When I was in NROTC in NYC we were the unit that volunteered to help out with the commissioning. Watching them man the rails for the first time brought alot of tears to some of the survivors of 9-11 who attended the ceremony. It was pretty amazing.

The good and bad news is some people notice it. My body gets the pins and needles feeling and is extremely uncomfortable. So I know it is coming on. Just be quick to grab the mask in front of you.

You're correct, and it can literally happen in an instant. Depressurization can be very loud with a plume of mist that fills up the cockpit from the rapid altitude change. I've experienced in hypobaric chambers. If that happened you have seconds before you lose your motor skills and go hypoxic. I mean seconds as in…

This thing has been a pain since the day I bought it, but when it is on the road I love it. It just isn't on the road very often.

Oh crap. I think my LJ may have been in a flood.

We use the An/PRC 90. These are Vietnam era radios, and we can not make a more reliable hardened radio. The pic is the exact one I have on my flight gear. If you look you can see the BCN setting. If the pilot can't reach the other radio to turn it off he won't be able to transmit his voice to anyone. Also, the…

Okay I can try to help clear things up since my office desk is an ejection seat. The beacon you mention is automatically activated upon ejection. Next we (the navy) have a radio in our vests, which hold us to the parachute and would not be ditched. We also have the beacon/radio in our seat pans, which is what you…

Well I will say this, it is a very very common term. There is glass vs steam cockpit. The steam cockpits refer to mechanically driven gauges. Glass cockpits use other sensing equipment and look like iPads with digital displays. I have a feeling you still think we are making this up you can google FAA steam cockpit…

Not sure if you're a troll, or just unaware.

this is great but only because making fun of my P8s is a second hand job for me

I am currently a student naval flight officer because I'm blind. I just finished in the T 6 Texan now I'm in the T 45 goshawk and in about a year I'll select either the rhino or the growler, either way I'm happy but i would rather rhinos

I don't know him personally, but from my instructors who were in the same squadron as him they said they always had the best motivational videos before briefs.

I believe you are correct.

That isn't me in the video I'm a student NFO that just selected f 18's. I'm currently training in the T-45 Goshawk for the next year. I'll know around next sumer if I'll be flying rhinos or growlers. If you have any questions shoot me an email at seth.loftusvergari(at)gmail.com

I doubt they would ever put the drone in an overhead break, and honestly I have no clue how those things fly. I'm pretty sure it is mostly magic.

I stand corrected. You sir are correct I will edit that.

Every landing at the boat is graded on specific criteria, and a ranking board for all the NA's landings is put up. Now the break is the landing pattern on a clear skies day. You fly full speed to the back of the boat 1k high then go into a 90 degree high g turn away from the tower to slow the jet down quickly get…

Oh boy, he caught the first wire. Looks like we got a shit hot UAV on board. Although I didn't see it come in for the break. This is why we need real aviators in the cockpit. Shit Hot Break Fridays.

I'll give you some more porn. This is one of my instructor's buddies call sign wing nut. I hope you aren't busy for the next 13 minutes.

Also, it can depend on your squadron's standard operating procedures (SOPs) at least in training. Personally, I always wear mine because I've seen ejections and uncovered skin gets burned quickly. I have my finger tips on my thumb, trigger and middle finger cut off though for dexterity.