Oh Navy

[BEEF SUPREME]

We can put a 330 down there, wet runway or not so a lightweight 737 shouldn't be an issue. 22 is a much simpler approach, but the trade winds (which were pretty gusty yesterday) make it a less than desirable option most of the time.

I think we all know how this happened.

 

[NovemberEcho]

I think we all know how this happened.

They were corpies before the navy?

 

[derg]

They were corpies before the navy?

Uh oh, you've caught the Cruiser! Zovirax, IMMEDIATELY!

 

[Wardogg]

They were corpies before the navy?

 

[form810]

P-8 took a swim in Hawaii. No injuries.

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Well, to be fair...

That runway is only 7700-ish feet. That's a BIG ask of almost any recent-hire / ready-to-retire these days.

And ... there was a moderately frisky crosswind. I think the last plane in the Navy that actually demanded a modicum of foot-work was the T34C.

To bastardize "Airplane!", picked a hell of day to deep six a spy plane.

 

[NovemberEcho]

 

[Wardogg]

Missed it by that much!

 

[Pilot Fighter]

Missed it by that much!

Low fuel, bad weather, landed long. A proper mea culpa and he’s back on the flight schedule soon.

Rough day.

 

[scooter2525]

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Useless red circle. I can clearly see where the plane is.

 

[form810]

Useless red circle. I can clearly see where the plane is.

I'm becoming very afraid that with all the frivolity of the free-speech we take as a given, and with all our bluster, and chest thumping and unquestioned assumptions, when we are forced to war with China, WE will be Russia in Ukraine.

 

[scooter2525]

I'm becoming very afraid that, with all our bluster, and chest thumping and unquestioned assumptions, when we are forced to war with China, WE will be Russia in Ukraine.

k

 

[form810]

k

Just know that when it happens, you won't have a chance to say "I'm sorry."

Can you read that? Or is it too verbose and obtuse?

 

[form810]

To fight the submarine you must be the submarine.

That's funny. But, to be fair, that plane looks more like an LHA than a sub.

 

[form810]

P-8 took a swim in Hawaii. No injuries.

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It didn't really "take a swim". It just enacted yet another runway overrun - in this case with nice soft water at the other end. We can joke about that. Or, we can start to take a look at ourselves.

 

[Roger Roger]

I was in the 3rd seat, but we took a 747 in there. Was a new guy on OE. I was jealous

Then after min rest on the way out the captain told me that I wasn’t allowed to be sarcastic anymore as it was distracting. I was pretty quiet after that as apparently I can’t not be sarcastic.

I had one FO I flew with more than the rest (probably over half my crew time) and we always joked that eventually one of us was going to say something sarcastic, the other one would take it seriously and do something stupid with the airplane.

 

[Murdoughnut]

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There's some killer bodyboarding on the other end of that runway. My grandfather (stationed at Hickam) used to take me there all the time.

 

[///AMG]

I was in the 3rd seat, but we took a 747 in there. Was a new guy on OE. I was jealous

Then after min rest on the way out the captain told me that I wasn’t allowed to be sarcastic anymore as it was distracting. I was pretty quiet after that as apparently I can’t not be sarcastic.

[robot]"fifty"[/robot]

"hey you chuckle****s planning on putting the gear down?"

 

[Roger Roger]

[robot]"fifty"[/robot]

"hey you chuckle****s planning on putting the gear down?"

Whoah Whoah Whoah they have radalt callouts??!

 

[///AMG]

Whoah Whoah Whoah they have radalt callouts??!

Rich people things, I know, we won't ever know......

 

[Skåning]

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**Super Troopers voice**

Almost made it