F-15 Eagle, Still King Of The Hill !

[GUNS-R-US]

Not only that but the reservists and staff Officers have to get their flight time in to maintain their flight status (and pay )

From Pathfinder "What's it cost to keep one municipal fireman employeed for one year stationed one year at a fire station?  Do you include the cost of the fire truck and station, management, the municipal government that oversees the fire department. If you hire one less firefighter, do you save $1,000,000 a year?  Facts and figure can be interpreted many ways and any comparisons and statements need to have the methodoloy explained to have a comprhensive understanding of the the true cost"


 The cost of the truck and building would be figured in on the basis of depreciated value this kind of calculation is really pretty complicated, since you have to figure in everything from the cost of his boots to the adjusted portion of the cost of the environmental impact study of the station alarm.

There are no live "Second best" fighter pilots, just ask them 

Yea I know my Daddy was acutally a fighter pilot. He flew the F111 for over 20 years. So I got a lot of experience with them!

[tombogan03884]

Was he ever stationed up here at Pease ? If he was I may very well have watched him "work" 

[kilopaparomeo]

Tell ya' what.  I'll make an attempt to get us **slightly** back on target.

I'm a private pilot...usually I fly these



For my 30th birthday, my wife got me a flight on the Aluminum Overcast



For my 40th birthday, she got me a training flight (~ 60 minutes) in an L39 Albatross.  Once the trainer knew I was a pilot and made sure I could handle a stick, he took me through a few maneuvers, made sure I knew the right airspeeds (e.g., Vne, Vs, Vx, etc) and then let me go.  Too fun...

This thing just has a single, 3700 lb thrust engine and, while light, was easy to fly and had great (for me) power characteristics.  I can't even imaging strapping onto a big old Eagle with twin 30K lb thrust engines (w/ afterburner...I think they are around 18K without).

Yahooo!

[kilopaparomeo]

There are no live "Second best" fighter pilots, just ask them

Q:  What's the difference between a fighter pilot and God?

A:  God doesn't think he is a fighter pilot.

[GUNS-R-US]

Was he ever stationed up here at Pease ? If he was I may very well have watched him "work" 

No Daddy flew the F model and later the A, D, & G models in TAC & ACC but never SAC with the FB111.

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[GUNS-R-US]

Q:  What's the difference between a fighter pilot and God?

A:  God doesn't think he is a fighter pilot.

Correction: God know's he's not a fighter pilot! The Fighter Pilot will never figure out he's not God!!

[fightingquaker13]

Ok! That does it! The "I Hate kilopapparomeo" thread is a go.
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[billt]

kilopapparomeo,

My dad was a pilot. I used to fly with him when I was a kid. He had a fellow pilot and friend who had a Stearman he used to take me up in. Damn that was fun! It used to amaze me how he could barrel roll with 1 G all the way around. I would just sit there and watch the horizon go around. Later on he flew a Rockwell Jet Commander for a big contractor in Houston, Texas. I miss flying, and have often thought about getting my private license. Glendale Municipal Air port is just 2 miles from me, and the pattern is right over my house. They're up all weekend. What does a new Cessna 150 run these days? I heard it was around $150,000.00   Bill T.

[GUNS-R-US]

Bill T have you ever read The Cannibal Queen by Steven Coonts? Great book about flying across American in a Stearman!

[fightingquaker13]

kilopapparomeo,

My dad was a pilot. I used to fly with him when I was a kid. He had a fellow pilot and friend who had a Stearman he used to take me up in. Damn that was fun! It used to amaze me how he could barrel roll with 1 G all the way around. I would just sit there and watch the horizon go around. Later on he flew a Rockwell Jet Commander for a big contractor in Houston, Texas. I miss flying, and have often thought about getting my private license. Glendale Municipal Air port is just 2 miles from me, and the pattern is right over my house. They're up all weekend. What does a new Cessna 150 run these days? I heard it was around $150,000.00   Bill T.

Actually, renting them is pretty cheap. I dated a doctor with a pilots license about a year ago. Here in Fl. you could rent a cessna for $350 a day plus fuel, insurance and whatever landing fee your destination charged in the off season. Not cheap, but not $150k either, plus you don't have to maintain it.
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