Ft. Rucker?

[Nightmare67]

I heard that that TRADOC's doing away with the colored baseball caps or it may already have happened.

First black berets for all and now this.

Is nothing sacred?

Orange Flight
'83

Hey Birdstrike, were you 83-1? I was in that class.

 

[Birdstrike]

I had to check, it's been awhile. I was Orange 84-2.

 

[Nightmare67]

Just missed each other! Small world.

 

[ruhroa]

usually not on this site but, wow, it is amazing how much time has gone by. I gradyeeated (yes i spelled it that way on purpose) Huey track 88-22 then went to cobra AQC . scary thing is that has been over 16 years since then............................ bring back the baseball caps.
quick story, i was in the smithsonian air museum with my daughter last yr. She saw a Huey and i told her, real proud like...yep i flew them .........then i pointed out a Cobra and said yep flew them too......... we were walking a little later and real innocent like she looked up and said ........... gee dad you are old.............................

 

[Birdstrike]

...quick story, i was in the smithsonian air museum with my daughter last yr. She saw a Huey and i told her, real proud like...yep i flew them...

Assuming it was the new annex out in Fairfax that you visited. They do have a UH-1 there but I don't believe the main Air & Space Museum on the Mall has a Huey displayed anywhere.

I could never understand why an Army UH-1 isn't prominently displayed. I may be wrong but I believe it has something to do with the Smithsonian's weak knees when it comes to displaying anything used in warfare. They do it but they wished they didn't have to. Their Enola Gay exhibit was really watered-down and one-sided until veteran's groups forced them to tell the full story.

A UH-1 should certainly be on display in the main Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.

 

[ruhroa]

yep at udayse hall iad ........... sp

 

[earl]

Has anyone seen Harold Quattlebaum there lately?? He was a primary instructor of mine back in 1990.

earl

 

[ghostrider64]

Yeah we are all getting old...You especially know it when you see an old cobra you flew permanently attached to a pedestal on display....

Royle Blue 81-21...

TH-55, UH-1, OH-58, AH-1, AH-64, CH-47 and finally the slowest of them all C-23 LOL Somehow I missed the 60

 

[TCA]

The earlier post mentioning "george" could also have been George Perez..He's still alive and stirring. I sure some will recognize that name!!

Still Climbing
TCA

 

[ghostrider64]

I loved LA...Hell I got lucky in all three corners of the red triangle Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise...I guess I did spend entirely too much time stationed there. But I enjoyed flying the only solid green permanent party cobras. No school house for me

 

[weekendwarrior]

George was the name of the overspeed governor in the TH-55.

If you rapped on too much throttle too quickly, George would kick in and bump the RPMs back down to prevent an overspeed.

I don't think he'll be back unless the Army goes back to recips for primary.

Funny thing. When I went through instruments and was in the huey sim, I had a guest IP call the force trim "George". He said, "Turn George on and let him fly for you".

I hated George...

 

[weekendwarrior]

You haven't experienced 'The South' until you've lived in Daleville!

(pronounced correctly, daleville lasts 5 seconds)

Another funny story about those parts...well, North of there in Birmingham. Was on Funeral detail waiting on WOBC. Did a funeral for a CSM who happened to be African American. Never forget, the guy at the funeral home said, "This here is a black funeral. They do things different than WE do".

I looked at my watch and wondered what decade I was in.

 

[flyjetspeed]

How things have changed. I went thru Mother Rucker in the early 70's when it was all Military or DAC instructors. Paid a visit to Enterprise a couple of years ago. It was fun, wife was bored, the museum is a shadow of it's former self. Looked myself up in the WO museum still there.

 

[ghostrider64]

Why bother with cool hats when they promote you right after WOCD? Ended the tradition of having your ass attacked by Tac's at the drop of a hat so to speak....Bums me out after my last move the old royal blue hat disappeared

 

[psysicx]

Are all the flight instructors civilans or is it a mix of AD Army?