Finish lines

This way the JJs and newbies could finish at their desired 500' (or
more), and proceed liesurely to the pattern, while us crazed maniacs
could risk life and limb to shine our a**es for the crowd of adoring
groupies via spectacular beat-ups.

Heck, JJ, we'll probably kill ourselves off pretty quickly (along
with
assorted burning worms) so your problem will be solved!

Do I hear a knucke-draggin' Neanderthal outside the cave? Wanten' to
know if old JJ can come out and play? You're a figher jock, Kirt, tell
me something; Would you rather drive over the target and drop an irom
bomb on it or toss a GPS guided hummer at it?

I for one, have had enough of that "drivin'-over-the-target" business
and I'm happy we can now accomplish the same mission by simply dialing
in the GPS coordinates and fling that clever little thing at the target
from a mile away.
;) JJ

JJ, you've got the wrong comparison!

Would you rather bring your four-ship down initial and pitch out into a
nice tight pattern, rolling out of your final turn just as you touch
down, where everybody can see it and appreciate the beauty of it, or
skulk back via an ASLAR, dragging your wingmen and creeping in the last
ten miles with the gear down at 170 knots. Yeah, that's manly!

Racing is about fun, dropping HE is a job - and I'm all for giving
every swinging richard a load of GBU-38s and a long list of very
special coordinates and turning them loose.

Just remember to keep the targeting pod on the impact point so you can
get some good CNN video...

Kirk (that's with 2 K's)

Morning Kirk (with 2 K's)
When I was a staff puke at Langley (DOE) we worked a proposal to stop
doing the overhead, pitch-out pattern because of safety considerations.
The conclusion was it should be retained because it was the fastest way
to get 4 ships back on the ground. It's also very enjoyable to watch.

The finish gate is very enjoyable to watch, but whers the need? Why, we
don't even have a guy down there with a stop watch any more. It's all
for show.

We've beat this thing to death, lets go fly,
JJ (with 2 J's)

wrote:
JJ, you've got the wrong comparison!

Would you rather bring your four-ship down initial and pitch out into
a
nice tight pattern, rolling out of your final turn just as you touch
down, where everybody can see it and appreciate the beauty of it, or
skulk back via an ASLAR, dragging your wingmen and creeping in the
last
ten miles with the gear down at 170 knots. Yeah, that's manly!

Racing is about fun, dropping HE is a job - and I'm all for giving
every swinging richard a load of GBU-38s and a long list of very
special coordinates and turning them loose.

Just remember to keep the targeting pod on the impact point so you
can
get some good CNN video...

Kirk (that's with 2 K's)

You got it, good buddy, let's go aviate!

Outside, Cu's everywhere. Unfortunately, the sims I fly all seem to
have bad inversions in them.

Kirk

(The need, by the way, is to lift the soul!)