Great pics of the second most professional squadron in the US Navy, courtesy of PeterGunn.
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Yeppir – The Blues do it right well. Could pass on the cheesy “too close … how do they do it” comments. Not a complaint – only an opinion.
BTW Lex – the Approach magazine website lists you as an author of several articles dating back to your younger (less experienced?) strata … any chance the gist of “They’re both ugly” might make this grand site?
You did a better job of tracking that down than I could. Derned if I can remember what “They’re both ugly” might have been about.
Memory. Second thing to go.
Got to see the new F-22 Raptor–two of ‘em– in a flyover today at the game in Jacksonville.
I’m such a fool for this stuff… thanks for the link to those great pics.
memory aid:
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/default.htm
LEX Lt. Sep 1990 They’re Both Ugly! [perhaps someone else's plane/CV approach/pattern/recovery/ ???]
LEX Lt. Nov 1990 “In A Real Flight, You’d Be Dead!” [sounds like something went sour in a simulator ride? ]
LEX May 1998 Swap-Paint Shop Open For Business [finger nails on the blackboard chills up my spine ... sounds like a too-close encounter? Airborne or ground ...]
I remember now…
First story was about a Prowler with its pylon lights out that we almost trapped on an A-6 setting. Would have been… ugly.
Second was about a guy who pushed the training rules a little further than prolly he ought to have in a head-on gun attack. Scared me, anyway. And I’m pretty hard to impress, that way.
Last one was a near-midair with a reserve USMC F-4 down in Key West. Fifteen foot pass if I recollect. Head on, supersonic – both of us. Closest I’ve come to buying the farm, I think.
Well, there was that time that I goobered the high desert math and did a split ‘s’ carrying four heavies from only 4000′ agl. That was pretty close.
And the motorcycle wreck. Don’t ever want to go through anything that violent again without getting to die from it at the end.
And that time I tried to fly an F-15 approach in an F-5, got on the back side of the power curve and raised the flaps instead of closing the speedbrakes on short final. That sucked.
And…
Well. You get the picture.
Heh. I recognize only two of those stories (the 15′ pass and the Split-S). And you’ve mentioned the motorcycle wreck but never really written much about it.
Seems you’ve still got some interesting stories to blog…
Lex’s younger years insanity to one side… I can’t get enough of these photos.
Thanks for posting them.
The Blues come in second because they had newer Lot birds than your squadron did right? Ergo the maintainers had to work harder…………
I remember reading about the motorcycle wreck. I have had a coupla those, m’self. Unlike Jet Fighter Wrecks, which happen in a millisecond and you don’t feel a thing until Saint Peter slaps you, motorcycle wrecks happen just at the forward edge of human cognitive speed. You get to feel the pain, but you don’t get to do anything to make it stop, because you can’t act that quickly.
P.s. I believe that the USN used to forbid its people from riding motorcycles.
Amazing photos, thanks for sharing those.
…though I prefer hockey players to figure skaters myself.
To be old and wise one must first have been young and foolish (and lived to talk about it).
USMC had some strict rules about how to ride off duty, but never prevented motorcycle riding when I was on active duty. Course, any such reg may have predated my stint.
My last CO was a converted F-4 pilot. Flew in VN and elsewhere. Always interesting stories, though not as erudite as our CPT.
Semper fi
To be old and wise one must first have been young and foolish (and lived to talk about it).
Wise words, from someone seems to know that firsthand…
I don’t recall the Navy, or any branch, having rules against riding motorcycles. I do believe sometime in the mid to late 80′s they took to requiring a certain level of protective gear, including helmet, orange safety vest, boots, gloves, that sort of thing.
Oh, when in a motorcycle accident it is of vital importance that one does not close his eyes during the crash. Otherwise you’ll miss the best part.
I don’t recall the Navy, or any branch, having rules against riding motorcycles.
Me, neither. But they sure as Hell make it tough on ya, what with all the hoops you’re required to jump thru for the privilege. I rode for all of my 22 years in the AF and the licensing requirements, particularly at overseas installations, were obnoxious at best. I truly believe the requirements were designed to discourage the troops from riding motorcycles.
Which, of course, didn’t stop most of us. Just slowed us down a bit.
And on crashing: The Ol’ Saw goes “there are two types of bikers: those that have gone down and those that are gonna go down.” True, dat.
Buck, Re ” two types of bikers”… suggest adding to the end of the sentence/Ole Saw the following … “both likely organ doners”… Best
Lex,
check out http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/ – Blue Angels from Fleetweek SF 2007