Comments on: The Fighter Gap http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: b2 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-372361 b2 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:26:42 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-372361 LOL. Wisely, Skippy sees most of the iceburg directly ahead. However- "Too late sound the collision alarm. All hands brace for impact". Gotta ask also- Is a Hornet in the hand worth 2 in the bush? The irony in this is all the angst displayed above. Why haven't y'all connected the dots years ago? Slaps forehead, again, as I have since '98. BTW, eYat, Jay Johnson, your old roomie F-8/14 pilot, set the "vision" based on 2000 pragmatism but even his risk-laden ideas were made ugly by the numerous follow-on actions of one man- "Pottie-John", alias "Black", Nathman. I've got the whole story. The subsequent Shoe CNOs were just "tools". Yep. I'm calling you out Black as the perp. What say you? b2 LOL.

Wisely, Skippy sees most of the iceburg directly ahead. However- “Too late sound the collision alarm. All hands brace for impact”. Gotta ask also- Is a Hornet in the hand worth 2 in the bush?

The irony in this is all the angst displayed above. Why haven’t y’all connected the dots years ago?

Slaps forehead, again, as I have since ’98. BTW, eYat, Jay Johnson, your old roomie F-8/14 pilot, set the “vision” based on 2000 pragmatism but even his risk-laden ideas were made ugly by the numerous follow-on actions of one man- “Pottie-John”, alias “Black”, Nathman. I’ve got the whole story. The subsequent Shoe CNOs were just “tools”.

Yep. I’m calling you out Black as the perp. What say you?

b2

]]> By: Scott http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-371809 Scott Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:46:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-371809 Sounds like some of that "talent" was <a href="//news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/821934/carradine-dead-after-sex-game-mishap”" rel="nofollow">Grasshopper's undoing</a>. When I wondered if those Soi Cowboy honeys were worth dying for, I never knew it would be quite that immediate. Sounds like some of that “talent” was Grasshopper’s undoing.

When I wondered if those Soi Cowboy honeys were worth dying for, I never knew it would be quite that immediate.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-371805 Skippy-san Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:38:35 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-371805 Thailand is still pretty hopping if you go to the right places. I was just there about 18 months ago-and there was still lots to do. Phuket is on the comeback trail, Bangkok is big and has plenty of "talent". Plus, from talking to folks who live there-you can still get a decent apartment for not so much money. Thailand is still pretty hopping if you go to the right places. I was just there about 18 months ago-and there was still lots to do. Phuket is on the comeback trail, Bangkok is big and has plenty of “talent”.

Plus, from talking to folks who live there-you can still get a decent apartment for not so much money.

]]> By: Ron Snyder http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-371471 Ron Snyder Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:02:50 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-371471 Regret that due to an accident I was unable to comply with orders to Thailand. 1971 it would have been. Days have gone by for the Thailand of that time, and the person I was. Cannot step into the same river twice and all, but the SEA of that era is gone. Regret that due to an accident I was unable to comply with orders to Thailand. 1971 it would have been.

Days have gone by for the Thailand of that time, and the person I was. Cannot step into the same river twice and all, but the SEA of that era is gone.

]]> By: David http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-371433 David Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:21:50 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-371433 Would be interesting to see a reasoned breakdown of the effects of the loss of "rude, lewd, and crude" um, institutional-culture features: not the <i>causes,</i> so much as how the loss of that atmosphere has affected the Service and its effectiveness. Would be interesting to see a reasoned breakdown of the effects of the loss of “rude, lewd, and crude” um, institutional-culture features: not the causes, so much as how the loss of that atmosphere has affected the Service and its effectiveness.

]]> By: xairboss http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/02/the-fighter-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-371291 xairboss Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:06:20 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9854#comment-371291 Damn! I'm so glad to have lived in the stone age. Lots of flying, lots of forgiveness when you didn't follow the rules. You were even allowed to fly VFR from Whidbey to NORIS. I remember when the air controllers threatened to strike, our greatest concern was that A/Cs didn't know how to fly VFR. No worry about sexual comments in the RR either. Damn, sometimes I forget how lucky I was to be in the Navy during the period I happened to be in. We even have sailors who never get to Olongapo now. What a shame. Damn! I’m so glad to have lived in the stone age. Lots of flying, lots of forgiveness when you didn’t follow the rules. You were even allowed to fly VFR from Whidbey to NORIS. I remember when the air controllers threatened to strike, our greatest concern was that A/Cs didn’t know how to fly VFR. No worry about sexual comments in the RR either. Damn, sometimes I forget how lucky I was to be in the Navy during the period I happened to be in. We even have sailors who never get to Olongapo now. What a shame.

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