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QUOTE=scoutpilot;142324] PS: It's all in good fun, no one get your knickers in a twist. ScoutPilot you said it, it is all in good fun, the reality is that we belong to an exclusive common fraternity, regardless of whether you can hover or not, that few people will ever be able to claim...

Yea, been there done that,, got carrier qualified back in 84.. Fun roller coaster ride Try dropping in a Jungle penetrator from a side winch in 50 Kts Gusting winds, thunder and lightning, heavy driving rain, only visibility is just outside your door down to the tree tops that your skids are...

50 Feet!!!! If I ever flew that high I would get a nose bleed!!!!!:eek:

Glad you came up for air, the lack of O2 fogs the brain... Good on the wing tip, still can't hover though :rolleyes: Cheers!

Age and treachery will beat youth and inexperience every time :wink: Not so old that we can't still run with the grandkids (hey I was up at 6 to play racquet ball!) Good to be here thanks for welcome aboard scoutpilot... BTW I was flying littlebirds when we still called them OH-8s...

Not everything is found in your books..... Some of the best Men I have had the honor of serving under would not have meet "The Check List" …Character counts, always has, always will,,,, the MOC appointment is meant to do justice where pinheaded bean counters without vision would truly bland us...

Peter Falk was good in that!.... I didn't spend much time feet wet,,, well not unless you count jungles :biggrin: Either way you cant go wrong if you can hover...

I didn't know the navy was considering that, I landed to the Ticondaroga once and while on board the Ships Capt. Gave me a tour.. I asked him what was the one threat he hated most to deal with.. His reply? "Why that damn egg beater you got on my boat" .. Seems when you know how to fly em, you...

Freshly minted? No, when I started flying we still used pistons to spin er up, the Soviets where still our bad guys and gas was 36 cents a gallon.... Say what about the study done with a Cobra in air to air combat with an F-16 (at least I remember it being an F-16, could have been a 15).. Out...

US ARMY for Helicopters If it is Helicopters the young lad wishes to fly, then the ONLY REAL option is the US ARMY. No other program in the US Military can teach you how to hover on a dime and give nine cents change. Precision and attention to detail would put an Air force pilot to shame. You...