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Now that we're talking about it, I might ask my supply guy to punch in the NSN and see if I can get one.

Best knife ever made, in my humble opinion. They're getting hard to find at a reasonable price. My dad had a few of them over the course of his career.

It's funny to me how with every Windows release, there's a population of folks who refuse to move to the next iteration. It wasn't that long ago the Win7 loyalists refused to the death to move up to 10. Honestly, I don't blame them...Win10 was awful at its release. Win11 fixed most of the...

Well, you've got Blackwater...or whatever they call themselves these days right there in your backyard. Fantastic, professional operators but they definitely give zero f's.

Yeah, they went on the chopping block during the last round of BRAC. They've been in the process of closing up shop for years. I forget when the last day of operations is but it's soon. Most, if not all of them are moving down to JAX. All those years of encroaching neighborhoods finally got...

Not likely. chemgeek is suggesting that there's a coincidental failure in the aircraft at the same time a major geomagnetic storm is causing problems to otherwise perfectly-functioning equipment.

What FORANE said...we're in the middle of a massive geomagnetic storm courtesy of that little fireball that gives us life. The likes of which haven't been seen since 2005. Pretty much anything that uses a radio signal is degraded is some way. Hell, last night the UPS battery in my office...

A NASA report might help. You could always voice your concerns to the controlling entity. In your area, there are only 3 bases that are home to air operations...NAS Oceana (closing soon), NAS Norfolk, and AFB Langley (maybe Eustis as well but unlikely). It's possible there are aircraft coming...

Well, in the case of the Hampton Roads area there are plenty of military airfields for them to play at. I don't understand why they need to occupy a public-use field for such training...mind you this is coming from a military guy. I don't really understand the hovering, though. Are they just...

Funny, I have a similar story. A few years back, the Coast Guard ship I was assigned to made a port call in Panama City, FL. Me and a handful of guys from the crew stumbled into the Coyote Ugly bar there (I'm not a fan but the group I was with wanted to go there) but given that it was a...

Ever since I was a Boy Scout, I've religiously carried a pocketknife with me. I utilize it multiple times a day. Once I started working for the Coast Guard, it became an indispensable part of my uniform. I notice nowadays that it seems a more regional thing which makes sense to an extent...

When I was working my first job at a dine-in pizza joint (Simple Simon's in Oklahoma if you're curious) I was engaged in a conversation with my boss about the business and he told me the industry that will be in most demand in 20 years is service. At the time I thought he was crazy. Well...

Well, there were 8 departures out of SGS today and I haven't seen Juan post a video yet...did OP go? If so, what was the result?

We had 89% on Cape Cod and the temp dropped a few degrees.

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Maybe there's an argument now with ADS-B to make that VFR Flight Plan connection. Unless it overwhelms the controllers, I see no down side to having VFR flight plans in the ATC system. I'd imagine more folks (speaking for myself) would take the extra effort to file a plan if flying VFR if I/we...

Spent the weekend camping with the Boy Scouts so I'm just now catching up and this has turned into a pretty interesting discussion. You've not been in the military, I'm guessing. We're like...waaaaay better at it! :lol: I think this is how I'm going to continue doing it. Seems to be the...

Because that is how we learn things...through discussion.

At the time of the episode's recording (2018) they were both TRACON if I understand correctly. They've always been quite cryptic. One has gone back to the airlines in recent months. And yes, the order of information was specified as that is how it is entered into the system as they explained...

A question for the controllers out there....How do you prefer VFR flight following requests? The reason I ask is recently I was listening to an older episode of the Opposing Bases podcast and the host suggested a format for the request that I'd never heard of before and certainly had never been...