Comments on: Falling from the floor http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-232327 Justthisguy Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:06:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-232327 Aww... Hmm, maybe we should take up a collection to buy Lex a (Folland/Hindustan) Gnat. I think there are a few private ones in the country with some time left on them. We'd also have to fund a fuel fund, too, the way things are these days. Designed by a good honest Quaker, they were, just like USS Constitution. Dunno if Lex'd fit, though, they are itty bitty jets. Aww… Hmm, maybe we should take up a collection to buy Lex a (Folland/Hindustan) Gnat. I think there are a few private ones in the country with some time left on them. We’d also have to fund a fuel fund, too, the way things are these days. Designed by a good honest Quaker, they were, just like USS Constitution. Dunno if Lex’d fit, though, they are itty bitty jets.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-231847 Skippy-san Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-231847 Back in the good old days they flew us around the country to get out fams. I got lucky and got an extra long hop in a TA-4J because they had to fly it down to Corpus from Kingsville. Cool with a capital "C". Then we went from Corpus to San Dog for two weeks staying a hotel in Pt Loma.............on Uncle Sams dime. No scrimping pennies in those days. Back in the good old days they flew us around the country to get out fams. I got lucky and got an extra long hop in a TA-4J because they had to fly it down to Corpus from Kingsville. Cool with a capital “C”.

Then we went from Corpus to San Dog for two weeks staying a hotel in Pt Loma………….on Uncle Sams dime.

No scrimping pennies in those days.

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-231836 badbob Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:20:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-231836 My God Lex, get a hold of yourself man. It ain't that much fun... BoooHoooo. :-) b2 My God Lex, get a hold of yourself man. It ain’t that much fun…

BoooHoooo. :-)

b2

]]> By: Marvin http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-231835 Marvin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:17:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-231835 Lucky mids to get a T-34, I got a few minutes of flying a COD plus a few minutes of being a rotorhead. Lucky mids to get a T-34,
I got a few minutes of flying a COD
plus a few minutes of being a rotorhead.

]]> By: Humble1390 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-231830 Humble1390 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:04:10 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-231830 Yeah. . .going on det to do middie ops is oh-so-sexy when you're looking up in the sky. Look down by the hotspots to the poor primary-complete shlub who is working 12 hour days sucking JP-5 exhasut fumes strapping the little mids into the Weenie. Double your fun when they come back with a "full bag" (or an empty bag an a full lap) and need to be unstrapped. "We need someone NATOPS qual'd in the T-34 to go on det and fly the middies for cruise. You wanna do it?" Never Again Volunteer Yourself. So yeah, I feel ya, Cap'n. Yeah. . .going on det to do middie ops is oh-so-sexy when you’re looking up in the sky. Look down by the hotspots to the poor primary-complete shlub who is working 12 hour days sucking JP-5 exhasut fumes strapping the little mids into the Weenie. Double your fun when they come back with a “full bag” (or an empty bag an a full lap) and need to be unstrapped.

“We need someone NATOPS qual’d in the T-34 to go on det and fly the middies for cruise. You wanna do it?”

Never Again Volunteer Yourself.

So yeah, I feel ya, Cap’n.

]]> By: Wilko http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/01/falling-from-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-231819 Wilko Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:28:37 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=4629#comment-231819 T-34's fly close over the neighborhood often (part of the LL flight team) but there was an AD limiting their flight envelope. Seems the Spars were failing with inconvenient wing separation. The newer T-6 II refueled at the local FBO and I heard this was the plane to replace the T-34. Guess they must have found a way to fix the wing spars. I suspect they have a little more mojo than the Varga. T-34′s fly close over the neighborhood often (part of the LL flight team) but there was an AD limiting their flight envelope. Seems the Spars were failing with inconvenient wing separation.
The newer T-6 II refueled at the local FBO and I heard this was the plane to replace the T-34. Guess they must have found a way to fix the wing spars.

I suspect they have a little more mojo than the Varga.

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