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f6john
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« on: November 05, 2020, 06:24:25 AM »

No idea if true or not.







An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h in 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus flight, boring flight isn’t it? Take care and have a look here!”
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, only to swoop down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks, "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but now have a look here!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly stubbornly straight, with the same speed. After five minutes, the Airbus pilot radioed, "Well, what are you saying now?"
The jet pilot asks confused: "What did you do?" The other laughs and says, "I got up, stretched my legs, went to the back of the flight to the bathroom, got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon cake.
The moral of the story is:
When you are young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, comfort and peace are not to be despised either.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older, Smarter.
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Serk
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2020, 06:38:46 AM »

Back when I commuted to work, one day I was on the Valk on the tollway here (Which we refer to as The North Dallas Authbahn) doing around 100 when a kid on a zip-splat zoomed up next to me and pulled alongside.

Looked over, he was in a full tuck, in a monkey fornicating with a football position; I looked over at him, lifted my mug of hot coffee, saluted him with it, took a sip, put it back, and gave it a little more gas...

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Jess from VA
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2020, 06:40:35 AM »

During two tours in Turkey, I often was sent TDY (temporary duty) and flew the state airline Türk Hava Yolları many times.  There is NO civilian aviation in Turkey, and 100% of their airline pilots are ex military (all fighters, no big bombers).  But unlike any commercial aviation anywhere (I know of), these guys did steep power takeoffs and really hard diving landings as a matter of routine.  If you've never experienced this in huge airliners, it's..... disconcerting.   Fighter jocks.

The Turks aboard were used to it.  But what really throws you is, after each and every (successful) landing, they all clap and cheer somewhat hysterically.  Like they all cheated death, again.  It's funny as hell, but also disconcerting.    
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scooperhsd
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2020, 07:00:11 AM »

Do you know how to tell what service your pilot is from ?







Air Force - smooth and graceful.

Navy / Marines - Like they are landing on the boat (down hard and bump a time or 2). (at least if they were trained to fly off the boat. Pilots of bigger aircraft were more like Air Force).

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Jess from VA
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2020, 04:57:31 PM »

Do you know how to tell what service your pilot is from ?

Navy / Marines - Like they are landing on the boat (down hard and bump a time or 2). (at least if they were trained to fly off the boat. Pilots of bigger aircraft were more like Air Force).

Air Force - smooth and graceful.
Smiley

Not that there's anything wrong with that.   Roll Eyes
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Willow
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2020, 05:13:55 PM »

Do you know how to tell what service your pilot is from ?

Navy / Marines - Like they are landing on the boat (down hard and bump a time or 2). (at least if they were trained to fly off the boat. Pilots of bigger aircraft were more like Air Force).

Air Force - smooth and graceful.
Smiley

Not that there's anything wrong with that.   Roll Eyes

Nothing wrong with that unless you're on the ground and need close air support.  Call for a Marine pilot if you want someone coming in extra low and hot.  If you need someone to drop bombs from 20,000 feet the Air Force will do a fine job.
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2020, 06:14:00 PM »

The Air Force A10 is not bad for close air support.  (But they still use the whole runway)



USAF close air support was not the best in Korea, so when the Marines decided to do their own, my dad (Sgt) was sent to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, to design and construct airstrips there for Marine close air support training in the early 1950's.  I have pictures of him living in tents and working in cut down utilities on my wall here at home.  Some of his stories about it were pretty funny.  The Marines were given K and C rations (from WWII) to live on, and the locals loved that food, so the Marines traded truckloads of them for local fresh food, and local cooks to work for them.  

The Navy also used it for naval gunnery practice for many years.

As with many places, once the US was unwilling to be extorted for higher and higher rents, this activity ceased many years ago.









 
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2020, 06:44:58 PM »

The Air Force A10 is not bad for close air support.  (But they still use the whole runway)
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Interestingly the Air Force calls close air support something that is completely different from what the Marine Corps delivers.

I do agree with you, though about airline pilots.  I prefer ex-Air Force flyers.   Wink
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2020, 07:42:59 PM »

The Air Force A10 is not bad for close air support.  (But they still use the whole runway)
...

Interestingly the Air Force calls close air support something that is completely different from what the Marine Corps delivers.

I do agree with you, though about airline pilots.  I prefer ex-Air Force flyers.   Wink

So do most passengers ...
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2020, 08:01:04 PM »

The Air Force A10 is not bad for close air support.  (But they still use the whole runway)
...

Interestingly the Air Force calls close air support something that is completely different from what the Marine Corps delivers.

I do agree with you, though about airline pilots.  I prefer ex-Air Force flyers.   Wink

So do most passengers ...

Obviously, they've never enjoyed a successful auto-rotation to the ground.  Wink

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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2020, 09:17:35 PM »

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The Turks aboard were used to it.  But what really throws you is, after each and every (successful) landing, they all clap and cheer somewhat hysterically.  Like they all cheated death, again.  It's funny as hell, but also disconcerting.         

I flew to Roatán, Honduras a few years ago for a scuba diving vacation. The same thing happened! I ask the guy next to me what was going on. All he could say was "We made it! We made it!" If there was a doubt, why did you get on the plane?   
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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2020, 07:12:40 AM »

I liked the one where the pilot was standing outside the cockpit talking to passengers as they deplaned and one of the last to get off was a little old lady that asked him did you land us or were we shot down.

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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2020, 11:47:15 AM »

 cooldude Grin
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« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2020, 07:42:38 PM »

The Air Force A10 is not bad for close air support.  (But they still use the whole runway)



Nice pic. I just posted it to my desktop, since I haven't gotten a new Valkyrie calendar since June. I miss those ones.  :'(
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