Military and Tankers
Avbug, we routinely flew the P-2 with 3 guys in the Reserve. The others were only needed when flying ASW searches, etc. Why are you so swift to smear the military pilots?
Oh, I could learn to fly the a/c at 180-200 and partial flaps. What do you think we did in the military.... fly "canned, Prussian-like rote procedures"? If so many of you guys hadn't got academic deferments or kissed the Docs on the draft physicals maybe you would have learned more about what military pilots do. I have watched P-2s, Stoofs and DC-4's fight fires on many occasions. Have you watched P-2s at 200 ft. on a moonless night flying a tight Mad pattern? You possess the often quoted "legend in your own mind" syndrome. Tell it to your mama or at the bar. There are too many guys on these threads who have been there.
Avbug, we routinely flew the P-2 with 3 guys in the Reserve. The others were only needed when flying ASW searches, etc. Why are you so swift to smear the military pilots?
Oh, I could learn to fly the a/c at 180-200 and partial flaps. What do you think we did in the military.... fly "canned, Prussian-like rote procedures"? If so many of you guys hadn't got academic deferments or kissed the Docs on the draft physicals maybe you would have learned more about what military pilots do. I have watched P-2s, Stoofs and DC-4's fight fires on many occasions. Have you watched P-2s at 200 ft. on a moonless night flying a tight Mad pattern? You possess the often quoted "legend in your own mind" syndrome. Tell it to your mama or at the bar. There are too many guys on these threads who have been there.