It's /gee-soot/ not /jez-ooh-it/.Whats a naval aviator doing with gsuit as a call sign? There has to be a story behind that?
Thanks for the service!!
USN Retired (1100 Line):
Military: Piloted DD, DDR, DDG, DLG, etc.
RV: Flying RV-6A, Building RV-6
Destroyer too big to build in my shop!
T-2A,B,C, F-9, F-4, TA-4J, F-14, Gliders, RV-8, RV-7A
snip...Call sign was 'Hands'...and quite a story there! R-rated mistaken identity.
Many years ago, when I was a young aspiring USAF pilot in training in south Georgia just north of Pensacola, the definition of a Naval Aviator (in formation) was one of group of pilots flying the same way on the same day.
Times have changed, that probably isn't true any more.
figured a bunch of you guys were Navy (and even a black shoe!)
...including 14,000,000 miles or so at Mach 25 ...
New RV 7 owner, bought it, don't have time to build right now and wanted to fly. Active Naval Aviator for 27 years, lots of time in A-6 Intruders plus 25 other flying machines including 14,000,000 miles or so at Mach 25. Can't go there anymore, so the RV is a great substitute.
Dan B.
Beach City, TX
14,000,000 miles or so at Mach 25. Can't go there anymore, so the RV is a great substitute.
Dan B.
Beach City, TX
Welcome aboard Dan - glad you found the forums! So....have you flown it yet?
New RV 7 owner......14,000,000 miles or so at Mach 25.....
Dan B.
Beach City, TX
other flying machines including 14,000,000 miles or so at Mach 25.
GrayHawk - no intention of being exclusionary when I started the "Naval Aviator" thread. I should have simply titled it "Sailors"
BTW my next project once complete with the -8 is to build a canoe from wood - not quite a DD but a boat is a boat right?
Spank
I was never in the Navy, but my plane has a Navy fighter paint scheme and my son is a Marine. Does that count?
Vlad,
Not sure, but its likely they were hauled up with a crane while in port.
Back when I was on active duty, I flew a Tomcat from Miramar to North Island so it could be craned aboard for the Air Wing Commnder's Change of Command (took place on our ship, while in port). Flew there with a buddy in his Hornet, and they were both hauled up for the ceremony. They gave us each a full bag of gas to fly the 10 miles, and said, "burn the gas, but no ACM (dogfighting)". Of course we complied...just tight turns in the vicinity of each other...yeah, that's it!
Those look like two L-29s that hang out here at Reno-Stead...could have been a movie thing, could have been a publicity thing. Do you know when the photos were taken? I'll ask around a little here and among my former BHR sailor buds and see if anyone knows.
Of course it could be the latest USMC jump jet! The red star doesn't quite fit that theory though, eh!
Cheers,
Bob
There are two L-29 on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Do you have any idea or knowledge how they got there?