Recent content by Pugs

Yep, down the tubes.

And why it dissolved. I was in a club that had a fatal mishap and when they bought a new plane they dissolved the old club and started one fresh. The insurance money funded the new plane.

The transition from the original members who bought the plane to new members coming in is tough if the original members up significant cash to do so. Still, I think that I would from ground zero establish what the buy-out is and original members accept they're not to going be made whole if they...

It’s a sad world where we’ve made cases of stalking so common that we have to consider even innocent acts like writing a letter to share a planes history has to consider such permutations.

Agreed,it’s going to take a combination of a company that understands the value of an existing employee, along with their union, to find a place for the person to work and add value until they can get past this issue. If they can’t get past the issue then it becomes a medical retirement...

Yet he did. He jumped the hoops, hid the condition and committed mass murder. There are more commercial pilots out there with the same conditions dealing with it however they do. Creating a process to come forward and not destroy their life seems the right thing to do.

Towering punsters here

Won't crisp up the way you want if you don't separate it some. Use a grate over a sheet pan lined with foil for easy cleanup), separate into two slices max. Put in a cold oven, set temp for 400 - about the time it reaches 400 it will be done.

And they wonder why so many of us decide to leave. I Survived the Tailhook witch hunt and having worked a TDY as a recorder on a statutory (promotion) and non-statuary (reserve squadron OIC) board and seeing the sausage being made convinced me that what I needed to do was use the Navy as much...

Always saw the same thing at FDK runway 3 and you're right that we seem to have a lot of CFI's who don't understand SA starts before you leave the chocks. My answer was to do the runup on the way then request an intersection departure and cut the line. Sometimes though it was Potomac...

VAQ-140 F/A-18G

Misty was the callsign for VX-5 (now VX-9) out of China Lake. Desert Storm - Our two fighter escorts and one TARPS Tomcat and we (EA-6B) were the SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) escort. We did a lot of escort of the photo recon Tomcats along the beaches of Kuwait lending credibility...

Yes, you're allowed to use the electronic and do it. I was taught old school both civilian and the Navy (With the CR3) and the using the electronic one does not detract from you knowing the content but it does help differentiate between the FAA saying the answer is .2 or .4 degrees. (then...

Consider a not insignificant part of the population is in the position of my parents as well. Retired, in their mid-80's. Living off MRDs and SS and still putting money back in the markets because they've done all the traveling and have all the things they want. They spend very little money.

The article is a bit simplistic. Many/Most of us were in that bottom end at one point and there is no accounting for how those folks worked, lived, saved and invested (TCABM points out) and moved over time from the bottom to the top (ish). All it takes is time, hard work and living below your...