Originally Posted by
madmax757
I was thinking about the logistics. How do you coordinate this ? Do you land and call ground and ask for a water salute or do you plan it a week or so ahead - ie call the airport fire chief directly and request it and give the flight details?
Kinda like reservations for a party at a restaurant. Anyone with experience on this .....
Congrats on making it 40 years at the same place. - more or less ...
Call the FD ahead, pass on the flight info and the request. If they will do it, they take care of the rest. My fini was in January in NE, so the first time was cancelled when the FD told the office, “it’s 10 degrees, what do you think will happen?” A few days later, it warmed up.
You can also call an ARTCC or Gander OAC and they can send a a surprise CPDLC congratulations. Kinda cool.
C37AFE,
Don’t feel bad, my fini in the F-100 was a flight to the Boneyard, my fini in the A-10, I got to eject and in the C-5, I got a HQ AMC Stan/Eval check. He took pity on me seeing as I was leaving at the end of the week.
GF