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C-130-2 pilots?

Harrier Dude said:
Yeah...the air force ops are easier.

I once met a USAF C-130 nav major. He didn't think it was as funny as I did when I told him "We call them Lance Corporals".
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Im gonna have to keep that one in mind for my one friend that just selected NAV from ROTC for the Air Force.
 
Tom said:
Sextants are used to determine latitude. Useful when flying over the ocean and all your fancy equipment goes to sh!t.
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You can get more than just lattitude. You can get a nice fix with 3 maybe 4 lines of postion plus a pressure line depending on what is available in the sky at the time.
 
Cavrone said:
You can get more than just lattitude. You can get a nice fix with 3 maybe 4 lines of postion plus a pressure line depending on what is available in the sky at the time.
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You can also do a heading check......I did for two dets.........:D
 
Tom said:
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Of course, this device's true function is a black shoe polish applicator for the NAV's eye. :D

Brett
 
Brett327 said:
Of course, this device's true function is a black shoe polish applicator for the NAV's eye. :D

Brett
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They tried that with me, but that was the day the guy who was instructing me wanted to try out a heading check first......too bad.........:D
 
I hated that damn thing but it saved my bacon a couple of times back in the pre-gps, pre-reliable inertial, no omega and shitty loran days of my first P-3 deployment.
 
HAL Pilot said:
I hated that damn thing but it saved my bacon a couple of times back in the pre-gps, pre-reliable inertial, no omega and shitty loran days of my first P-3 deployment.
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I heard from a friend in API that the P-3 is slated to get ADF. Finally NDB approaches are now available. I also heard RNAV is coming by 2015.
 
Tom said:
I heard from a friend in API that the P-3 is slated to get ADF. Finally NDB approaches are now available. I also heard RNAV is coming by 2015.
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I hope this is a sarcastic comment.....

And yes, I did walk 5 miles to (Nav) school uphill through the snow.....
 
Tom said:
I heard from a friend in API that the P-3 is slated to get ADF. Finally NDB approaches are now available. I also heard RNAV is coming by 2015.
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As I recall, the only use I ever got out of the ADF receiver was to tune in WOKV so I could listen to Limbaugh (et al) during that 5 hour afternoon bounce session. :D

Brett
 
The main use I get out of the ADF is to count landings. Sometimes I can get a combo of numbers that just makes the bearing pointer spin like crazy.
 
Cavrone said:
Just be careful, you may get your boom mic put into places that may not be too pleasant. That first ICM check may hit you kinda hard. :D
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What's worse is when there is photographic evidence of boom mike "placement" made available after the fact. :D
 
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