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01-25-2014, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
FERD!?!?
01-25-2014, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoser
Great read is 'When Thunder Rolled' by Ed Rasimus, who did a tour on the Thud and a second tour on the F-4, also has a great book on that tour too. Thud drivers had some big ones for the missions they flew in NVN, especially the sectors they operated in. Something like 800+ Thuds built, about half destroyed, most of them shot down.
01-25-2014, 04:41 PM
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For the record, one of my favorite 88 A's was a F-15 guy that kept me in stitches the entire trip. The sarcasm was so thick but through it all he not only had a big picture but he knew what he was doing and was supposed to do without making any deal of it. I think at one point on something obscure I said "I wonder what they want us doing about that..." And he said "well, the book says..." and quoted it perfectly.
That's what I like. And I can guarantee you when I grow up, I'm not going to be anything near that because there is no way I'll know the "book" well enough to quote it. I flew that Brasilia just fine without understanding how it works.
That's what I like. And I can guarantee you when I grow up, I'm not going to be anything near that because there is no way I'll know the "book" well enough to quote it. I flew that Brasilia just fine without understanding how it works.
01-25-2014, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by hoserpilot
All those switches move the wrong way too!!!
On one 8 minute flight from LAX to SNA our jumpseater was speechless. He had never seen so much button pushing and switch flipping in his career. His eyes got real big and his jaw dropped when we told him this was only leg two of 8 today. Also only leg 2 of 32 for our four day trip.
But at least our 21 year old SoCal flight attendants were always hot!! Fly empty fly naked. They would flash us if we could land and taxi to the gate without making the toilet seat fall down.
On one 8 minute flight from LAX to SNA our jumpseater was speechless. He had never seen so much button pushing and switch flipping in his career. His eyes got real big and his jaw dropped when we told him this was only leg two of 8 today. Also only leg 2 of 32 for our four day trip.
But at least our 21 year old SoCal flight attendants were always hot!! Fly empty fly naked. They would flash us if we could land and taxi to the gate without making the toilet seat fall down.
I worked at the wrong airline.
01-25-2014, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
You mean, this
01-25-2014, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by FedElta
Hey T & FTB,
I retired in Nov12, and think I was one of the last RVN dinosaurs....as far as multitasking, my first CO in country could break off target, slip just enough to weathervane a pair of 2.75's back on target.....I didn't believe it either, until I saw him do it.
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BG
I retired in Nov12, and think I was one of the last RVN dinosaurs....as far as multitasking, my first CO in country could break off target, slip just enough to weathervane a pair of 2.75's back on target.....I didn't believe it either, until I saw him do it.
Regards,
BG
Speaking of Cobras. I saw this Netflix documentary on a Cobra guy who took a 3D camera into Vietnam and a recorder as a diary. It was interesting. I think at one point he was flying around in Vietnam playing with the UHF radio and got a hold of someone in the states on their ham radio and they patched his wife in Florida and he got to talk to her while "working." Something like that. I think they said he was a commander of a 12 ship squadron that lost 14 ships in one tour.
Found it...
http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?m...trkid=13752289
Sky Soldier: A Vietnam Story in 3D
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01-25-2014, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by iceman49
Thought Saigon fell in April 75
But weren't combat troops (and I assume planes) pulled out in 1973 leaving just the Marines at the Embassy or was there some still combat or combat-like stuff going on until the Marines pulled out as Saigon fell?
I must admit, I wasn't there.
01-25-2014, 05:26 PM
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01-25-2014, 05:37 PM
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01-25-2014, 06:29 PM
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Off Topic but was thinking of taking the family to Palau. We are not divers (but are snorkelers) and do not want to spend a ton of money. Is there a crew hotel that offers discounts or anywhere else those seasoned travelers can recommend? Or do you recommend just going to Guam and staying on a mil base to not spend too much?
Wanna go thru Tokyo to somewhere cool.
Thanks,
Humboldt
Wanna go thru Tokyo to somewhere cool.
Thanks,
Humboldt
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