Recent content by Pugs

The boat at night, no moon, where the junior officers are sent. We push out of Marshall (holding) and going. Through 5000’ (what we called platform altitude) my pilot says “Pugs I have the leans” I reply, “yea, so do I Curly”. The issue was we had them in different directions and we realized it...

Patrick McManus and Grogan's war surplus lives :D

At the same time, it's why all their SW works across all their platforms. I did a lot of work on various versions of Linux and Windows over the years for one of those three lettered agencies (not the TVA) :p and there's a reason I've been an Apple fan-boy since 1987. I just don't have to screw...

Likely a guy in ECMO 3 seat, the left rear, there are some things that need done back there in certain emergencies so you had to have someone in back unless you were staying the pattern like FCLPs ( field carrier landing practice) you had to someone there.

Clean wing - Must be coming home from a Profile A post maintenance test flight.

Mathews Brothers is what we used in our new house. It's only been a year but zero problems.

They never do regardless of PoA or any other group I'm a member of. I made a fly-in lunch to Williamsburg VA but I suppose I should see if something could be set up in New England now the snow is almost gone. ;)

It's now basically $1K a hole for a quality vinyl window installed. Having just built a house, windows are one of those things inflation hit way out of proportion to reality but what are going to do?

You skipped pulling tubes and going down to the drug store to use the tube tester :D

Our (non) bent wing Archer in front of Bent Wing aviation Fernandina Beach FL last week. At least the outer panels are close!

To be clear, I wasn't doubting you just expressing amazement at the lack of safety protocol standardization.

For what conceivable reason would a dummy round have a primer? If you needed to do a shot showing a round from the rear (kind of unlikely) but then I'd say empty brass with a primer in it. I've reloaded 10s of thousands of rifle and pistol cartridges in my life and these just seem like...

Yep, down the tubes.

And why it dissolved. I was in a club that had a fatal mishap and when they bought a new plane they dissolved the old club and started one fresh. The insurance money funded the new plane.

The transition from the original members who bought the plane to new members coming in is tough if the original members up significant cash to do so. Still, I think that I would from ground zero establish what the buy-out is and original members accept they're not to going be made whole if they...