P-3’s are fantastic at flying low in high humidity near water.

The reason can be as simple as not being able to reach the handle. If you’re not strapped in tightly and you get into OCF the forces can separate you from the handle. Also the angle of ejection if the plane is rolling and you don’t want to go for a rocket ride into trees or bad SA to what is going on outside.

?? I’m confused by your statement.

That I never went, but somehow my parents still got the drivers ed insurance discount and one day when I’m 40 I’ll go to jail for insurance fraud. Scary stuff.

Obligatory Apache crew showing the terrible decision making and CRM.

For Sale: Fastest RS6 in the world. Burnt Gray, 6 speed, ran when parked. Rims in near perfect condition just needs a quick wash. Perfect for those spring skiing days when you just want to drop the top and cruise to the mountain plus tons of open storage space.

Evolution trikes are the lightest of the bunch. When I was based out of Pensacola I got stuck out in Zephyrhills FL. The owner and head designer of Evo Trikes was there and wanted to check out our plane and in return he let us fly one of these 130,000$ trikes. Hands down the definition of southern hospitality and they…

I have and love blue cars. I like attention, but I’m a big fan of blue mostly.

She has a manual. We moved from Pensacola FL to Whidbey Island WA, and I wasn’t going to own a Viper up here as my DD so now we both own Golf R’s because I actually really like this car. Mine is a ‘15 DSG.

‘09 Laser Blue Elise SC, ‘05 B/W Viper. She drives a ‘12 Golf R black on black because it is understated and no one knows it is her flying past them on the highway just another black hatch back.

One of the craziest things I got my lady to say when I picked her up surprising her with a Viper I bought was, “Well this makes more sense than your last car...” If you buy a Lotus no matter how beautiful they are any car besides a caterham becomes practical. I just changed the perspective of the situation.

I’ve read through all the responses and I think my only question is does she actually know about the quality of the vehicle, or does she only care about the name. I’m one of the luckiest guys with my soon to be wife when it comes to cars though and this isn’t the case for everyone.

I don’t understand what your point is about air sorties vs SEAL stories. They aren’t similar and they can’t be compared. Having said that, Kinja’s editing rules are terrible.

But you’re still wrong. First, congrats on learning the bold next you can learn italics, and finally my favorite strikethrough. The guys you mentioned are a small sample. A few bad apples who realized they want fame more than honor. Those who serve in the spec warfare communities don’t look highly upon them. They are…

You are correct. I posted the our chart. Every tactical jet in the Navy has 136 as the minimum nude weight. The 136 isn’t the issue. The issue is Martin Baker saying they could make 103 a realistic weight then realizing they can’t.

You’ll have a lot more dead pilots on your hands from HANS.

A brace wouldn’t work. When we go up there we need full range of motion in every direction for ACM. If you have a blindspot you are going to lose your mind. There are times where our inflatable life vests, sits around our neck, will make me lose my mind because I lose range of motion.

Ehh I’ve been 240 at times during training and I’m only 6’1 and always pass my height weight standards. Usually the bigger I am around 230 the better G tolerance I have. Having said that I’m usually around the 215 mark and find that it is a happy medium.

I’m confused. 136 isn’t lower than the NACES in the F-18. I believe you can get waived if you are close to it. The attached link is the anthro wave form as well as the limits. It is dated, but the numbers haven’t changed. My old roommate always bulked up for the flight screener before she selected rhinos. Here are the…

Females. My flight school roommate was 5’3 120lbs. When we had to do weigh ins she would bulk up like crazy to make weight for the rhino. The situation is pretty common for females.