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Air Plan for this Week
Light posting this week — That Which Makes Other Things Possible (otherwise known as YHS day job) is keeping him quite occupied in the early part of the week and issues of greater import take precedence later this week (Holy Week – more to follow). Flight Deck Friday will take a pause here this week,…
Fight’s On!
The Government of India (finally) tendered it’s offer for the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) – a deal estimated at $10B and one of the largest of it’s kind offered. Plan is to purchase a total of 128 with the first 18 bought in a "flyaway condition" to equip the first squadron. The remaining 108 will…
Of Snow and Buffoonery Around the Beltway
(Actually was thinking of something that rhymes with mass-hattery, but we’re family friendly here – SJS) So – season’s first snow and coming midday like it did only portends ill…We were not disappointed. So much road, so much snow — so many idiots. But one in particular merited special attention as he went whizzing by,…
A Navy Christmas Card
Sea and sky provide the canvas on which man brushes light. For most of the year, what is produced is secondary to the task at hand – but as the Christmas season approaches the imperative turns more and more to the artistic. So, just as the average homeowner across the country adds festive lights to…
Flight Deck Friday: Pilots – The Movie
And now for something a little different. Nose – when I saw this the first time (it was passed along by an ex-Corsair/Crusader jock I work with) couldn’t help but think of you Enjoy your Friday all ! Oh yeah — Spitfires y’all — there be Spitfires in thar… —– —–
Citadel 70 VMI 28 (updated)
Dogs finish 7-4, score the most points ever vs. VMI and Silver Shako remains in Charleston – for yet another year…plus we were able to catch it on TV. Yeah, it was a good Saturday, though probably not so for others. Maybe next year guys – umm, no. Rumor has it the VMI…