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If you’re at Hampton that could very well be Flight Concepts. Those boys pretty much do what they want.

Heck even in combat there are restrictions on blacked out ops. Only unit I know of that does it on a regular basis is 160th. To do blacked out ops, even covert lighting (IR) at a public airport with no NOTAM and no comms would be flat out hazardous. As far as training at a civ airport, well...

Just take Ozempic like everyone else is doing. ;)

Army Heritage

Soak it with Fluid Film. Heard mixed reviews about those black underbody coatings. Some of them trap moisture inside and speed up corrosion.

Military does its own flight checks as well for tactical gear. Depends on how the system will operate. We had an FAA Flight Check for our ATC gear in Thailand because it was going to be used for IFR ops. We also had military Flight Check for small scale exercises for VFR only ops. Actually flew...

Fire Hawk. Asked about hiring. 12 on and 12 off. No thanks.

I was just reading about Audie Murphy today. Never realized he died in a 680 crash in VA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Colorado_Aviation_Aero_Commander_680_crash

What an incredible flying career. Vietnam to testing Burt’s designs out in Mojave. RIP.

Taxiing out for take off but yeah doesn’t look like anyone in the back either. Taken right after my first flight in country. Heard the distinctive sound of a Prowler behind me and snapped a shot.

A1 & VM1…the Clinton years.

Bagram AB Prowler.

I’m sure you know but beware of false pulse ox readings as well. Happens a lot when we fly patients. Sunlight, aircraft vibration, skin condition, etc.

No way on a sectional. Some contract towers have very experienced controllers that used to be in the FAA. A lot of them either aged out of the FAA (56 yrs) or they are just looking for a more laid back tower gig.

Well that’s the crux of what some are getting at. The change in hiring practices resulting in lower quality of students and an end result in increase in operational errors. Obviously the CTI grads and many of my veteran ATC friends see a problem in that sort of practice. Whether or not it’s...

Nope no blood given. Just a main mod chip in a Black Hawk. Fortunately it happened on climb out from Andalusia, I took the controls and landed back on the ramp. Far worse places to be stuck than eating BBQ at Andalusia. ;)

Oh the FAA changed in hiring practices back in 2013. That’s a fact. https://mybinc.com/blog/faas-changes-to-traffic-controller-hiring-puts-the-safety-of-our-skies-at-risk/ And it resulted in this. https://simpleflying.com/faa-air-traffic-controller-applicants-lawsuit/

I’m not buying the under staffed excuse either. ATC has almost always been understaffed since the 1981 firings. In 2008 the FAA had around 11,000 controllers with a traffic load equal to or even greater than that today. Today you have around 14,000 controllers with far better tech than was...

Only Huey I’ve ever ridden in was a Rucker Flat Iron.