Humorous Naval Air Flight Experiences

SO YOU'RE THE ONE!!!!

(ha,ha,ha)

WDA

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"Greasy Rider" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:44:36 -0800, "W. D. Allen Sr."
postulated :
For what it's worth...

(snipped)

It was a dark and stormy night aboard the Intrepid in the fall of
1957. A twenty year old Aviation Electronics Tech (AT3) was tasked
with replacing the UHF radio (ARC-27) in FJ-3M number 204 tied down on
the flight deck. The radio set was mounted in the nose and the top
cover of the nose was held by Tzus (sp?) fasteners at the rear while
the front had two tangs that slipped into sockets forward. This
unnamed AT3 popped the fasteners and the metal cover became airborne
and was gone in the wind.

Some soul was taking a smoke break on the fan tail and saw a dark
shadow hit in the water. Man Over Board was quickly sounded and CVA-11
slowly started circling with her two DDE plane guards. Search lights
lit up the North Atlantic and there was much mustering of all hands
and naturally 15 or 20 are missing in a crew of maybe 3,500.

The AT3 knew that the cover would be found and dusted for finger
prints. The AT3 knew that the Navy would charge him for all fuel oil
and expenses encountered. The AT3 slipped quietly into the cat walk
and went to muster. The AT3 reported to his Shop Chief the next
morning that he noticed the nose cover of 204 was missing.

Has the statute of limitations run out from 1957?

.....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......

As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))

vince norris (who, in more than six years as a Naval Aviator, never
got to make a single watering.)

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:18:41 -0500, vincent p. norris
postulated :
.....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......

As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))

vince norris (who, in more than six years as a Naval Aviator, never
got to make a single watering.)

Would "surfacing" be more appropriate?

Would "surfacing" be more appropriate?

Yes, if you're coming from the other direction!

vince norris

And I guess that means one does "splash and dashes" in a seadrome, as one
does "touch and goes" ashore? g

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and clean and work in the yard and haul her ass to jail."

- Tim Allen



"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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.....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......

As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))

vince norris (who, in more than six years as a Naval Aviator, never
got to make a single watering.)

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message

|| .....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......
|
| As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
| to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
| land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))



I tried that once out of the door of a moving bus, talk about getting your
own back.



|
| vince norris (who, in more than six years as a Naval Aviator, never
| got to make a single watering.)



I always thought the 'correct' term was alighting, that is if you do it
correctly.



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Cheers


Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote in
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"vincent p. norris" wrote in message

|| .....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......
|
| As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
| to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
| land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))



I tried that once out of the door of a moving bus, talk about getting
your
own back.


My grandfather, Naval Aviator #711, told me about standing up in the cockpit
and peeing over the side of his plane.

Try that in an F-18!

Bob McKellar

"Bob McKellar" wrote in message


| My grandfather, Naval Aviator #711, told me about standing up in the
| cockpit and peeing over the side of his plane.
|
| Try that in an F-18!
|
| Bob McKellar



#711 is an impressive number, I'm only guessing that would be mid to late
'30s


Did he explain the leather helmet that was only mouldy on one side ?





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Cheers


Dave Kearton

Try peeing in the rear seat of an AF while wearing a "poopy" suit.

"Bob McKellar" wrote in message
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"Dave Kearton" wrote in
message ...

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message

|| .....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......
|
| As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
| to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
| land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))



I tried that once out of the door of a moving bus, talk about getting
your
own back.


My grandfather, Naval Aviator #711, told me about standing up in the
cockpit
and peeing over the side of his plane.

Try that in an F-18!

Bob McKellar

"Nice Guy" wrote:

Try peeing in the rear seat of an AF while wearing a "poopy" suit.


I'd guess that the phrase 'in the rear seat' is likely more
descriptive than you had intended?...
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-Gord.
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