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Maggie’s What's Your View II
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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.
That's cool tnichols ! I remember the mountain of (expensive) Jeppesens stuff I used to lug everywhere when I was shooting for my A&P and Private fixed wing at the same time. I didn't finish either of them.
I was overseas talking to a buddy of mine who'd bought his own plane and was working on his commercial ticket and he started showing me his charts, POH, etc on his iPad. I thought it was witchcraft.
As an analog grunt, the idea of ALL of the shit I need being at the mercy of an electronic device terrifies the shit out of me.
He had an amazing simulator though that let him practice approaches with "his" aircraft'
at a ton of different airfields. Even had the taxiways, aprons, etc. I can't imagine how digital all that shit is.
I wanted to cover up the Stormscope in a 182 because it was too diatracting to my Luddite brain. The Steerman and T6 were my huckleberry.
I had the maddest of respect for gents like yourself that were able to start their professional lives with slide rules and transition to computers. All the while having others' lives in your hands.
Good stuff my friend.
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.
I was overseas talking to a buddy of mine who'd bought his own plane and was working on his commercial ticket and he started showing me his charts, POH, etc on his iPad. I thought it was witchcraft.
As an analog grunt, the idea of ALL of the shit I need being at the mercy of an electronic device terrifies the shit out of me.
He had an amazing simulator though that let him practice approaches with "his" aircraft'
at a ton of different airfields. Even had the taxiways, aprons, etc. I can't imagine how digital all that shit is.
I wanted to cover up the Stormscope in a 182 because it was too diatracting to my Luddite brain. The Steerman and T6 were my huckleberry.
I had the maddest of respect for gents like yourself that were able to start their professional lives with slide rules and transition to computers. All the while having others' lives in your hands.
Good stuff my friend.
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.
More near, and far, misses this evening. This little jewel is about 40 miles from us. Still from video taken out the dining room window.
Still dry as a dinosaur dick here.
Still dry as a dinosaur dick here.
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.
Bombardier-Dallas. The building is contiguous with CAE Simuflite. Two separate entities though. Largest sim facility in the world is my understanding.
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.
We do use Atlantic there. Overnighted there just last week. I'll bet your send off will be quite a soirée! From your pics in the Nom Nom thread, it will good chow for sure.
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 
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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.
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
Love the form, love the form.
Looks like an experienced shooter right there.
I started the transition several years ago by taking her to Bali during their summer. Being 8* south of the Equator at that time of year was murderous for her, but she carried on and had a good time. We learned some valuable lessons on how I could help her through tropical heat. A week in Charleston during the 4th helped to dial things in, and she outlasted several of my NOLA relatives.
We we both know that August on the Gulf is going to suck, regardless of where you're from, but guns and freedom are a powerful motivator. I've also promised to find her a job she can do from my swimming pool
bogey, once she gets used to the heat, she will hate the cold, she wont leave the south after a couple of years
^^^ Alabama heat and humidity is bad. But, I'll take it over cold and windy ANY day.
You've reminded me of a story from a friend of mine whose last paying job before retirement was the same as yours - Challenger 300. There were many others over the years, but during Viet Nam he was driving C-130s. One day he was parked and shut-down on the ramp somewhere in Viet Nam and had the flight manual (he described it as hard-cover, and "giant") in his lap in the cockpit. I don't remember if he might have been napping, or whatever. In any case, another C-130 taxied in and parked behind him, tail-to-tail. The control surfaces in his A/C were not locked, and the prop blast from the arriving Herc shoved the elevators of his A/C to full-down. This shoved the yoke towards his gut as far as it would go, but the giant flight manual was in between, and on-end. The result was that it shoved the manual into his abdomen so far that it shut off the return-flow of blood from his abdomen back to his heart, and it was lodged so firmly he couldn't budge it. He soon passed out, and might have died had the arriving Herc not shut down in time. He wound up in the hospital in pretty serious condition for a few days. I guess it never would have happened with an iPad...
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!
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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
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say I "enjoy" it! I just can take it better than the cold. The 120 and the C-85 are quite the opposite. They almost want to go on strike on hot days.
Nice view mrbig! That ridge across the valley looks like a great place for some steel.
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.
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 |
30,15,and 10 inch plates at 1,035,,,,hazy pics through a 12-40 Leupold spotter,,
Outstanding Sir!
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?
Aw heck, that's just a Tracker doing COD. The "Air Force" bit is clearly wrong, and why my search yielded nothing that made sense. I assumed the "official" report was accurate, but had never heard of a USAF C-1, nor could I figure out why a bunch of Brown Shoes would be flying in USAF plane (but he did say they were in dry dock, so I wondered if maybe there was some kind of co-op program with USAF to allow them to get their hours in). Oh well, what can I say. It's getting late and my brain is tired.
I had a friend, now deceased, who flew Corsairs, and later made the transition to jets (Panthers and Banshees). He was in VF101 on the FDR (I think), and he said that when they screwed up something, they were forced to fly COD for a while in a SNB (aka C-45, aka Beech D-18, aka Twin Beech). I've always loved that plane, but these first-generation jet-jocks thought it beneath them and called it the "Bug Smasher."
I had a friend, now deceased, who flew Corsairs, and later made the transition to jets (Panthers and Banshees). He was in VF101 on the FDR (I think), and he said that when they screwed up something, they were forced to fly COD for a while in a SNB (aka C-45, aka Beech D-18, aka Twin Beech). I've always loved that plane, but these first-generation jet-jocks thought it beneath them and called it the "Bug Smasher."
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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.
My brother sucked up a whole nest worth of red wasps in his shop vacuum, he said the damn thing is buzzing away and isn't plugged in. I told him to vacuum up about half a can of Raid and it will quiet down.
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.
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.
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Not a dumb question at all. It was a Hercules C-130. They listed it as Air Farce because they're idiots. The nose/cockpit embedded into the mountain along with a couple of the guys. Rest of the wreckage fell and scattered pretty far down the mountain. They didn't find the 2nd Class Petty Officer for a long damn time.
edit: I'm bout 90% certain it was a Herc.
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Had a buddy shoot my "Hide Gun". The 7MM I pieced together from here. Made 21 rds real quick when I got home of a seating depth test at .005 increments of 5 and one of 6. It appears to have potential. Can't wait to stretch it's legs.
5 rds.
Six rds
The other 2 5 rd groups were good, but these two stood out.
5 rds.
Six rds
The other 2 5 rd groups were good, but these two stood out.
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.
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