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Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)
- Thread starter Top_Gun_1_0_1
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On the flip side I know someone who was medically discharged from the Marines for a knee injury he pushed through and made worse.
Did it think your were competition?
I'll second this. We had a JO in my fleet squadron who coached a kids soccer team. Not HIS kids team, just a random team league team that he volunteered for. He always had random snivs in to be gone to coach and was not looked at kindly by JOs and DHs alike.
GroundPounder
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Sounds legit, did he get Chris Hansen's autograph?
Carrier Helos, no, or at least like the Tailhook types. However, you will be given shit in the ready room from other JOs for leaving Anti-collision lights on after landing (verboten) or missing the spot so severely you had to relift and respot in order to be chained.
A møøse once bit my sister.
I imagine in the FW world this would be the equivalent of missing the boat entirely. I did not imagine it was possible to suck this much.
Spot 5 (I think, been a while) was so close to the cat track if you landed even on the left line of the box they wouldn't be able to chain down the left mount. Much embarrassment having to call Boss to respot. Suck less 2P!
Spot 5 (I think, been a while) was so close to the cat track if you landed even on the left line of the box they wouldn't be able to chain down the left mount. Much embarrassment having to call Boss to respot. Suck less 2P!
Seen it happen. That's the worst. Thank God never to me.
Helo guy speaking here: no, not in the way the tailhook guys were. Our squadron had an informal grade our Skipper used and it was mostly to give shit to someone who had a bad landing. There's wheelboxes that are compatible for the 60's on the carrier (and small boys) and if you missed them, our Skipper would give shit, but it's hard to grade because getting in the wheelboxes is a lot about how the aircrew talk you down to them since the pilots have no reference to them. After a few months of landing every day 3 or 4 times, you'd get a good feel for them, but still couldn't see them.
On small boys, your landings weren't graded per se, but since all of the pilots have the opportunity to see you land from the LSO shack, your prowess (or lack thereof) in getting into the trap is constantly noted. There's also considerable attention given to 2Ps that like to fly themselves into the hangar face at night on goggles. This generally is considered a no-no, however technically it's not a Prohibited Maneuver.
I was the tower flower once on the Vinson during a boat det and a helo landed, the wheels were just on the left line of the wheel boxes, right on the waist (can't remember which spot exactly). No fixed wing flight ops happening, but the Captain comes charging in and flipped his shit on the Mini about why the helo wasn't directly in the middle of the boxes. The helo actually had to start back up and lift to center up, luckily they were still sitting on APU and hadn't shut down completely.
The moral of the story? Everyone is watching you land on the boat. Depending on platform you may not have a grade (a greenie board/etc), but people watch you land and you never want to be "that guy" with a jacked up landing.