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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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One of the most celebrated images of a low pass is this shot of F-14 Tomcat driver Captain Dale “Snort” Snodgrass making a curving pass alongside USS America. Many web-wags have stated that this was unauthorized, dangerous or that it even was a photo of a Tomcat about to crash. However, Snodgrass explained: "It's not risky at all with practice. It was my opening pass in a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the carrier, slightly below flight deck level. Airspeed was about 270 kts with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about a half-mile out, and the aircraft accelerated to about 315 kts. As I approached the fantail, I rolled into an 85-degree bank and did a hard 5-6G turn, finishing about 10-20 degrees off of the boat's axis. Microseconds after this photo was taken, after rolling wings-level at an altitude slightly above the flight deck, I pulled vertical with a quarter-roll to the left, ending with an Immelman roll-out 90 degrees and continued with the remainder of the demo. It was a dramatic and, in my opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo as first performed by a great fighter pilot, Ed "Hunack" Andrews, who commanded VF-84 in 1980-1988.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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A B-52 slides down the port side of USS Ranger (CV-61) in its typical nose down cruise attitude. Though it looks like it, this is not photoshopped. It happened in early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S. carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the carrier Ranger and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometers out, the carrier controller said he didn't see them. The B-52s told the carrier folks to look down. The paint job on the B-52 made it hard to see from above, but as it got closer, the sailors could make it out, and the water the B-52's engines were causing to spray out. It's very, very rare for a USAF aircraft to do a fly-by below the flight deck of a carrier. But B-52s had been practicing low level flights for years, to penetrate under Soviet radar. In this case, the B-52 pilots asked the carrier controller if they would like the bombers to come around again. The carrier guys said yes, and a lot more sailors had their cameras out this time. Photo was taken from the plane guard helicopter
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tom,
Is that Hetch Hetchy? I gotta try and get my bro-in-law to break open his
photo vault. When he was driving F-111's they would go down to Greece for
'exercises'. Yeah, right, drinking exercises. Oh, they would go out during
the day but that was just to determine who would be buying that night. And
you ask how was that determined? Easy - each right-seater brought his video
camera and they would video each other. Doing what you ask? Duh, who was
kicking up the biggest rooster tail! "And how big is big, Johnny?" Well,
a 90,000 pound airplane flying Mach .9 at 50' AGL makes a really big roostertail!
The pics I've seen I would guess 100'! WOO-HOO!
edit:
Great shot of the BUFF!
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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In 2009, a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet crew got permission for a low-level demonstration flight as part of the opening ceremony for a speedboat race on the Detroit River , This is what it looked like for Motor City residents. Officials waived rules to allow the Navy flyers to swoop under 100ft along the waterway. One resident said, "I couldn't believe how low they flew and how close they came to our building. I'm sure the pilot waved at me." Photo: AP/The Detroit News, Steve Perez. Originally spotted at the Daily Mail.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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The Human Fly, a stunt man by the name of Rick Rojatt, makes a low pass on top of a DC-8 flown by the legendary Clay Lacy in front of the grandstands between events at the 1976 California National Air Races at Mojave. The aircraft is ex-Japan Airlines JA8002. It was owned and operated by American Jet Industries in 1976.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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I am gaining ground on my Sr. Riggers cert.
Alas, still some packing and testing to go.
'Eh I'm in no rush.
I might get treated to my first jump this week end :)
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Hank:
your name came up in the shop today.
Do you know Brandon Clemons of Bad Seed BASE?
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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My daughter soloed this today....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wow, Karen, talk about collectables! That must be yours cause it sure can't
belong to any flight school! :-)
I'm sure you've heard all the slanderous comments about Swifts almost all of
which are unfounded I'm sure. However, it sure does look like it would
love to ground-loop and I've also heard you don't want more than about a
10 kt cross wind to land in. True?
So was this your proud daughter's first solo or first tail-dragger solo?
Judging by the size of her smile I'm going with first solo, period. KOOL!
Two more questions:
Was yours built in the first half of the last century?
And why did they put the 'steering' wheels on upside down? :-)
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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I just went back and caught up with the thread:
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Karen:
Woootah for your daughter, way cool !
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Hank, I surely appreciate the positive 'tude. Thanks it gets my stoke up!
Make sure you're sewing skills are also getting trained. I am a very accomplished sew'r, seamer, stitcher or what ever you want to call it. I am hesitant to say "I am a Blah,blahblah..." about most things. But I can and do use with pride, the statement "I am a sail maker".
My first 9-5 job at 17 was making sails at the same loft where my father was working and retired from. It was at the time the largest loft in the world. I have made 12 meter sails in Marblehead and I have jumped my own sailboard sails at Ho'okipa Maui.
Sewing I can do!
My trapping/tack'n pack'n leave something to be desired still yet,
but I'm getting it :)
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thekidcormier:
@Trundlebum; You say... you are taking a rigging coarse with out having packed and jumped a main canopy, that must mean you dont have your A-license yet TRUE/Right you are !
because that is one of the requirements... FALSE/Not true, incorrect.
I thought you need to have a few license before you could become a rigger... No offence, but now your assuming.
The only requirements for an F.A.A Senior Rigger certification are:
F.A.A Senior Rigger certification
FAR Part 65, Certification;Airman Other Than
Flight
crew Members, provides for the issuance of
two parachute rigger certificates: (1)senior parachute rigger
and (2) master parachute rigger. FAR Part 65 also
provides for four type ratings; (1) seat, (2) back,
(3) chest, and (4) lap. Each senior parachute rigger
applicant must meet the requirements for at least one
rating, and a master parachute rigger applicant must
meet the requirements for at least two ratings to be
issued a certificate.
General Requirements
FAR Section 65.113 states:
(A) To be eligible for a parachute rigger certificate a person must-
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Be able to read, write, speak and
understand the English language.
(3) Comply with the sections of this subpart
that apply to the certificate and type rating
he/she seeks.
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In a nut shell the requirements to train, test and get certified as a senior rigger are:
1. Be over 18
2. Be fluent in English
3. Log at least twenty pack jobs for each of your rating type.
4. Pass an F.A.A administered written test
5. Pass an oral and 'Hands on' practical test
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It is possible to become an acknowledged, experienced (civil) Master Parachute Rigger with out your feet ever leaving the ground except to get in and out of bed.
I am not sure but I think military riggers are required to jump at least every 90 days. But that is largely due to the fact that Military riggers are first and foremost 'AirBorne' div trained.
That does not apply in civilian regulations.
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thekidcormier-
I am not defending any thoughts, or opinions one way or another.
I understand the desire to know:
"...that the rigger who packed my reserve has had a few thousand jumps with a couple reserve rides..."
However a few considerations are in order:
You don't have to be Alex Honnold to manufacture biners at Black Diamond!
The (skydiving)parachute rigging industry is very well regulated. It is a pretty smooth system of checks and balances. No rigger, that wants to keep his license is going to perform duties beyond the privileges of his certification.
As a Senior rigger I can do minor repairs, supervise the packing of mains, pack reserves etc.
I CAN NOT as a senior rigger, do major repairs or mod's to any canopy, harness or container.
I can however do any of the aforementioned work, under the supervision of a master rigger. At that point my work is then essentially his responsibility and I assure you he/she will see to it that it meets their work quality standards.
It is a little spooky to think that somebody that has as little as a one week course and 20 pack jobs just may have packed your reserve, but it doesn't really work quite that simply.
Just the same...
I climb in my own harness. At times I have worn a Black Diamond harness, which was probably sewn by some gal in the Philippines that perhaps has never even seen a cliff let alone been on a technical rock climb.
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In three years from now I hope to pass my Master riggers certification.
By then I may not have a single jump...
Or I may already be a proficient skydiver and BASE jumper who knows?
Either way I am going to continue to pursue the rigging industry, be it
parachute, entertainment, yachting or industrial rope access.
I however have hopes that in three years from now I will be proficiently jumping my own gear, my own main, harness and container ;)
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Edit:
I found out this afternoon that I might be ballast on a tandem jump on Saturday
WOOOOOHOOOOOO !
(but that would spoil my record of rigging with no jumps LOL)
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Wishing everybody, safe and happy landings through out the New Year !
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thekidcormier
Trad climber
squamish, b.c.
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Thanks for the clarification; I'm new to the aviation world so I need to ask questions to get the answers I'm looking for. Best of luck in the rigging business...
but who is this alex honnold guy you refer too, is he a salesman @ BD?
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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@Trundlebum; You say... you are taking a rigging coarse with out having packed and jumped a main canopy, that must mean you dont have your A-license yet
TRUE/Right you are !
because that is one of the requirements...
FALSE/Not true, incorrect.
Yeah Hank, I know it's not required to be a skydiver to be a rigger. Theres a few people at my DZ that have like 2 skydives. It's weird but yeah you don't have to jump to pack. And it's like opposite for reserves, most skydivers can't pack their reserves but can pack their main everytime.
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Reilly, yes the Swift is privately owned (her father) but I have no idea on the cross-wind issue, or when built, sorry!
Actually, she has never flown anything but tail draggers! She got her private in a Cessna 170 and also flies a Cessna 140 (see my avatar pic of the 170). She has completed all the requirements for her instrument and commercial and will attain those soon, I'm proud of her:)
Her dad collects vintage airplanes (Cessna 195, has 2 170's, 3 140', a North American Navion, the Swift, Beech 18, Seabee, and various "projects", i.e., Howard dga-15). Whew....he is obsessed to say the least!
Lastly, before we were divorced I earned my Private in the 140, needless to say, tail draggers are quite fun to fly.
edit to add: my avatar pic is of her flying the 170!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 10, 2012 - 01:14am PT
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Hard to fathom how 25 tons of whoopazz is obsolete but if yer gonna have a
'low-tech' weenie roast this 'un will still do the job. Check out the
'exhaust art'.
Taken at the Chino Planes of Fame Airshow in Oct (?)
ps
Karen,
Is yer ex still available? I think I'm in luv! All he's lacking is a DC-3! :-)
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Jan 15, 2012 - 01:37am PT
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F-35B Video http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE
An amazing aircraft.
This video is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia.
These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL's and STO's in a three week period. The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard. Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea trials.
The USS Wasp is an amphibious assault ship designed to embark a Marine Expeditionary Unit. It is capable of simultaneously supporting rotary and fixed wing STOVL aircraft and amphibious landing craft operations. For this test deployment the USS Wasp was outfitted with special instrumentation to support and measure the unique operating environment as the F-35B conducted short takeoffs and vertical landings.
No catapult...... No hook ............
The shape and scope of warfare – worldwide – just changed.
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thekidcormier
Trad climber
squamish, b.c.
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Jan 18, 2012 - 12:48pm PT
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jack herer
Big Wall climber
Veneta, Oregon
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Jan 18, 2012 - 01:00pm PT
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I like to fly, slowly working on becoming a commercial pilot... here is a video from last week landing on Oregon's shortest public runway... [Click to View YouTube Video]
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