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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
California
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Every dropzone is different, in Lodi they require you to do a tandem first. Riley, let me know if/when you make it to Lodi. I'll do some jumps with you. Cheers!
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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oh we had so much fun that day hank. oooops, i mean we were so scared and hated every minute, almost shed a tear thinking about your drive.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2012 - 02:25am PT
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Great to see this thread is still coming up with some great posts and pics - keep it up!
I remember riding right seat in a Tw#tter during Diamond Quest at SkyDance...this was back in 93 I think.
Pilot was letting me fly, and as I was getting in the pattern he tells me "Put in 10deg of flaps, but you will have to correct for it..." boy he wasnt kidding...felt like I was going to have to shove the wheel into the panel to keep the nose down. Figured out real quick how those things used to fly in and stop so damn short in Alaska :D
More pics!!
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perswig
climber
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Today's the 75 ani of the Hindenburg crash at Lakehurst, NJ.
Be careful around dirigibles, folks.
Dale
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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Here are some aviation-related photos from my distant past....
Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, Florida
I hated my D.I. (drill instructor)
God damn Marines
Sierra Ledge Rat, call sign "BAD DOG"
My centurion patches - 100 traps each
Back when I was a jet pilot flight instructor and I still had a full head of hair. Dig the cool Ray Bans. Still in my ejection seat harness and "speed jeans" (G-suit)
Flying over Mount Baker, great way to scout routes
Gentleman, start your engines!
Suckers! Tomcats on the fantail, sucking everyone else's fumes.
Waiting behind an A-7 Corsair and the jet blast deflector for my turn on the catapult
Zero to 150 m.p.h. in 2.5 seconds
Whoopie!
F-14 Tomcat in full after-burner for launch
Mass air strike: A-6 Intruders, A-7 Corsairs and EA-6B Prowlers
F-14 intercepting a Russian Bear bomber
Rolling into the upwind leg, in formation, heading for the break
1-2-3 down and locked
Flaps 30
Stab shifted
Slats full
Boards out
Hook down
Harness locked
"On centerline, slightly high, 3/4-mile, call the ball"
"604, Prowler Ball, 8-point-oh"
"ROGER BALL!"
.....................................................Who is Roger Ball?
In the beginning: I get paid to do this? (:
In the end: You can't pay me enough for this dangerous sh#t ):
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Sierra Ledge Rat-
Were you an A-6 "Intruder" driver? Judging from the canopy, that would be my guess.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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Glad you like the photos.
I was a right-seater (copilot) and flight instructor in the EA-6B Prowler. Haven't flown in 20 years.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2012 - 08:23pm PT
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Seriously awesome pics, S.L.R. - thanks for adding them to the thread!
Love the Tomcat shot with the Bear intercept. Double Uglies and Tomcats were about the newest birds I liked to see - prefer the older iron!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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HEY WHO YOU CALLIN' DOUBLE UGLY?
I hope you're referring to the Prowler and not the Phantom, 'cause the Phantom is a wet dream come true.
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jack herer
Big Wall climber
Veneta, Oregon
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Here is another boring one flying around Mt. Theilson in Oregon looking for ice lines. Shot in my friends Cherokee.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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I flew a navigation exercise yesterday from Casper, WY. to Chadron, NE as part of the requirement towards my Commercial certificate. I spotted some rock outcrops in the Sandhills region of Western Nebraska that looked interesting, but my photographic efforst were fruitless. Nevertheless, my first experiment in aerial photograpy is shown below:
I generally fly as high as possible for maximum glide distance; in the event of an engine failure I might make it to a good landing site. It does nothing, however, for photography of--maybe- 30' high boulders.
Total time aloft yesterday: 5.2 hours; two separate flights.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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It seems to be lost to history that the X-37 was originally a NASA project to provide an economical alternative for the Space Shuttle. The X-37A sat unappreciated, neglected and unfunded for years in a hanger at NASA Dryden; where I had it all to myself to examine in detail. I was trying to get people interested in equipping it for solo piloted missions for asteroid exploration. However at the time it was a NASA career-kiss-of-death to mention asteroid missions. Then the Air Force decided to stick it on top of an Atlas and declare it top secret; and its NASA genesis now appears forgotten.
http://www.space.com/15575-secret-x37b-space-plane-mission-success.html
Secret Air Force X-37B Space Plane Mission a 'Spectacular Success'
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 11, 2012 - 11:57am PT
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Good stuff Ron! Amazing how big the Regulus was!
Ledge Rat, great shots! I'm cornfused though about the Bear intercept shot.
When did Prowlers fly CAP with Tomcats? ;-) Or were you guys in the area
and came around for the photo op?
On a side note - if you want to read how effed up the Indian aviation industry
is then here ya go...
I wouldn't fly with these clowns
Nosewheel landings? Are you kidding me?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 11, 2012 - 05:31pm PT
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A mint condition P-40 was just found in the Libyan desert.
The pilot clearly survived the landing but no trace of his remains were found.
WWII P-40 found in Libya
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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May 11, 2012 - 05:49pm PT
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What a bummer to crash in the middle of the desert.
Does anyone else remember that old movie about the bomber crew that crashes in the desert? Their ghosts spend their days playing baseball until some explorer or something finds the wreckage. They find the bodies and send them home, letting the ghosts find their peace. They disappear from the screen one by one, except for one whose body does not get found. He's left there alone forever. Depressing movie!
Ledge Rat-- awesome photos!!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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May 11, 2012 - 08:16pm PT
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On a side note - if you want to read how effed up the Indian aviation industry
is then here ya go...
I wouldn't fly with these clowns
Nosewheel landings? Are you kidding me?
years ago I managed a rather large project for Pepsi for security lighting upgrades for every facility in N. America. In a meeting someone asked the director of security, (an ex secret service guy)what his biggest concern was.
It was employees flying on then Russian airliners that have an unnerving habit of falling out of the sky. Back then, about one a month.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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May 17, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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There's a big Airshow in Moreno Valley/Riverside this weekend at March ARB. Thunderbirds are performing (7 of them plus a spare were practicing today and probably will be tomorrow, got a pretty good show myself about an hour ago), B52, C17, KC135, lots of other aircraft performing and several static displays.
Sat and Sun.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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May 17, 2012 - 11:10pm PT
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My first AFF jump from last year.
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