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All this time up there, and you've still got that Mobile tag!
TN - Flight Safety, CAE, Bombardier...?
Fuckin-A brother. I refused to surrender my US Citizenship and submit to FOID card lunacy.
That tag is expired by a few years, but the Heart of Dixie let's me renew my DL online, so I was never an official resident of the People's Republic of Cook County.
Good for you!
If you use Atlantic at Midway, my buddy is their facilities manager. I'll have him get you to one of my going away bashes this weekend if you're coming through.
Here's a quickie of my view 20mins ago:
Just finished packing my truck for an early departure. Doing a recon trip tomorrow to drop off some non-essentials and get the house prepared for the big move next week.
This is a shooting forum after all, and I failed to post this last Saturday. My 15 year old daughter working on tiny silhouettes (chicken, turkey, pig, etc...) at 100 with my 10/22. She out shoots her 12 year old brother which just slays him to no end .
I do hope your POOSSLQ is ready for the heat and humidity of the Gulf. I moved mine 200 miles south from where she grew up and a stone's throw from the confluence of two large rivers just to the north of the Mason-Dixon line, which is hardly the South, and I thought she was going to wilt and puddle up like candle wax. She was fairly miserable until mid-October the first few years, and still hasn't really adjusted to 80% plus humidity.
Something you fellas may find interesting. Modern day aircraft have gone paperless. Don't fear, as there is a hardcopy back up "somewhere" up front covered in cobwebs, dried boogers, and stale Cheetoh's. All checklists, charts, EMER procedures, etc...are on an IOS device or something similar these days. Took me several months to adapt, but they do have their advantages. In years past, these desks were stacked with 30 lbs. of manuals per guy.
bogey, once she gets used to the heat, she will hate the cold, she wont leave the south after a couple of years
Something you fellas may find interesting. Modern day aircraft have gone paperless. Don't fear, as there is a hardcopy back up "somewhere" up front covered in cobwebs, dried boogers, and stale Cheetoh's. All checklists, charts, EMER procedures, etc...are on an IOS device or something similar these days. Took me several months to adapt, but they do have their advantages. In years past, these desks were stacked with 30 lbs. of manuals per guy.
^^^ Alabama heat and humidity is bad. But, I'll take it over cold and windy ANY day.
It's possible! I grew up working in Alabama hayfields, and I'm acclimated to it. Cold weather is far more miserable to me than hot. In any given gathering of people, I'm likely to be the one who doesn't even notice the temperature when others are sweltering.
I'm glad you southern fellas enjoy the heat. I can acclimate to just about anything, but it doesn't mean I enjoy it. I LOVE the cold! I love loading the stove with Oak, Cherry, or Hickory, and then step outside into the crisp, cold, air and take a whiff of that glorious smell.
Remember vh20, that wing enjoys dense air ! And so does that C-85!
off my front porch in Mid Tn
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Nice view mrbig! That ridge across the valley looks like a great place for some steel.
DEFinitely!
Tnichols, here's a closer view of Rainer from a cubcrafters Carbon cub.
Beautiful shots!
I flew the Intex B mission about a decade ago and we mapped the atmosphere around Rainier. Our low level passes were so low, we could see the climbers flipping us off. I don't blame them, a C-130 is pretty loud.
11 | OLSON, DONALD T. | 1983-03-21 | Flying | Airplane Crash | Traumatic Injuries | Closed | SUCCESS GLACIER | AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH, DIED WITH 4 OTHERS |
12 | HAYES, WILLIAM S. | 1983-03-21 | Flying | Airplane Crash | Traumatic Injuries | Closed | SUCCESS GLACIER | AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH. |
13 | CHOI, IVAN C. | 1983-03-21 | Flying | Airplane Crash | Traumatic Injuries | Closed | SUCCESS GLACIER | AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH. |
14 | MORTISON, WILLIAM E. | 1983-03-21 | Flying | Airplane Crash | Traumatic Injuries | Closed | SUCCESS GLACIER | AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH |
15 | ROCKER, RICHARD M. JR. | 1983-03-21 | Flying | Airplane Crash | Traumatic Injuries | Closed | SUCCESS GLACIER | AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH, PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS |
30,15,and 10 inch plates at 1,035,,,,hazy pics through a 12-40 Leupold spotter,,
In 83 while still in Dry Dock at PSNS Bremerton my Dept Head CDR William Hayes and a few other Dept Heads and a PO or 2 were getting hours in. I did the manifest for this fatal flight. They were 'instrument' flying when clouds n snow became one, then they became one with Mt. Rainier till they could retrieve them later when the weather turned for the better. Great guy, I'll tell ya that. Just reminded me of low passes and 'that' Mt.
11 OLSON, DONALD T. 1983-03-21 Flying Airplane Crash Traumatic Injuries Closed SUCCESS GLACIER AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH, DIED WITH 4 OTHERS 12 HAYES, WILLIAM S. 1983-03-21 Flying Airplane Crash Traumatic Injuries Closed SUCCESS GLACIER AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH. 13 CHOI, IVAN C. 1983-03-21 Flying Airplane Crash Traumatic Injuries Closed SUCCESS GLACIER AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH. 14 MORTISON, WILLIAM E. 1983-03-21 Flying Airplane Crash Traumatic Injuries Closed SUCCESS GLACIER AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH 15 ROCKER, RICHARD M. JR. 1983-03-21 Flying Airplane Crash Traumatic Injuries Closed SUCCESS GLACIER AIR FORCE C-1 CRASH, PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS
I got back out there this morning and finished the cleanup. There was about 50 yards of banks that I didn't do yesterday.
Once I finished running the weedeater I did a little fishing.
As I was making around the pond I came to a spot where there was a LOT of buzzing noise. A careful investigation showed that I had somehow managed to weedeat over a nest of yellow jackets and somehow managed to get through there without a single sting.
Counting my blessings on this one. I'll check them out near sunset and see if I can find there they're going in, then deliver a care package.
Beautiful shots!
I flew the Intex B mission about a decade ago and we mapped the atmosphere around Rainier. Our low level passes were so low, we could see the climbers flipping us off. I don't blame them, a C-130 is pretty loud.
I got back out there this morning and finished the cleanup. There was about 50 yards of banks that I didn't do yesterday.
Once I finished running the weedeater I did a little fishing.
As I was making around the pond I came to a spot where there was a LOT of buzzing noise. A careful investigation showed that I had somehow managed to weedeat over a nest of yellow jackets and somehow managed to get through there without a single sting.
Counting my blessings on this one. I'll check them out near sunset and see if I can find there they're going in, then deliver a care package.
Dumb questions, but - What aircraft were they in? I've never heard of a C-1. And why is it listed as Air Force if it was crewed by a bunch of Brown Shoes?
We used to get what we called ground hornets in the older sheds.
They could carry a fully grown grass hopper back to their holes.
Didn't seem like something to screw with.
R
It was time to cut grass on the range again yesterday. Hay should have been cut over a month ago but can't because it has rained nearly every day all summer long. It's starting to finally dry out a little but still boggy. Fortunately, I don't have to cut the whole thing all the way to that far tree line in the distance where the targets are, just the high spots, the longest one being where the gun is located.