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Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:56 am to tigerpawl
Buddy of mine was a f18 driver for the Marines. During carrier quals it came down to his last trap. Make it and you're good to go. Fail and find another plane to fly. Obviously he made it. He'd go on to fly Combat air patrol over San Francisco on 9-11, Combat missions with the Marines and Seals in Afghanistan, and made in to the final selection phase for the Blue Angeles (he was unsuccessful).
But it all came down to 1 landing back in the 1990s....
But it all came down to 1 landing back in the 1990s....
Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:58 am to Commandeaux
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I can't...I'm black.
fricking stupid
Posted on 2/14/24 at 10:05 am to tigerpawl
Posted on 2/14/24 at 10:24 am to OU Guy
quote:When seen in person, you get an idea of how monstrous they were. I miss them...
F-14
Posted on 2/14/24 at 10:35 am to OU Guy
Lot of difference between Air Force and Navy pilots.I was a young Seabee in Iceland(equipment operator)and occasionally got tasked with driving officers around.
The Air Force pilots were like junior executives,hair just so,manicured nails,struck me as prima donnas.
Once I had to go pick up some Navy pilots that flew in off a carrier.Got to the BOQ and these 4 came out,each with a 6 pack of beer.They were in jeans and cowboy boots,t-shirts.I just rode them around on a sight seeing tour.
One in the backseat was missing his top 4 teeth.I kept looking at him in rear view mirror and he said”what the hell you looking at boy?”
I said I was just wondering what happened to your front teeth,sir and won’t the Navy give you some false teeth.
He started laughing hysterically(they were already kinda lit).He said it was a rough landing and he “ate the stick” and he had some false teeth but he only wore them to inspections.
They mostly just wanted to ride around Reykjavik and check out the women,asking me questions about Icelandic pussy and such.
That night they got really lit and got with some nurses and were jumping out the windows of the BOQ into a snowbank that had piled up against the building,all in their underwear.
Base security reported them,I heard the C.O.of the base was not amused.
Doubt they gave a frick.
The Air Force pilots were like junior executives,hair just so,manicured nails,struck me as prima donnas.
Once I had to go pick up some Navy pilots that flew in off a carrier.Got to the BOQ and these 4 came out,each with a 6 pack of beer.They were in jeans and cowboy boots,t-shirts.I just rode them around on a sight seeing tour.
One in the backseat was missing his top 4 teeth.I kept looking at him in rear view mirror and he said”what the hell you looking at boy?”
I said I was just wondering what happened to your front teeth,sir and won’t the Navy give you some false teeth.
He started laughing hysterically(they were already kinda lit).He said it was a rough landing and he “ate the stick” and he had some false teeth but he only wore them to inspections.
They mostly just wanted to ride around Reykjavik and check out the women,asking me questions about Icelandic pussy and such.
That night they got really lit and got with some nurses and were jumping out the windows of the BOQ into a snowbank that had piled up against the building,all in their underwear.
Base security reported them,I heard the C.O.of the base was not amused.
Doubt they gave a frick.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 10:49 am to tigerpawl
I am friends with the Naval aviator (retired, doing the job as a civilian employee of the company that built the simulator) who runs the Flight Simulator at NAS-Meridian, which is where most naval aviators go to flight school.
They teach them how to fly the T-46 trainer jets and land them on solid ground at NASM. They even have a field that is the size and shape of a carrier with arresting cables for them to practice on, and other fields around the area for landing and touch and go practice. Of course, the practice fields are not going up and down and tilting sideways like a carrier deck when the trainer jet approaches for a practice landing.
When they finish flight training, they transfer to NAS Pensacola and make their first landing on a carrier (USS Forrestal) out in the gulf. There is also a training station somewhere in Texas (I think) where other pilots train. Those guys go to Pensacola for their carrier training too.
My friend was a Top Gun and a Blue Angel, with combat experience during his flying days. He said his most common comment during simulator training is "Congratulations, you just cost the US Government 177 million dollars as you killed yourself."
He talked once about night carrier landings (which there must be a first for every carrier pilot). He said occasionally a student has to wave off their first night time landing multiple times before they finally put their trainer on the deck.
He says some never make it and must go back to Pensacola for a dry ground landing before going back out to try again another night, and if not after several tries and more training on dry land, to wash out of carrier duty.
He says some are so drained when they finally make their first night time landing that the crewmen must literally pick them up out of the cockpit and maybe even carry the off the deck.
My friend was an LSU graduate before he joined the Navy. He is a great guy.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:25 am to MeridianDog
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There is also a training station somewhere in Texas (I think)
NAS Corpus Christi.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:35 am to OU Guy
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My old squadron, triple F-14 launch
Can't quite make the CAG bird - VF-31? Looks like the Tomcatters but can't make it out.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:41 am to FlyingTiger06
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NAS Corpus Christi.
Corpus is just Primary and rotary students. i believe he is referring to NAS Kingsville which is for jet training.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:41 am to Lonnie Utah
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But it all came down to 1 landing back in the 1990s....
Every carrier landing is graded.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:44 am to OU Guy
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My old squadron, triple F-14 launch
I worked on Tomcats for years.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 11:45 am to tigerpawl
Posted on 2/14/24 at 12:10 pm to choupiquesushi
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but they floor it when they hit the deck, in case they miss the wires and need to take off the other side, right?
Posted on 2/14/24 at 12:37 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Correct
Posted on 2/14/24 at 12:44 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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I worked on Tomcats for years.
Buddy of mine was a green shirt with the Freelancers - the had A's at the time. I was a grape but never fueled them.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 12:58 pm to tigerpawl
Coxwain on 32 ft U Boat, supporting Carrier Opps,
Picking up Downed Pilots
No Lights, Pitch black, dodging Carriers, destroyers, cruisers.
Pilots only had The Meatball lights.
Very Scary, almost as scary as working Opps with Seals
“The only easy day was yesterday”
Posted on 2/14/24 at 1:08 pm to jcaz
quote:you speak of aircraft carriers as if they are skiff.
That added layer of landing on a boat
Posted on 2/14/24 at 1:16 pm to tigerpawl
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This one landing alone deserves a medal.
Uh, sir, Navy pilots don’t land jets. They plant them.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 1:21 pm to Penrod
My BIL is a former naval aviator. He's kind of an ubernerd tbh
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