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Making the Ship Go Faster
As with any organization, pilots can have a rather active, funny, ingenious, and sometimes sophisticated sense of humor. Most times, however, we can just be juvenile, according to our wives. A tale told during my Navy days probably has an … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying
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Tagged 1-wire, airplanes, breach of discipline, catshot, discipline, glideslope, immediate action procedures, LSOs (Landing Signal Officers), military service, Navy, Pilot Humor on a Dark and Stormy Night, pilots, radar intercept officer (RIO), rounddown, sense of humor, shipboard humor, single-engine operations, sophisticated sense of humor, spud locker, The Air Boss, the marshal stack, the proverbial dark and stormy night, the quickness of a naval aviator's mind, Tomcat, Zone 5 afterburner
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True Solitude
In yesterday’s blog, I touched on the peculiar sense of solitude found only in flying alone. I have spent my fair share of flight time flying solo. In my Part 135 days, I was alone from Sunday night to Friday … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged A-7E Corsairs, catapult shot, catshot, F-14 Tomcats, flying alone, flying solo, hauling checks, night trap, spatial orientation, TF-41 turbofan, The Air Plan, the flight deck, the yellow shirts, True Solitude
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