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- Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: Flying Cheap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6410
I agree with Cobra with that quote. A gross generalization. Yes, the young pilot that grows up pounding the Northeast corridor is going to have more experience with the insanity of flying into that furball than a F-16 pilot whose experience was flying up initial at Hill AFB in Utah. However, it does...
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:30 pm
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: According to this article we only work 23.5 hours a week!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7472
You have obviously never had to suffer through taxiing behind any Delta, American, Northwest, Continental, etc. as they move along at a snails' pace trying to stretch their block length. And another thing: I think going faster on the leg home only makes sense when you spend half of the month away fr...
- Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: USAF Thunderbirds Discussion
- Topic: '09 Website in the works
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4552
Back in year one of Hollywood's boss-ship Jim Coomes introduced me to him in his office and (after he was finished looking at me like some kind of bug) he said, "Nice to meet you, Mike. Your website is way better than ours........." And the rest, as they say, is history. I can't help but think that ...
- Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:27 am
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: Air & Space Article about Virtual Airlines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3276
Timing is everything............ 2 years ago I had contacted the editors of Air and Space (I have held a subscription for many years) about doing a piece on virtual demonstration flying and they said: "No, not interested. Nobody cares about that." Now this article makes this BORING part of virtual f...
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10340
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:20 pm
- Forum: Pit Builders & Game Controllers
- Topic: Gunner's Pit
- Replies: 208
- Views: 286043
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:23 am
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: Aviation Nation 2008
- Replies: 29
- Views: 19666
To all concerned, what this means is that the base will still be hosting their annual Military Appreciation Day but not the media portion where they usually have local, national and some international media folks on the base hosting somewhat of an "open house" and also direct access to the Thunderbi...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:46 am
- Forum: The Demo
- Topic: Official Changes to the Virtual Thunderbirds Lineup
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5191
Panther, congrats on your new position. You have some big shoes to fill (literally :wink: ) and I am sure you will continue to do great. Cut those guys NO slack!!! Con was fantastic at calling what he saw, objectively and professionally, and I know he will continue to do great things PA-wise with th...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:42 am
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: Pre-Alpha Videos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7725
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:16 pm
- Forum: USAF Thunderbirds Discussion
- Topic: Great New England Air Show 2008
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4415
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:23 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: [2006-10-28] Movie Release & Trailer: Coming November!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26820
This will certainly be a bump for this thread, but I have every intention of doing so. For those of you who downloaded "Smoke On" and have it available I would like to suggest taking a look at it again...........like I did this evening. Now that I am retired from the Team I can look at it a little m...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:10 am
- Forum: USAF Thunderbirds Discussion
- Topic: Bon & Gunner meet a legend
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11238
Not to correct too much LD, but the country in question was Paraguay, the capital city of Asuncion, to be exact. :wink: Meeting Hoot was certainly a stroke of luck: when Wildcat was showing us a big conference room where the VTB movies might be shown in the future I noticed a lady placing name plaqu...
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:39 pm
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: First VTB movie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11386
I have said that if anything would bring me out of retirement it would be to fly the -38 again.........or the Phantom!! At the rate our "factory" is producing new aircraft I could have a full retirement before the Talon or Phantom show up! :) Right now Brett Favre and I are hanging out in complete a...
- Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: Pilot's Lounge
- Topic: First VTB movie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11386
We also ask that the circulation of this movie be very discreet as the bloopers, although "funny" in the virtual world can be compared to real world demonstrations accidents. Early on the real Thunderbird team was shown this clip and it doesn't require much imagination to realize that they were not ...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:37 am
- Forum: USAF Thunderbirds Discussion
- Topic: Vintage Thunderbird film from 1979
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9243
Sa-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! The Talon rides again!! Man, talk about flashbacks! I haven't seen anyone go through "strapping in" with that detail since......well, we'll leave it at that!! :shock: And the egress training for the -38 hasn't changed from the late 70's. Great stuff. Thanks for sharin...