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Random Griz Aviation Musings
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Saw The Great Santini first time in 1981 - it was the Saturday night movie in the high school auditorium of the boarding school I attended in Connecticut. I missed the first 1/3 of the film due to serving detention for skipping a study hall earlier that week (I got caught off the school grounds).
But loved the film and promptly checked the Pat Conroy novel out from the school library.
The film and novel was one of a series of films and books that ignited my interest in Naval Aviation - that and the fact that my father's 2nd wife was the widow of a TA-4J SERGRAD instructor pilot who was killed in a mishap during a sortie out of Meridian.
Bob Duvall was one the greatest character actors ever. My favorite characters were indeed Bull Meechum and Gus McCrae of Lonesome Dove.
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GroundPounder
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That new paint scheme is so...BORING.
I believe that livery is destined for *all* CNATRA aircraft.
Somebody complained about orange and white, so here we are... can't please everyone.
Ha. Not that kind of boarding school. I attended your classic New England prep school. Think blue blazers, Harris tweed, repp ties, khakis, and penny loafers.
We went to class 6 days per week (1/2 days on Wednesday and Saturday). Mandatory athletics, etc.
The new T-6 paint is all blue which looks much better than the orange and white plus it stands out in flight really well. Personally I like the orange on the TH-73 vice light gray.
Up at KPTK near Detroit this weekend for work and am the guest presenter at a CAP Instructor Pilot Clinic.
Met a fellow Navy Helo dude in his 70's who retired as an O-5 in the reserves with an interesting career path. This gentleman retired as a P-3B PPC with VP-93 at NAF Selfridge.
Primary training in the T-34C, first class in VT-3 to fly the T-34C.
HT-8 in TH-57A followed by HT-18 in TH-1L
UH-46A, HC-3 first as a Replacement Pilot then with this so couple of deployed operationally because it's when HC-3 DET 103 was an operational unit separated from the FRS.
Back to HT-18 as an IP in the TH-57C when the type was first introduced.
Transferred to the Reserves. Rushed VP-93 and was accepted as a SELRES. NATOPS trained/qualed as PQM the P-3B locally bypassing FRS. (this was common at the time)
Pretty cool.
Met a fellow Navy Helo dude in his 70's who retired as an O-5 in the reserves with an interesting career path. This gentleman retired as a P-3B PPC with VP-93 at NAF Selfridge.
Primary training in the T-34C, first class in VT-3 to fly the T-34C.
HT-8 in TH-57A followed by HT-18 in TH-1L
UH-46A, HC-3 first as a Replacement Pilot then with this so couple of deployed operationally because it's when HC-3 DET 103 was an operational unit separated from the FRS.
Back to HT-18 as an IP in the TH-57C when the type was first introduced.
Transferred to the Reserves. Rushed VP-93 and was accepted as a SELRES. NATOPS trained/qualed as PQM the P-3B locally bypassing FRS. (this was common at the time)
Pretty cool.
Some of you may have seen theYouTube “personality” TN FlyGirl. She would post flying videos (most simply showing how poorly she performed) and unfortunately died in an accident last year. The NTSB released the report yesterday and I was shocked to read that “she passed her private pilot (single-engine land) practical test, at which time she had accumulated 193.2 hours total flight time. Of those hours, 182.6 were dual instruction received…” I’m a long way from being the top gun of general aviation, but I can’t believe her instructors allowed her to remain in the air! The report, no real surprises, is here:
Absolutely tragic.
GroundPounder
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It's been a while, but someone did a break down of a flight her and her dad ( I think ) took, I'll try and find it and post a link. It starts with her basically being lost within sight of the airport she took off from.
It could have been mistaken as a parody.
VMO4
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She received her PPL in a PA-28-140. Yes, it took her 180 hours to get there, but if you meet the PTS , even if it took 180 hours, you can get your ticket. Then , there is nothing to stop you from buying a Beech Debonair. She would have needed a retract and C/S prop sign off. But then there is no legal way to stop her from barreling off into the blue in a aircraft she is not even close to being safe in. The GA world is full of smoking holes in which a person was barely safe, but met the PTS in a 180 hp, retract C/S Piper Arrow, and then bought a Bonanza, Mooney or Malibu.
Category and class can be misleading, many years ago a hangar neighbor of mine was retired USAF pointy jet something who had a Pitts that he gave acro rides in. A USAF reservist F-16 guy now going though the airlines came by one day and asked about getting a "a few hours to solo the Pitts".
"Captain, you won't get signed off to taxi this thing in 'a few hours'"
Category and class can be misleading, many years ago a hangar neighbor of mine was retired USAF pointy jet something who had a Pitts that he gave acro rides in. A USAF reservist F-16 guy now going though the airlines came by one day and asked about getting a "a few hours to solo the Pitts".
"Captain, you won't get signed off to taxi this thing in 'a few hours'"