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Tyler's EAA Chapter flies missing man formation in remembrance of the crew of Shell 77. https://www.krem.com/news/Felts-Field-memorial-honors-fallen-Fairchild-Captain--NOT-FOR-PUBLISH-206960091.html I was there, it was an awesome tribute to the crew of Shell 77. The sight and sound of those old, but meticulously maintained warbirds, was really something else. The Stearman guys in the chapter are a great bunch of dudes.

Used to be the guy who ordered this stuff for the E's on the MX side back in the day when MX and OPS were in the same squadron. We used this website, top quality stuff. https://866flagcase.com/index.htm Shadow boxes, coin stands, all kinds of stuff. Everything was well packed and shipped without damage.

To Tyler and crew. :beer: Godspeed.

The outridders were already budgeted and approved for installation but the project got axed with the sequester. In the meantime, Guamanian officials will need to adhere to strict weight and balance guidelines to prevent an out of balance situation and subsequent island overcenter conditions.

Agreed, we need these guys, I say recruit and commission nerds for specific tasks/functions. Big Blue could make em’ Limited Duty Officers like the Navy uses for A/C MX and some other specific functions. They’ll never lead anything more than a small group of fellow nerds on a specific task. Therefore there will be no need to set these individuals up for future command slots like SQ, Group or Wing. Just lock em in a basement somewhere and cut em lose to wreak havoc on the interwebs. Just stock their “bar” with a keg of Monster and a gummy bear snack dispenser.

Nah, they get $240 a month, just deligate those responsibilities down to user maintained. Like the Auto Hobby Shop...

Here’s another one from AOPA Accident Analysis. Complete text here… https://www.aopa.org/...&WT.mc_sect=sap Meat and potatoes: …crash of a two-seat PiperSport … departed from Fort Myers, Fla., about 10:15 p.m. on the first leg of a positioning flight to Joliet, Ill. … pilot had already earned his instrument and multiengine instructor ratings… claimed 2,350 hours of total flight experience. The weather was fine, if dark, with clear skies, calm winds, 7 miles visibility, and a crescent moon setting in the west. … the pilot had declined several different offers of lodging for the night, choosing instead to begin a 950-nautical-mile cross-country after 10 p.m. …Radar track data shows that in the next four seconds the PiperSport lost 100 feet, then 400 feet in the five seconds after that, and then 2,500 feet in nine more seconds. Its calculated rate of descent went from 1,500 feet per minute to 4,800 fpm to almost 16,700 fpm in the space of 18 seconds. Transponder returns ended after that, though one or two primary echoes were observed in the vicinity of the eventual crash site. The pilot’s body was found about a third of a mile away. A trail of debris consisting mostly of items carried inside the cockpit lay in between, with the heavier objects closer to the airplane’s flight path. No shards of the canopy were among them. The NTSB’s best guess as to the accident sequence runs along those lines: ..the pilot tried to retrieve something from the shelf behind him. In the process he inadvertently shoved the stick and kicked in opposite rudder—just at the moment the canopy popped open. In the sudden noise and wind, in the dark, with the airplane rolling inverted, he was unable to regain control before he slipped from his restraints and fell. But as closely as this description matches all available evidence, the board had to acknowledge that uncertainty remains. The last paragraph before the official statement of probable cause is just four short sentences. It includes three occurrences of the word “likely” plus one use of “possibly.”… EDIT for spelling.

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I did that for almost my whole 24 yrs; just enough out of regs to be out. Never had anyone say shit about it. But then being MX, nobody gave a shit either. EDIT: Me not spell so good.

Local media reporting an EA-6B down near Spokane, WA. Three possible fatalities. Thoughts and prayers for the Navy Bros… Media link: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/11/naval-plane-crashes-harrington/

To him and all the Raiders.

Huh? Ummmm, OK...

I've seen that! Once, couldn't find it again. What a clueless dumbass! Tried serching u Tube for it but gave up.

Serious question: So active-duty Eagle guys get one overseas ops assignment? So when they come back from Kadena/Lakenheath what happens to them? Get assigned to a guard unit, AETC, RPAs, MC-12, non-flying desk jobs?

Thread bump. Fourty years ago today.

Intense photographic analysis of the photo reveals that the halo effect was actually swamp gas reflecting off the top of the off camera crew chief's flightline kitchen chef's salad container tethered to a random weather balloon. Those guys are all real, really...

Me too! Book was great, couldn't put it down. Hope TV series is good, if this works out I'll have to get HBO.

Yes, but did you read the comments section? Lots of good one liners, but the best has to be: "If they would have given the cat little boots and a sword it would have never been caught."

Scary doughboy? You mean like this one? More info here for the uninformed masses... https://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=385 Not to de-rail the thread again but had to throw this one in....

20 stories via rope vs. Saturday night in the shower room. Not a tough choice. At least the fall would be quick and relitively painless.