OT: Blue Angels

[FlourBluffHorn]

April 13-14: Wings Over South Texas – NAS Corpus Christi, TX

Be tearing the roof off my house practicing starting Monday!!

https://blue-angels.info/us-navy-blue-angels-2019-preliminary-airshow-schedule-released/

 

[GuaranteedFresh!]

April 13-14: Wings Over South Texas – NAS Corpus Christi, TX

Be tearing the roof off my house practicing starting Monday!!

https://blue-angels.info/us-navy-blue-angels-2019-preliminary-airshow-schedule-released/

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Pretty crazy that they still don't wear g-suits, as far as I am aware of.
I got an incentive ride in an f15e at Nellis AFB and lemme tell ya the 24hrs afterwards, I felt like I got a proper ass-whoopin. Can't imagine doing that with no suite.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

Pretty crazy that they still don't wear g-suits, as far as I am aware of.
I got an incentive ride in an f15e at Nellis AFB and lemme tell ya the 24hrs afterwards, I felt like I got a proper ass-whoopin. Can't imagine doing that with no suite.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

 

[clob94]

Pretty crazy that they still don't wear g-suits, as far as I am aware of.
I got an incentive ride in an f15e at Nellis AFB and lemme tell ya the 24hrs afterwards, I felt like I got a proper ass-whoopin. Can't imagine doing that with no suite.

Hold up. You got an incentive flight (obviously you did more than just be a good boy) in a freaking F-15E?

Come on fresh------ who'd you blow? You can tell us. This is a safe space.

 

[GuaranteedFresh!]

Hold up. You got an incentive flight (obviously you did more than just be a good boy) in a freaking F-15E?

Come on fresh------ who'd you blow? You can tell us. This is a safe space.

Safe space?....Better make it a cry closet!

Nah man, the red flag participating fighter squadrons typically send up 5-6 incentive flights every Friday and sometimes during the week if the exercise is called early enough.
Most of the maintainers have all been up before so they post a sign up sheet at their main hanger or tool crib.

Amazing what you can find out at the nco club after a few rounds.
Even better if you "rescue" their LT Col acting as a downed pilot and happen to possess his preferred brand of Copenhagen while the dog & pony show are going on around you.

For the record, I did not puke but I did take a short nap somewhere after 7.3Gs.

 

[clob94]

Safe space?....Better make it a cry closet!

Nah man, the red flag participating fighter squadrons typically send up 5-6 incentive flights every Friday and sometimes during the week if the exercise is called early enough.
Most of the maintainers have all been up before so they post a sign up sheet at their main hanger or tool crib.

Amazing what you can find out at the nco club after a few rounds.
Even better if you "rescue" their LT Col acting as a downed pilot and happen to possess his preferred brand of Copenhagen while the dog & pony show are going on around you.

For the record, I did not puke but I did take a short nap somewhere after 7.3Gs.

My uncle used to tell stories about rescuing downed pilots in the Gulf of Tonkin and then radioing the fleet admiral and informing him that said phantom pilot was being held hostage and would only be delivered safely home after two pallets of ice cream and two pallets of steaks were delivered to their vessel.

But back to the incentive flights--- not just anybody (even SOF guys) can get IF's. You gotta have some swag behind you. So did you give the O5 some long cut and a blowie? Or were you eligible because of a good conduct medal? Or was something bronze or purple involved?

 

[GuaranteedFresh!]

My uncle used to tell stories about rescuing downed pilots in the Gulf of Tonkin and then radioing the fleet admiral and informing him that said phantom pilot was being held hostage and would only be delivered safely home after two pallets of ice cream and two pallets of steaks were delivered to their vessel.

But back to the incentive flights--- not just anybody (even SOF guys) can get IF's. You gotta have some swag behind you. So did you give the O5 some long cut and a blowie? Or were you eligible because of a good conduct medal? Or was something bronze or purple involved?

No sir, there were definitely no mono y mono mouth hugs involved.
I wish I had a cooler story about earning a ride other than right place at the right time.

The crew chief that strapped my harness to the ejection seat said they hate it when they have to give rides to cadets......FRIGGIN CADETS!
So yeah, just signed up and got a priority bump via a pinch of worm dirt.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

The PJ's in Nam was some of the bravest MFers That I ever met. flying them old bull nose helos with them Jungle Penitrators ...They would go anywhere , anytime, to rescue a pilot with bullets just a flying around them but, they couldn't play poker worth a shit!...LOL