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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 06:27:42 GMT, user wrote:
While its obvious what Junior is asking here, one point should be brought out to him about Marine Corps Aviators. They are NOT "fighter" pilots. Sure they fly the Hornet in that mission, and do it well, but guarantee if you ask any of them, their primary mission is "close air-ground support". I've said for years, and you may have even read it in this forum, "air superiority is something a fighter pilot does on his/her way to and from the target." |
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:16:37 GMT, Ed Rasimus
wrote: On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:04:05 -0800, Mary Shafer wrote: On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:45:06 GMT, Ed Rasimus wrote: Suppose they opt to fly missions from Aircraft carriers. How long would this take? (Basic training, flight school, etc.) I assume you mean training. All USMC and USN aviators are carqual. About two years. I don't think the P-3 or C-130 communities carqual, Ed. Caught me in the act of being elitist, didn't you? Not at all. I caught you saying something I'd normally say. Can I defend myself by saying that I was narrowly focused on the question regarding "Marine Fighter Pilot"? Nahh, I forgot the heavy operators, pure and simple. All fighter pilots in the Navy and Marines carqual. That's what we both would mean, but not say. If I hadn't just been talking to a former P-3 pilot, I would have forgotten them, too. We were talking about tanker aircraft or the C-130s would have never occurred to me, either. I'm not even going to mention the adversary F-16s that were, presumably, flown by both Navy and Marine aviators. That way lies madness and an interminable thread about hook size, training, and "what if". Rejoice with me. They've got the rafters and roof sheathing on our house, having put up the load-bearing walls in two days, and have started on the non-load-bearing walls and the water lines and wiring. The sheer-wall sheathing is being done today. We have the pre-drywall walk-through on Tuesday, a week from now. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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Rejoice with me. They've got the rafters and roof sheathing on our
house, ... I'm happy for you, Mary, but do you really need a roof? It never rains there, does it? ((:-)) It was more than 50 years a go, but when I went through, every cadet had to carqual in basic, in an SNJ. At that time, no one had yet been required to choose single or muti-engine. vince norris |
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"Mary Shafer" wrote Termites are exceedingly rare in the High Desert, too. Not non-existant, but certainly far from common. My neighborhood is full of houses built about 30 years ago and a fair number have been sold recently, meaning termite inspections for escrow. No one has had any found so far. Termites need not just wood, but moisture as well. Florida, Lousyana, etc are termite havens. Pete |
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Mary Shafer wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:24:45 -0800, (Harry Andreas) wrote: In article , wrote: Rejoice with me. They've got the rafters and roof sheathing on our house, having put up the load-bearing walls in two days, and have started on the non-load-bearing walls and the water lines and wiring. The sheer-wall sheathing is being done today. We have the pre-drywall walk-through on Tuesday, a week from now. If your area is as prone to termites as the South Bay (LA county) you're at just the right time to have your new house tented. All the wood should be in, electrical and water in, but not drywall. It turns out that the lumber yard is termite central. (Where would you choose to live if you were a termite?) The wood is not treated. This from a contractor friend. Most new houses in SoCal start showing termite signs in 2-3 years from the wood carried in from the lumberyard. It's apparently not a huge problem here. Maybe termites don't like the 118 degF summer weather; I know I don't. Anyway, they did saturate the soil twice with some sort of anti-termite chemical before they poured the slab and this, it seems, is good enough. Termites are exceedingly rare in the High Desert, too. Not non-existant, but certainly far from common. My neighborhood is full of houses built about 30 years ago and a fair number have been sold recently, meaning termite inspections for escrow. No one has had any found so far. I understand it used to be a problem in wooden-frame aircraft back in the day (just to keep on topic). That doesn't surprise me at all, although I hope it wasn't subterranean termites, with their little mud tunnels from under the ground to the airframe. A good pre-flight should catch that one, I'd think. Then there are the mud-daubber wasps that build their nests in such inopportune site as pitot tubes and static ports. Apparently, this happens without being caught on the preflight now and then, usually with unpleasant results. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer I understand a lot of the homebuilt composite aircraft have had problems with polyestermites..... Bob McKellar, ducking and running for cover |
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Short attention span have we??
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:36:36 -0800, Mary Shafer wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:24:45 -0800, (Harry Andreas) wrote: In article , wrote: Rejoice with me. They've got the rafters and roof sheathing on our house, having put up the load-bearing walls in two days, and have started on the non-load-bearing walls and the water lines and wiring. The sheer-wall sheathing is being done today. We have the pre-drywall walk-through on Tuesday, a week from now. If your area is as prone to termites as the South Bay (LA county) you're at just the right time to have your new house tented. All the wood should be in, electrical and water in, but not drywall. It turns out that the lumber yard is termite central. (Where would you choose to live if you were a termite?) The wood is not treated. This from a contractor friend. Most new houses in SoCal start showing termite signs in 2-3 years from the wood carried in from the lumberyard. It's apparently not a huge problem here. Maybe termites don't like the 118 degF summer weather; I know I don't. Anyway, they did saturate the soil twice with some sort of anti-termite chemical before they poured the slab and this, it seems, is good enough. Termites are exceedingly rare in the High Desert, too. Not non-existant, but certainly far from common. My neighborhood is full of houses built about 30 years ago and a fair number have been sold recently, meaning termite inspections for escrow. No one has had any found so far. I understand it used to be a problem in wooden-frame aircraft back in the day (just to keep on topic). That doesn't surprise me at all, although I hope it wasn't subterranean termites, with their little mud tunnels from under the ground to the airframe. A good pre-flight should catch that one, I'd think. Then there are the mud-daubber wasps that build their nests in such inopportune site as pitot tubes and static ports. Apparently, this happens without being caught on the preflight now and then, usually with unpleasant results. Mary |
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Pete wrote:
"Mary Shafer" wrote Termites are exceedingly rare in the High Desert, too. Not non-existant, but certainly far from common. My neighborhood is full of houses built about 30 years ago and a fair number have been sold recently, meaning termite inspections for escrow. No one has had any found so far. Termites need not just wood, but moisture as well. Florida, Lousyana, etc are termite havens. Pete Interestingly though, there are termites all over the place here in Tucson, which isn't exactly a rain forest... Mike |
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In article , Bob McKellar
wrote: Mary Shafer wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:24:45 -0800, (Harry Andreas) wrote: In article , wrote: Rejoice with me. They've got the rafters and roof sheathing on our house, having put up the load-bearing walls in two days, and have started on the non-load-bearing walls and the water lines and wiring. The sheer-wall sheathing is being done today. We have the pre-drywall walk-through on Tuesday, a week from now. If your area is as prone to termites as the South Bay (LA county) you're at just the right time to have your new house tented. All the wood should be in, electrical and water in, but not drywall. It turns out that the lumber yard is termite central. (Where would you choose to live if you were a termite?) The wood is not treated. This from a contractor friend. Most new houses in SoCal start showing termite signs in 2-3 years from the wood carried in from the lumberyard. It's apparently not a huge problem here. Maybe termites don't like the 118 degF summer weather; I know I don't. Anyway, they did saturate the soil twice with some sort of anti-termite chemical before they poured the slab and this, it seems, is good enough. Termites are exceedingly rare in the High Desert, too. Not non-existant, but certainly far from common. My neighborhood is full of houses built about 30 years ago and a fair number have been sold recently, meaning termite inspections for escrow. No one has had any found so far. I understand it used to be a problem in wooden-frame aircraft back in the day (just to keep on topic). That doesn't surprise me at all, although I hope it wasn't subterranean termites, with their little mud tunnels from under the ground to the airframe. A good pre-flight should catch that one, I'd think. Then there are the mud-daubber wasps that build their nests in such inopportune site as pitot tubes and static ports. Apparently, this happens without being caught on the preflight now and then, usually with unpleasant results. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer I understand a lot of the homebuilt composite aircraft have had problems with polyestermites..... LOL! ouch, that's so bad it's funny. -- Harry Andreas Engineering raconteur |
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