Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
That time lapse Hornet approach was nice. Could even see a piece of burble in thar! Thanks for posting.
Were you “actually” flying that one Lex?
Looked almost like a “KO-ZO pinkie”- did it count as a night trap? Methinks not, seeing how it may have led to a “hook skip bolter”, but it might not be, my res didn’t show a wire grab. Mode 1?
No slack and my name ain’t Jack!
B2
Only one chance at getting it right, “do overs” are for the simulator.
You guys love confusing us non-Zoomies don’t you. Don’t make me break out some twidget talk! LOL
OK 3 wire. . .
I don’t think that is lex. The aircraft spotted to the side there are Rhinos (F/A-18E/F “Super Hornets) from VFA-14 and VFA-41. The pic is too recent
Sa-weeeeeeeeeet!
I love stupid human tricks that don’t get anyone killed or seriously hurt.
Jason, using my superannuation and advancing decreipitude against me? Scamp!
And anways, on further reflection, it appears that the landing jet may have “sparkled” a bit on the way to the 1-wire for what was probably a kiddy-car bolter.
So no. That couldn’t have been me.
MCPO Airdale (alias Plat LSO) is ready to give you an OK-3 Lex.
You better take it for the ole’ average. Pinkie still counts as a night trap, too.
B2