Well, a little different this week —
Every now and then I get a chance to reach escape velocity from my day job and do something really fun or different. Recently that entailed presenting a BMD overview to a couple of classes that were part of the Naval War College’s Non-Resident Seminar program (of which YHS is a graduate). And like any…
Star-crossed (adj.) Opposed by fate; ill-fated. “Star-crossed“ an apt descriptor for this week’s subject – the F7U Cutlass, also known by such endearing labels as “Gutless Cutlass and “Ensign Eliminator. How bad was it? Try this – shortly after the Cutlass arrived at Pax River in 1949 for flight evals, it was taken up for…
(ed: OK, so it’s not Friday and this is an older Flightdeck Friday, but for some of the new folks arriving at the new site for the first time, here is what Flightdeck Friday’s are all about. Read, enjoy [hopefully] and comment – Please… – SJS) Well, we have Friday Musings , Fullbore Fridays, Beer…
Sometimes vindication comes quietly – as, say, a couple of years later in part of an interview and provides demonstrative proof that there is a core group that ‘gets it’: “In a Nov. 15 interview with ITN, Morgan said that when Navy officials wrote the NOC in 2006 “we knew we were doing the process…
As we move deeper into the Centennial celebrations focused on US Naval Aviation, there are those amongst us who think it consists primarily of blue airplanes from WWII flying form with Hornets in throwback blue…and miss a whole other part of our heritage, that provided by the USCG. Aviators from the USCG have been flying…
Ed: Well, they’re back again folks. Out on good behavior but still on probation, we bring you the Apprentices… -SJS Apprentices: So, Pops– has the VALOUR-IT Challenge started yet? SJS: No – and remember, you’re still on probation…don’t call me Pops… Apprentices: We know that Pops – but why the VALOUR-IT reference if the Challenge hasn’t…
