C-17...The Moose??
#2
Look at a picture of a an actual moose. Then look at your avatar. Somebody told me it makes funny noises on the ramp too.
#7
Yup, it's the sound the jet makes during ground refueling...
I'm a proud member of the first operational C-17 squadron (oddly enough, the "17th") and our mascot for the squadron is, not surprisingly, the moose.
I'm a proud member of the first operational C-17 squadron (oddly enough, the "17th") and our mascot for the squadron is, not surprisingly, the moose.
#8
Some of the other names for the C-17 like TipTip said are:
"Buddha"...because it's short, fat and everybody worships it.
"Barney"...Fred's (the C-5) little buddy.
Why "Fred" for the C-5 you ask? It stands for "F-ing Ridiculous Economic Disaster".
"Buddha"...because it's short, fat and everybody worships it.
"Barney"...Fred's (the C-5) little buddy.
Why "Fred" for the C-5 you ask? It stands for "F-ing Ridiculous Economic Disaster".
#9
On the ramp at Dover they have the C-5M thing flying test runs- supposedly rediculous increase in performance- too bad they blew the contract bottom line by a huge percentage and congress may chop the idea. I think we just got 14 more C-17s approved (we as in both taxpayers and Moosepileit types).
Hauling your $_it to the front and keeping tankers in business for 6 years myself....
When you refuel at the exterior rear SPR panel, you have to actually flip a switch back and forth to watch wing pressure during refueling- so you get used to hearing the moose noise from the vents, watch the pressure drop, and think how sometimes you'd rather be on a boom getting the gas rather than spelling TA, the flying crew chief, or other crew member on the panel in the heat, rain, cold- whatever the weather- it's usually nicer up in the cockpit...
But I digress...
Hauling your $_it to the front and keeping tankers in business for 6 years myself....
When you refuel at the exterior rear SPR panel, you have to actually flip a switch back and forth to watch wing pressure during refueling- so you get used to hearing the moose noise from the vents, watch the pressure drop, and think how sometimes you'd rather be on a boom getting the gas rather than spelling TA, the flying crew chief, or other crew member on the panel in the heat, rain, cold- whatever the weather- it's usually nicer up in the cockpit...
But I digress...
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