Sorry to say, (the housing) price and subsequent (transportation) cost for the weekend far exceeds my farm (mo) morgage payment (and the hired help to...
Sorry guys, I cannot share your enthusiasm. As you mentioned, the NATOPS manual for the '46, '53, etal have also been written in blood...The -22 is ma...
I've had a recent conversation with some AF dudes who were bragging on the -22. One of the subjects was the transformation from forward flight to hove...
Hey Joe Reed: We used to fly that same route, early on, my Hac told me it was a mortal sin not to drop off at least a case of C-Rats to the Hermit t...
This organization...Pop a Smoke Joe Reed brought up an interesting analogy. All the crew chiefs, gunners, mechs, etal addressed me by my nickname...
My heart is with youse guys, but it's the proverbial "and in the bucket of water" syndrome. Once the hand is out, the hole is gone...wanna know more, ...
HMH 463 Re-Onion Reserved the room...do I have to send $ ahead of time to hit the chow line X 2? Hooper 77-81
Keystone Helicopters in Westchwester, PA used to rebuild them or collect them...this was back in the mid '80's or so. I'm sure they might have some ar...
Not to sound indifferent, but I did do some H-46 time while on cruises and extremely bored...but for the most part, my experience with them was carryi...
I'd really be interested in one of the crashes in which a flight of two 53's crashed into the mountain where the Snowbird vor was over in west NC. Thi...
Showed it to many soon to be qualified folks. 'nuff said. Best I ever did was with a "105" slung underneath...Good thing we had minimum crew and app...
Sorry for that WM...guess you were just in the wrong outfits. Hooper
Back in New River there was an incident of black BIM in HMH 362 back in the early to mid seventies. After a flight, which apparently also had a black ...
Maint procedures re: It had always been drilled into me, that as a Post-Maintenance-Inspection Pilot, your acceptance of that a/c for test, and c...
VA disability and SSA disability Having gone thru this process, the ssa people (the reasonable ones) are quite attuned to the SSA evaluations of ...
hearing test the VA gives you Just like the ones that you had to do every year to stay eligible to fly, the VA uses audio head sets with amplifie...
Where can I pitch my tent? You're probably past us here in OK Jerry, but I would think that if you accessed the roster of members in the states e...
Marine Corps League... Been to all the Legions and VFW's that would allow me in the door. Didn't want to dishonor my USA reserve participation, b...
Camp LeJuene Water problems, re: the seventies. This problem was put out over the internet several years ago. Supposedly, the residents over @MCA...
Seeking a pilot that stayed... Walter, You popped smoke, and you see what happens...no special thanks required or necessary...this'll get remedie...
Looking for: Try Barney Espinoza. He knows many PF's, especially from in country.
VFW vs AM Leg re:MN When I was in MN, the management/organizations of both club systems had an "open" door policy. Membership rules were strickly...
gravestone desecration TY Hooper
Where'r the vets? You have a good point there. Back in the '70's the vets were not welcomed home and sometimes were accosted with chicken blood...