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 Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 08:24 PM
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Link to TC: "You're a hell of an instinctive Moderator, TC. Maybe too good. But I gotta do somethin' here I...I still can't believe it: I gotta admit your posts are WAY better than mine...some of the time."   |
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Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 09:12 PM
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@ Link!
Viper: "I flew with your old man...VF-84 on the Nimitz. But, that was back when we flew in cockpits of manned fighters. Fighters, you ask?...Yeah, that was a type of aircraft we used to fly. They could go supersonic, were fully aerobatic and you actually were sitting in the plane as it flew. Pretty cool huh?...Outdated?! You little $h1tbird!" |
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Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 04:24 PM
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Link and TC, laughing my @ss off - my sides hurt
Charlie: "What were you doing at that range??"
Mav: "Conducting public relations"
Goose: "You know - Rick-Rolling the guys flying the other RPA"
"You were in a 15-degree left bank with an enemy RPA? what was the distance??"
"My trailer was about 4500 miles away. Or did you mean from my RPA to the other one...?"
[Edited - thanks TC, there's a LOT of bs rumors at the zoo and i honestly thought they were kidding haha] |
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Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 07:13 PM
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I thought the MQ-9 was being flown by the (*EDITED*)
The Navy would probably have them use the F-35. |
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Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 11:45 PM
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Greek...The preferred nomenclature is "RPA". "UAV" is an archaic term.
Grinner...Re: the RPA users...Yes, the Navy is a player. Let's leave it at that.
And, at the risk of stating the clearly obvious, they will very likely use Super Bugs for this one. That is, if "Top Gun Part Deux" is ever made. F-35s would mean a one-seater, and you wouldn't get the PLT/WSO crew connection with a one-holer (so to speak), as you would with a sedan. |
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Posted: Dec 04, 2010 - 01:10 AM
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| i read somewhere that the navy wants to pick them up more than USAF - cheaper than training carrier pilots. Can anyone confirm or....the opposite of "confirm" that? |
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Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 10:22 AM
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| RPAs are cheaper across the board. Less expensive than carrier ops, and definitely less expensive than the new Gucci pointy-nosed stuff that's out there, or trying to become operational. |
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