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Most Exotic Places You've Landed?
- Thread starter 3P4Life
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Djibouti... Not so much worried about Kevlar when going over to file, but whether the guy at the counter would be wearing pants and how far into "Khat Hour" you were.
WheelsUpHeelsUp
Banned
How about places that is no more like:
NAS Olathe KS. Beech Aviation had contract fuel, every 500 gallons got you a
box of ASSKICKING steaks, best I ever had.
NAS Glenzoo Il, Yep, it sucked
Pease AFB, NH When it was a SAC base, colder than a witches tit!
Loring AFB Me.
Norton AFB Ca.
Ritchie Goober AFB, Ks, Absolutely Nowhere, USA
Rickenbacker AFB, Oh
NAF Detroit aka Selfridge
Clark AFB Awwww honey, enig ebig geta, no shit.
NAS Alameda Who would have ever thought????
NAS Cecil
NAS Dallas, Too G*$&#$@& hot for me
Kelly AFB What ever happened to the lone cargo version of the B 36 that was
there?
NAS Memphis
NAS Mayport
NAS Key West No doubt, the BEST RON site state side for a 118 puke who
brought his 850 Norton on dead heads.
NAS South Weymouth Hauled a MG Midget to NAS Andrews in the 70's, pilot
called it "Opportune Cargo" when stopped by the OOD!
I'm sure I missed some, exotic you say? Hmmmmm, Cubi or Palma de Mallorca!
NAS Olathe KS. Beech Aviation had contract fuel, every 500 gallons got you a
box of ASSKICKING steaks, best I ever had.
NAS Glenzoo Il, Yep, it sucked
Pease AFB, NH When it was a SAC base, colder than a witches tit!
Loring AFB Me.
Norton AFB Ca.
Ritchie Goober AFB, Ks, Absolutely Nowhere, USA
Rickenbacker AFB, Oh
NAF Detroit aka Selfridge
Clark AFB Awwww honey, enig ebig geta, no shit.
NAS Alameda Who would have ever thought????
NAS Cecil
NAS Dallas, Too G*$&#$@& hot for me
Kelly AFB What ever happened to the lone cargo version of the B 36 that was
there?
NAS Memphis
NAS Mayport
NAS Key West No doubt, the BEST RON site state side for a 118 puke who
brought his 850 Norton on dead heads.
NAS South Weymouth Hauled a MG Midget to NAS Andrews in the 70's, pilot
called it "Opportune Cargo" when stopped by the OOD!
I'm sure I missed some, exotic you say? Hmmmmm, Cubi or Palma de Mallorca!
Recidivist
Registered User
I saw a Hawkeye land at Denpasar, Bali when I was there (2001, I think). That seems like it'd a an excellent field to pull into, what with all the nightclubs and prostitutes 
, although some were blown up by fucking terrorists. Outstanding seafood at the harbor just south of the airport.
Also, Zab, wondered if you'd flown out of the airbase in northern Chile up by Antofogasta (what a piece of shit of a city). They had F-5s for sure when our plane landed in April, but I think some other stuff as well.
/living vicariously
, although some were blown up by fucking terrorists. Outstanding seafood at the harbor just south of the airport.Also, Zab, wondered if you'd flown out of the airbase in northern Chile up by Antofogasta (what a piece of shit of a city). They had F-5s for sure when our plane landed in April, but I think some other stuff as well.
/living vicariously
Antofaghanistan? Yes. Just last June actually. The VOR-DME indentifier is FAG.
As far as the city? Yeah, not much to do there.
NAS Olathe? I was recruited, enlisted, (supposed to drill as a reservist but never did because of distance) and eventually was commissioned out of NAS Olathe. (They used to wine and dine recruits at the Playboy club in Kansas City, but I unfortunately missed that with bad timing. Still got wined and dined. Much different times back then. They had quotas to fill and a hot war going on.)
Been to most of those other places too. Didn't realize so many were shut down. Times change.
And here I only considered Olathe a refueling stop???
Rickenbacker is still open, I flew several cargo originations/terminations from there ... renamed Columbus Regional Airport Authority now ... but I think they still have some ANG units scattered about the perimeter. I could, as usual, be wrong there.WheelsUpHeelsUp said:
Ditto CLARK -- Macapagal International Airport -- freight --- and some of the others as well (CUBI for one example). I think it's more a matter of semantics, as many of these still contain "active functioning runways" .... just not 100 % dedicated to the service of UNCLE as in days past since the BRAC base slaughter of the mid-'90's .... and of course some ARE a smokin' hole in the ground, i.e., NAS DALLAS. Or does the former LTV/Chance Vought still use the runway??
And NQX??? BOCA CHICA closed??? News to me .... say it ain't so!
How about NAS SAND POINT, Seattle??? Not exactly "exotic", but it fits your nostalgia theme .... a.k.a. my first Naval Air flight in the front seat -- or any other NAVAIR seat, for that matter -- of a C-45 Bugsmasher in this case.
Anyone ??? Anyone ??? NAS SAND POINT: then
and *sniff* .... now :sleep_125.
Since SOME of us are on a nostalgia kick -- you ALL will be when you get older, believe it -- check this link out for all the names you ever wanted/needed to know regarding Navy and Marine air stations CONUS.
Sorry if it's a repost: kill me.
Touch this: NAVY and MARINE FLYING FIELDS in the USA
(not to be confused with the "Abandoned and Little Known Airfields" site)
-- check this link out for all the names you ever wanted/needed to know regarding Navy and Marine air stations CONUS.Sorry if it's a repost: kill me.
Touch this: NAVY and MARINE FLYING FIELDS in the USA
(not to be confused with the "Abandoned and Little Known Airfields" site)
Exotic places I have been? Yes exotic, but would add a few more adjetives.
Yikes! Were you on the investigation(s) team(s)?
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
In case no one knows what either of them is talking about, read about it here.
^^ And some of you guys have chided in the past as to the "why" of knowing and doing ADF and other N/P approaches .... ???
This is one reason why "we" ALWAYS practice them and are tested on them every checkride in the 18-wheeler. Because we do them -- frequently -- overseas. Hand's on -- old school -- no glass assist. Especially overseas, but I've done them CONUS as well on the Whale .....
This flight also included then Sec. of Commerce Brown and would have included our airline CEO of the day -- he missed the flight by @ an hour due to poor ground connections at the origin. I guess in his case, they weren't so "poor" after all ....
Bad day ....
This is one reason why "we" ALWAYS practice them and are tested on them every checkride in the 18-wheeler. Because we do them -- frequently -- overseas. Hand's on -- old school -- no glass assist. Especially overseas, but I've done them CONUS as well on the Whale .....
This flight also included then Sec. of Commerce Brown and would have included our airline CEO of the day -- he missed the flight by @ an hour due to poor ground connections at the origin. I guess in his case, they weren't so "poor" after all ....
Bad day ....
No, was part of the advance team in preparation for the visits. We went into Dubrovnik VFR. Was pencilled in for the trip, several issues prevented travel.
May God rest their souls.