure. This particular doctor uses a self-perfected open procedure on all his gallbladder patients. My friend went in that morning at 0800 and was at home by 2 pm. Within 4 days this friend was up and about and within about two weeks was in no discomfort whatsoever. I realize that this is not common, but even an open operation is not that big of a deal.
There do not have to be stones to have a diseased gallbladder. There can be fine crystalline-like particles or "sludge" in the gallbladder that will elongate the tubes of the gallbladder making it more and more difficult to accomplish its' mission. That is what happened here and from talking to several other people that have had this same problem, it happens more often than you might realize.
All the GERD and IBS symptoms have sense gone away. It seems to me that gallbladder disease is a very misdiagnosed problem as there are many symptoms that are common to other ailments. Just my uneducated $.02.
Good luck. Hopefully your other symptoms will go away and someone will decide that your reflux and other symptoms were simply misdiagnosed.
It's called symptomatic biliary dyskinesia. I've had several women patients with this. They have classic GB symptoms, see a doc and get an ultrasound. The ultrasound is normal, and then their doc starts down the "how's your marriage honey, here's some prozac" pathway. By the time they get to see someone who makes the correct diagnosis, they are pretty pi$$ed. Take the GB out and they're fine.
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Thanks for the reply. To follow up, I met with the specialist yesterday and got my official results. Apparently, my ejections fraction was a big fat ZERO! In other words, my gallbladder isn't working at all. No wall thickening, but the specialist is pretty sure that the polyps are actually gallstones attached to the wall of the gallbladder. He is also pretty sure that my symptoms will go away when they remove the little bastard....two weeks from now.
I'll post in a few weeks to let everyone know what happened.
Normal GB Ejection fraction is > 45%, and usually it's in 70% range. As pointed out, you can have a nonfunctioning gall bladdder with or without stones. Either way, if it causes symptoms it needs to come out. You have a couple of absolute indications for cholecystectomy, and I suspect your symptoms will be gone completely as soon as you're over your surgery.
I would not expect GB wall thickening. That indicates acute colecystitis, which you do not have.
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Okay...I know I am not the only one to gripe about this, but here it goes
I am sick and tired of you FAIP tools and active duty IPs treating UPT students as inferiors throughout training! Not only am I an officer, but I have earned my right to be here just as you did...what gives? And its not only the IPs that do it, but also many of the enlisted people around the base. I have had countless two stripers completely blow off saluting me just because they don't see wings on my chest. Another example...the MPF "customer service" representatives have been overheard saying "why are you calling him sir? isnt he just a student?"
Dont treat us as inferior, treat us as your peers. Your job is to train us as pilots, not to be our drill instructors throughout an already stressful year of our lives. You are no better, just more experienced!
Rant switch...off
I guess I was expecting to see the date of this message to be April 1st
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I am not a flight surgeon or AME. I am a pilot and a general surgeon (I do gall bladder surgery regularly). Although GERD (reflux) symptoms and gallbladder symptoms overlap as noted by F16PilotMD, what you have posted sounds to me to very likely to be from your gallbladder - the medical term is biliary colic or chronic cholecystitis - and based on what you've written I agree completely with the recomendation for cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). The fact that you still had symptoms after endoscopy showed healing of the gastritis points strongly to gall bladder disease as the cause of the symptoms. The test results you mentioned also suggest gallbladder trouble rather than reflux.
Most surgeons can get the gall blader out with the laparoscope >90% of the time. If you are one of the few that has to have an open operation (usually because the gall bladder is too inflamed to safely remove with a laparoscope) you will have a bigger scar and a slightly longer recovery, but you'll still get over it fine (assuming surgery goes well and no complications - the complication rate with the surgery is very low but not zero). I can't speak about the military side, but in the civilian world you're good to go after complete recovery from successful surgery, laparoscopic or open. I don't know any reason why the military would be different.
Gallbladder "polyps" do exist, but usually things that are thought to be gallbladder polyps on ultrasound are actually gallstones. Gallbladder cancer also does occur, but is very rare (I've seen two cases in 11 years of practice as a general surgeon). The gallbladder and it's contents will be completely removed during your surgery. After the surgery, your gallbladder will be carefully checked by a pathologist - including looking at it under a microscope - to be sure there's no cancer. Gallbladder cancer is a big deal but it's so uncommon that I tell my patients not to worry about it - but we check every time to be sure.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is usually an outpatient operation (or overnight stay) and about 2 weeks until you are pretty much back to full speed. If you have to have an open cholecystectomy, expect to be in the hospital 3-4 days and about a month before you are close to completely recovered. These are expected times to get back to "normal" activity. I don't know how long you might be DNIF.
good luck
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The AF Historical Research Center has a website that has every kill listed since Korea. You can find it here. I did a search for B-29s and B-52s and the gunners are listed as the dudes with the credit.
Heritage Hall, a USAF Museum dedicated to USAF (and AAC) enlisted men & women, has a nice section describing kills made by air - air gunners - with credit to the gunner. It's at Gunter and is a great place to visit if you're there and have some free time.
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Since it is Sunday I would bet the trooper you saw was either guard or reserve.
Prior to 9-11 the Army policy was that no one travels in uniform. After 9-11 when there was a huge outcry for security personnel on aircraft, someone decided it made the public feel comfortable to get on a airplane and see the Joes in uniform. Now I think it is part public relations part recruiting.
It's not just people going to CENTCOM but troopers going to schools and CONUS TDYs. I travel weekly and I see them every time I fly.
I not sure what the Marines rules are but I see them in their BDUs also.
I've been traveling alot lately an have seen lots of army guys in every airport in ACU's traveling. Never any other branch. I've also seen them in ACU's at civilian medical meetings where guys from other branches are at least in short sleeve blues or Khaki's for Navy, if not Class "A"'s and civilians are in coat and tie. Dunno what that's about.
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EJECTION HANDLE - PULL(BOTH)Originally posted by PCL Retard:Controlled ejection is 2000' AGL. If you can't find a suitable landing surface (i.e. - runway), eject.
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172P will have carb heat. Get carb heat on without delay because if there is carb ice, you may still have some hot air to try to clear it. The hot air will go away quickly if the engine is stopped. I was taught to immediately pull carb heat on as you are going to best glide and looking for a landing field. The rest of the checklist can wait until airspeed is established and landing field identified. I like the "L" check above, except I would add more throttle than just past idle.Originally posted by FUSEPLUG:ABCs of an engine failure.
Airspeed - Best glide
Best place to land
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There are different techniques out there that people use for a restart attempt and then for securing the engine before touchdown. In the Cessnas I always taught the inverted L as a logical flow for making sure everything was set up properly for an attmepted restart.
Fuel Selector on
Throttle just out of idle
Mixture full rich
Carb heat on (if not fuel injected)
Mags on both
Master switch on
Engage starter if its not windmilling
Securing of the engine before touch down is just shutting everything off in reverse order.
Of course nothing replaces actual use of the POH checklist, so take it for what it's worth.
If no restart, you will probably walk away from it if you just maintain aircraft control and land it on the best terrain available.
If you can remember, try to open the cabin doors before a forced landing. Won't affect the aerodynamics at all, but will keep the doors from being jammed shut (trapping you inside) if the fuselage is warped in the crash.
If at night, turn on landing light just before landing. If you don't like what you see, turn light back off.
[ 13. November 2006, 22:43: Message edited by: jcj ]
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"This officer has struck rock bottom and he is still digging"
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pararescue is an enlisted career field and is exceptionally competetive. CRO is also exceptionally competetive and may (if not most) are prior enlisted PJ's who come back as officers.
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Widely interpreted by the troops as "Head Up A$$" - hence the change to the HOOAH!Originally posted by OspreySooner:HOOHAH?
I beleive the term was originally HUA.....
It Stood for: Heard Understood Acknowledged.....
The USMC version is "Oorah" and dates back to at least Korea
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Flight crew with wing commander as A/C loads up. As he is strapping in, the nav notes that the A/C has his sidearm sitting on the dash. The nav asks "sir, why do you have your weapon out?"
A/C says 'I use that to shoot navs who get me lost"
nav pulls out his sidearm and sets it on his table. A/C sees this and asks him why he has his weapon out
nav: "Sir, with all due respect, I'll know we're lost before you will"
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recently retired airline pilot gets checked out in the mighty 172, and is filing a flight plan for a cross country. He gives all the relevant info to the FSS briefer. FSS briefer asks if he can do anything else to help, pilot says:
"Yes, I'd like to declare an emergency"
Puzzled FSS briefer says: "OK sir, what is the nature of your emergency?"
Pilot: "I'm down to one engine, one radio and 40 gallons of fuel"
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Usually, no
I know mostly about the 180 hp versions. The 1980's models (172P) with the Air Plains 180 hp mod brings the max gross weight up to 2550 lbs. Assuming standard fuel tanks (40 gal usable) and providing there isn't alot of extra "stuff" installed, this means a "full fuel" payload of about 700 lbs. Of course these are approximates, the actual number depends on the actual airframe weight of the individual aircraft, etc.
The new ones (172S) have the same 2550 Max Gross Weight but the airframe itself is heavier (supposedly becasue it is sturdier) and it holds more gas (55 gal tanks are standard) so the "full fuel" payload is substantially less. It is easily possible to be overweight with one pilot, two pax and full fuel.
The 160 HP versions (both old and new) generally have a 2400 Max Gross Weight, and the new 160 HP 172R has the same weight issues as the new 172S and can easily be overweight with only 2 SOB if the tanks are full.
In general although the 172 has 4 seats, it's really a "1 pilot 2 pax" aircraft unless you carry a less-than-full fuel load or the pilot & pax are tiny.
Becasue the fuel tanks are in the wings and threfore at approximately the CG, CG change with fuel burn usually isn't a problem in the 172. Although you should always check if you are at the extremes of the loading envelope, in general if you are within CG at takeoff you will still be in CG at landing in the 172
As always, use the specific numbers from the POH from the specific aircraft you are going to fly, as there is some difference in airfarme weights, MGW, etc for different models and different individual airframes.
[ 10. December 2004, 20:27: Message edited by: jcj ]
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The guy who posted at the top of this forum is indeed a CAP cadet and his post is legit. The troll he is apologizing about has in fact been around several of their boards harassing them.
Many of the CAP cadets are pretty sharp kids, especially the ones that make it through the program. Maybe give him a break?
Classic Thread - 1.5 mile run
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What a thread! Almost into a 4th page!