You’re not in Sandy Eggo any more, precious.
Update: Well, that was something of a bust. Got to the field with large wet snow flurries everywhere. Entered the ready room to hear from an F-5 pilot that all of the F-5s, F-16s and, yes – Kfirs – were cancelled from the first launch. But that the FA-18 jocks were not yet off the hook. A quick look out the window towards the runway showed visibility of less than a mile, low ceilings. Not long after came the word that the entire launch was scrubbed.
It was interesting in a way to watch the faces of the assembled aircrew at this pronouncement. It was relief, really. Smiles and jocularity, as though a weight had been lifted. Talk of better skiing up in the mountains. Fled for now thoughts of wing and inlet icing, the white knuckled approach to land in miserable conditions. The weather would not have had to be all that much better for us to pull the trigger on the flight, but as it was you could see a kind of quiet appreciation of nature’s power to carelessly thwart man’s ambitions.
They would have gone, too, if that had been the command. We all would have. Regretting every moment of it.
But that too, is part of the discipline.
C’mon Lex, density altitude’s gonna rock this morning: 3500 feet!
A new Ford Focus…sweet!!!!
Ah life living out of the suitcase.
Welcome to the Great Basin, Btw..
Not much differnt from La Grande Or.
to Tonopah Nev…
When I flew frieght/courier the “Only reason you check weather is to see how scared you will get.” rule applied..
I don’t miss that..
We got that much snow in a few minutes last night. But then this is Nebraska, while you’re on the dry side of the Sierras.
Boston was graced with our first real snow of the season over the weekend…10 ” in all close to Cape Cod as the storm came from the south.
Sorry to hear weather shut down your fun…..Here in New England, it didn’t matter much as our NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS wrung the necks of the Baltimore Ravens, with some help from their kicker who SHANKED the kick that would have sent the game into OT.
Now we face a rematch of the 2007 Super Bowl…..Tom Brady best get his SHITE in order as we need to take NY out.
Sorry to here the snow ruined your fun Cap….the citizens of SF are also feeling a little down today too…..
Ditto down here in southeast CT, SK1. Six inches of the fluffy white stuff – made even more annoying because we had just returned from a week in Clearwater Beach, FLA – literally. The snow started about 30 minutes after we got home.
Pats – bring it! Though I wouldn’t say they wrung the necks of the Ravens; that was a tough game played incredibly aggressively by both sides. Even so – Pats to the Super Bowl. Woot!
Three days ago we (southwest Ohio) had snow with freezing rain; hideous traction. Today it’s 53 & raining.
I love the Little Miami Valley.
I will eschew the usual attempts at witticism and simply inquire…how is the heater in a Kfir?
Quite nice, actually. And it’s not as if there’s that much space to heat, once you insert the stick-and-throttle interconnect.
Stick-and-throttle interconnect. Nice one.
What is the max size for that piece of equipment? I know the U-2 has one.
That’s a very rude, insensitive question to ask a 50+ yo retired Naval Avaitor.
Do middle aged Naval aviators have feelings?
I ain’t a Naval aviator, but I got ‘im beat by over 20 years.
Just lookin at helmet cam, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t fit in a Kfir.
Lex,
Wondered this morning if you had recently arrived to NAS Jax. The procession of Growlers taking the runway and interrupting the peace throughout the community is the tell tail of a CSG off the coast (Enterprise, someone mentioned). Saw a pair of Kfirs and a nice group of Hunters on the ramp as we taxied out this foggy AM, which was a real treat to see. Must have been the East Coast folks. Nice reminder to VP types we’re part of a larger, blue ocean-spanning organization.
That’s the east coast cohort, as you correctly surmised.
Least you weren’t out in your tent this morning, with the bike outside.
Your view of the WX conditions might have been a bit more harsh.
Have fun out there this week, OK? It’s wonderfully warming up to your west as I type.
…ah yes Lex… only a short time ago it did appear from your posts that this would indeed be the winter of your discount tent… a habitation, at this stage in ones life, devoutly to be avoided. Best
Snake Eater:
“discount tent”
That is really bad. You make me groan with envy.
Paul
Paul…this is a reprise of a similar comment I made awhile ago while Lex was actually posing as a grunt and living in a tent…the same groans ensued…
…hey you take what you can get. Best
Ah, Snake Eater with a Red Green reference.
From a member of the IPB Chapter 11.
Recently read this ancient (and entertaining) post along the same subject…sometimes ya just gotta go anyway.
http://www.smilinjack.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000044
Sunday here in WI was freezing rain, changing to rain, and then snow on top of that. ‘Twas a hairy night on the highways.
Yep, that’s what we got last weekend. Ver’ nasty. There’s still a sedan (on the way to work) sitting in a ditch that came out second-best against a telephone pole. Left-front wheel is now at right angle to the front axle with the wheel lying flat on the ground.