Cockpit Conversations
So Scribe — what do pilots and NFOs talk about when things are quiet on a flight?
– Lots of stuff, but some conversations you *don’t* want to hear…
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Hammer Time
No, not this one – more like this… Item: Navy ship $840 million over budget and still unfinished (h/t Phibian) — The highly touted nerve center of the new, $1.8 billion amphibious ship San Antonio is fraught with computer hardware crashes that could cripple operations. The ship lacks basic safety equipment, such as hand rails and…
Fun With Posters
Yeah, it was the OPNAV credo… From the good folks at the poster creator (h/t: CSA)
New National Defense Strategy Released
…And it is an interesting read, informing the potential rationale behind some recent decisions, such as the Navy stepping away from the DDG-1000: Future Challenges Risk An underlying assumption in our understanding of the strategic environment is that the predominant near-term challenges to the United States will come from state and non-state actors using irregular…
Smoked…
So … Luna Rossa smoked BMW Oracle to win the best-of-9 series, 5-1, sending the American team home and guaranteeing that for the first time in 24 years, there will be no American team in the finals… Congratulazioni Luna Rossa, la squadra migliore vinta!
Saturday Comics
…and this is why nukes have PALs (well, one reason at least): And whist you are tripping the blogsphere fantastic, check out this great blog, rife with the humor endemic in Naval Aviation. Enjoy your weekend! – SJS
Measurements and Metrics from Snowmageddon
…And, we’re back. Didn’t lose power or satellite TV, but the internet went lights out about 5 hours into this weekend’s storm. Some metrics from the storm: 32″ at the homestead vs. 18″ at Reagan National (it always skews low there – must be all the hot air from up river…) 14,180 ft3 of snow…