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Enthusiast Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Posts: 26 Status: Offline

Dare I point out that when one goes to land/takeoff he/she is fully aware that said takeoff/landing is coming? I mean, planes don't just enter a landing/takeoff sequence on their own. Whereas an exchange on a set of choo-choo track may sneak up on you. I'm sorry man, but from where I'm sitting, you look ridiculous ATFS Crash. Honestly, I doubt that flightline shennagins such as this guy standing around naked with a football helmet on have ever caused any kind of mishap. I say let the guys screw around from time to time, you know, to keep their morale up and stuff.

Oh, and if anyone remembers me from my question about A-10s I saw over Auburn, and happened to wonder if I found my answer, I did. Damnedest thing really. I was at an air show in Fort Drum, New York, and conviniently enough, they had a static A-10. Thanks to a sudden down pour, I ended up under the wing of said A-10(from Pennsylvania) and right next to a Lt. Col. who turned out to be the pilot. Anyway, I asked him about the A-10s I had seen, and he asked me if there was a prison where I lived. Two blocks from my house happens to be the location of Auburn Prison. As one might guess, that was the answer I gave him. He then proceded to tell me that one of the pilots knew an employee of the prison, and while leaving an airshow in Binghamton, New York, decided to pay his buddy a visit. Basically the two A-10s buzzed the prison that is about 200 yards from my house.

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Elite 2K Joined: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 2812 Status: Offline

Chucking stuff down the intake of a running jet engine is pretty serious Sierra, and no doubt something one should be punished over. Yes, Mr. Camera Holding D@#chebag, that includes you! Seeing as, we have to abort a sortie, just because we hit something as seemingly trivial as a small bird on takeoff that did nothing but bounce down the bottom of the fuselage.

The flightline is not a place to Foxtrot around.

Crash...good argument, and great to have you around, as always...But I will say this, and and I'm only saying this because I care: There are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are just as tasty as the real thing. Wink

Forum Veteran Joined: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 505

TC wrote:

Chucking stuff down the intake of a running jet engine is pretty serious Sierra, and no doubt something one should be punished over. Yes, Mr. Camera Holding D@#chebag, that includes you! Seeing as, we have to abort a sortie, just because we hit something as seemingly trivial as a small bird on takeoff that did nothing but bounce down the bottom of the fuselage.

The flightline is not a place to Foxtrot around.

Crash...good argument, and great to have you around, as always...But I will say this, and and I'm only saying this because I care: There are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are just as tasty as the real thing. Wink

I am caffeinated at the moment, however I don’t think that really plays much part in my response. I tend to get my dander up when I see people needlessly and carelessly risk people’s lives and property and taxpayer money.

I have seen pranks get out of hand and end up killing or injuring people and or doing serious property damage.

One of the cases that I can mention: As a joke, some line technicians thought it’d be funny to take an air gun and blast a jet of air up by guys rear. Allegedly they just meant to give him a loud cool startling blast of air. Unfortunately they got too close and rammed airgun up his rear rather far, the sudden air pressure ruptured his intestines. The subject of the joke died a very slow painful death from infection from the bacteria that ruptured from his intestines and slowly cause him to die. The pranksters had to live with the fact that they killed a coworker that had a wife and kids.

Elite 2K Joined: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 2812 Status: Offline

With you word for word Crash! I have also seen some really stupid actions by personnel who, I won't even say SHOULD'VE known better...rather, DID know better, but chose to do it anyway. A couple of those people lost their wings, and are no longer members of the Air Force because of it.

One million 'Attaboys' can be cancelled out with one "Aw $h!t", but it only takes one "Aw $h!t" to end someone's life over something stupid...much like your friend, there.

I know that killing yourself or somebody else is a far cry from the dumb@$$ on the first page, but I will ask, if he was obviously stupid enough to do what he was doing, then what else is he stupid enough to do? It's clear to me that neither he, nor his supervisors were smart enough to speak up, and draw the line somewhere. I'm sure after his commander rammed an Article 15 up that rear end in need of a suntan, then maybe Larry, his brother Darrell and his other brother Darrell might have received the message loud and clear.

Reminds me of a rednecks famous last words.... " hold my beer"

Enthusiast Joined: Nov 06, 2006 Posts: 65 Status: Offline

In my "former life" I used to be a load master on the 130, and some of the stuff we used to do would give some of the posters on here an aneurysm. One of the funnier moments I recall happened during a two ship formation flight. The second Herc in the formation had a co-pilot receiving his first home station check-ride. Needless to say, the Lt was pretty nervous, so the lead crew wanted to do something to ease his nerves. So the second Herc took up formation pretty much directly behind the lead Herc. The lead Herc opened it's rear ramp and door, and standing there on the ramp of the lead Herc were the two loads wearing nothing but a harness, their boots, and their flight helmet, saluting the young Lt (and no he didn't crash the Herc as a result). A picture was taken and it was framed and put up in the load section (with the naughty bits covered of course).

Nothing bad came from it, no one was reprimanded. Of the two loads, one is now the Stand Eval of the load section and the other one is a MXS Chief somewhere.

Moral of the story, it is possible to have a little fun while safely accomplishing your mission. I would hate to work in a completely sterile environment. I take my job very seriously (OPSEC, Intel Oversight, ect...) but no one said I couldn't have a little fun doing it.

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yep its got to be an Officer. a maintainer would have a much more pronounced farmers tan!! I wonder where the dude puts his FOD *L*

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Hey Donk! Here's to a fellow Load Smasher! Beer

Oh yeah, have fun with what you're doing, but be safe, and be aware of your surroundings. You and I both know that it's a completely different world on the plane, than it is on the ground, especially where you're under a microscope...but you can name that tune in two notes.

At least your boys wore their harnesses. Laughing

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