U-2 ride

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr - lucky SOB!
 
smigaldi said:
Right here

LINK
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Wish I could, I've already tried.

Basic training at the Academy, get called in.
"Upon further review, we see you were diagnosed with asthma, why did you not tell us about this?"
"I didn't know I had it when was I diagnosed?"
"When you were two."
"Well I was never told about it and have never once had a problem with it sir."
"We'll take you to the edge of the base."
 
bigred177 said:
Wish I could, I've already tried.

Basic training at the Academy, get called in.
"Upon further review, we see you were diagnosed with asthma, why did you not tell us about this?"
"I didn't know I had it when was I diagnosed?"
"When you were two."
"Well I was never told about it and have never once had a problem with it sir."
"We'll take you to the edge of the base."
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:frown3: that stinks.
 
bigred177 said:
Wish I could, I've already tried.

Basic training at the Academy, get called in.
"Upon further review, we see you were diagnosed with asthma, why did you not tell us about this?"
"I didn't know I had it when was I diagnosed?"
"When you were two."
"Well I was never told about it and have never once had a problem with it sir."
"We'll take you to the edge of the base."
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When was that?

The Asthma policy is currently this

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/asthma.htm

Previously, any history of asthma was disqualifying, regardless of age. While medical waivers were sometimes possible, waiver approval usually required scheduling and passing a pulmonary function test. Under the new policy, Asthma is only disqualifying if it occurs after the applicant’s 13th birthday.
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That went into effect in 2004 so if you are still interested and otherwise eligible you may be able to go for it!!
 
This was in 2004. I stayed up there for another week and a half going to different civilian doctors and talking to mine back home trying to fight the decision. Eventually the medical examiner to me "you will not get into a service academy ever". So I started looking at other options. I was irritated at the time but I'm glad things worked out the way they did in the end.

Every now and then I think about trying again when I watch a video or two with a military jet in it, but I think I'll stick to my Aeronca chief for now.
 
It seems strange though, they're giving a ride to this guy, and gave one to the top gear guy and a few others if I remember right. Seems like a lot of rides in a spy plane.

I still have myself convinced that I'm going to give NASA an offer they can't refuse on one of their SR-71's and buy it from them one day. :D
 
Dave Price is a pilot, too, not just a news man. He'll truly appreciate the nature of what he's experiencing, and report on it in a way we'll enjoy.

I saw this on the news this morning--from what I heard, it sounds like we get to 'ride along'--they'll have a camera on board, live.
 
dmccormack said:
Enjoy the Chief! I'm enjoying mine!!
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I was actually going to PM you in the near future about how you deal with not having a radio and going on cross countrys. I'll have a hand held but with the very limited range I was wondering if you just stayed at non-towered airports or if you went into D-space as well.
 
bigred177 said:
I was actually going to PM you in the near future about how you deal with not having a radio and going on cross countrys. I'll have a hand held but with the very limited range I was wondering if you just stayed at non-towered airports or if you went into D-space as well.
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I'm flying around a lot in my Fly Baby with only a hand held and people hear me pretty good. My ignition shielding isn't the best so I sometimes have a hard time hearing them. I've not landed at class D yet but do talk to the towers when flying by. I do have an external antenna hooked up to the handheld which probably helps a lot. In my glider with the same set up I've talked to people over 200 miles away while up pretty high. The VOR function doesn't work worth crap though. I wish it did as it would be a handy nav tool. Really no reason I see that you can't get full function from a puny handheld if you can hook up an ext. antenna. Cell phone is nice too for calling AWOS and ATIS stations that are too far away to get on the radio.
 
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