How to Celebrate a 45th Anniversary?

BySteeljawscribe 29 March 200830 March 2010

You start planning a year in advance. And no, it isn’t the Scribe’s nupital anniversary w/She Who Must Be Obeyed, though come to think of it, she will have a part to play…

April 2009, the Mustang turns 45. To celebrate, how about:

… a major league road trip? Six day road trip finishing up with a 3-day celebration sponsored by the Mustang Club of America. Registration opens April 17th – we’ll have a link here. In the meantime, we’ll also be hosting a link to Mustangs Across America in the blogroll should you be interested.

We just may have to add ourselves to the list

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Badgers, Buccaneers and Bears…(Pt 2)

BySteeljawscribe 24 September 200622 January 2008

Part I here Badgers, Buccaneers and Bears…(Pt 2) (A North Atlantic tale from the "good ole days") Stopping by Maintenance Control, the lieutenant asked for the aircraft discrepancy book on 602. All the current and near past ills of the aircraft are chronicled in this three-ring binder, giving crews an idea of what they…

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Twenty-Seven Years Ago Today

BySteeljawscribe 7 August 20096 August 2009

It began with a letter, you know – the old fashioned kind, paper and pen, that opened with “You don’t know me but we have a mutual friend…” when we were outbound from our one and only port visit (Singapore) on our 1980 deployment (CVW-7/CVN-69). From there it grew – a whirlwind relationship with precious…

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Badgers, Buccaneers and Bears…(Pt 1) (A North Atlantic tale from the “good ole days”)

BySteeljawscribe 21 September 200626 November 2014

The Playing Field In his far off conscious he heard it – the incessant ringing of the phone on the bulkhead. Not just any ring either – more like a loud clattering and right now it was the most annoying sound intruding into his world. Wearily, he rolled out of the top bunk, carefully avoiding…

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Reflections: Smuggler’s Blues (III)

BySteeljawscribe 23 July 200722 December 2009

Panama. Two months into this endeavor and the novelty has worn off.Â Standing in the hangar at Howard AFB, the LCDR surveys the flight line â€“ what little of it he could see through the sheets of rain, and does some mental calculations. â€˜Do I make a mad dash for the plane and wait inside for…

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Remembering Closeout 602 – 20 Years Later

BySteeljawscribe 30 July 2012

A common thread about life at sea and flying from/working on an aircraft carrier is ‘hurry-up-and-wait;’ mostly because your time, your life is run by others.Â Whether it is Marshall trying to get everyone checked in for the last night recovery (only to wait until the ship finally turned into the wind) or stopping by…

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“Commander’s Moon”

BySteeljawscribe 7 February 2012

Easy folks — completely SFW here 😉 So Scribe — what exactly do they mean by a “Commander’s Moon” ? Well, strictly defined, a “commander’s moon” is: “A night lighting condition with clear skies and a large (late phase) moon, to provide optimum lighting condition for night flights, and especially night traps. Favored by, and…

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Buck says:

1 April 2008 at 16:48

Now that looks like a great good time!! I got a laugh out of this in the linked article, however:

“Our overnight stop of Santa Rosa is like turning a page back in time.”

Have you ever been in Santa Rosa? It’s a page back in time, fer SURE. I don’t mean to belittle my adopted state, but Santa Rosa? Why not just stay in Santa Fe over night? I sure would…and I’d catch up with the crowd the following day.

No issue for present company, of course. You won’t be anywhere near Santa Rosa on your way down… 😉

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