Today's flight for 2022

[Marauder]

Sunset over the northern Chesapeake Bay.


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[Yetti]

Last Wed I went for a flight to LBX because I could.  Had some great crab cakes and got some fuel.   Flew home in the mostly dark and did a carrier landing.  Other than that no gripes.

[rbp]

Flew up to see Niagara Falls just because I could. Lovely flying day in the northeast!

[0TreeLemur]

Fly-in today at Fayette, AL (M95).  The P-51 I'm parked next to has 12 kills in WWII.  She did two awesome high-speed low passes.  The second one I witnessed out my windshield as I was waiting to back-taxi.  Hair raising to see an airplane go that fast that close!!!

[amillet]

Met @Igor_U and his RV friends for lunch at the Spruce Goose restaurant. Army National Guard Chinooks departed in formation    .3 hour flight for me

 

 

 

[flyboy0681]

19 minutes ago, amillet said:

Met @Igor_U and his RV friends for lunch at the Spruce Goose restaurant. Army National Guard Chinooks departed in formation    .3 hour flight for me

 

 

 

Excellent footage of rare helos, but would have been a great time to hold the phone horizontally.

[amillet]

I did hold it horizontally. I’ try to rotate it before I save to YouTube 

[amillet]

Saved as short 1st time. This should be better

[flyboy0681]

12 minutes ago, amillet said:

Saved as short 1st time. This should be better

Nice. 

[rbridges]

Flew to Greenville, SC this weekend.  CAVU both ways!  My wife started chemo earlier in the year, and this was my first flight with her in months.  Great time at Fall for Greenville.  

[toto]

4 hours ago, flyboy0681 said:

rare helos

This made me go “huh - wonder how rare.” The Army Reserve flies Chinooks at my home drone, so they’re super common in the local traffic area. They generate an insane amount of rotor wash, so you do have to be careful when operating behind them - but they’re otherwise very cool to have around

[Bolter]

@amillet, Sausage, and me met up for formation practice.  First time in a year, for me.   Met up at 0S9 (Port Townsend) and maneuvered up and down the Strait between 0S9 and KCLM.  Using the sunny days while we can.  This bonus summer weather will not stay around much longer. 

[amillet]

Sausage @FlyTester is so well situated you can only see the tip of the VS and nose

[carusoam]

2 hours ago, rbridges said:

Flew to Greenville, SC this weekend.  CAVU both ways!  My wife started chemo earlier in the year, and this was my first flight with her in months.  Great time at Fall for Greenville.  

Tell Mrs. RB we have her in our thoughts and prayers…

Something happened to the pic… see if you can re post.

October is a big month for cancer related walks and 5ks… a great way to find/give support for big challenges… last week we walked to combat breast cancer, this week was Myeloma…. 

Best regards,

-a-

[rbp]

Flew to Nantucket 1h16m from KLDJ for a lobster roll.

Taken on the way back, directly overhead JFK @6,500ft, looking SW over Jamaica Bay, the Rockaways, Hudson Bay, Sandy Hook, and NJ

[Stetson20]

Front row seats for Honor Flight thru BWI last month

 

[Ibra]

Night IFR to see Eiffel Tower 

 

Bimbling “on top” in Normandie 

Edited October 17, 2022 by Ibra

[Ned Gravel]

Bimbling?  

Haven’t heard that term since my time in BAOR in the mid 80’s. “Moving without apparent purpose.”  Is that what you were doing above the deck over Normandy?

[carusoam]

Need to put ‘bimbling’ in the MS word of the day file….

Try to use that in conversation tomorrow….  
 

-a-

[Ibra]

4 hours ago, Ned Gravel said:

“Moving without apparent purpose.”

It was that a “gentle meandering with no haste” 

Where you were stationed during your service?

Edited October 18, 2022 by Ibra

[Ned Gravel]

3 hours ago, Ibra said:

It was that a “gentle meandering with no haste” 

Where you were stationed during your service?

Canadian exchange officer to 1st Armd Div Sig Regt (1 ADSR), Verden an der Aller- ‘83 to ‘85.

 First heard the term when one of my young Sgts gave his report following a last lite perimeter patrol on the Deister where we had established our Comcen.  He was a Scouse and was referring to a person they had engaged halfway through the patrol and was using unflattering language to describe the hapless TA soldier who had been sent to test us.  Apparently, “bimbling” is not a desirable skill in soldiers.

When I asked him what “bimbling” meant, that is how he defined it for me.  Still chuckle when I remember that exchange in our little CP close to a midnight in September ‘84.

[Ibra]

7 hours ago, Ned Gravel said:

Apparently, “bimbling” is not a desirable skill in soldiers.

very close to an AWOL !

[Sue Bon]

On 10/17/2022 at 10:06 PM, Ibra said:

Night IFR to see Eiffel Tower 

 

Bimbling “on top” in Normandie 

So pretty!!!

[Sue Bon]

On 10/17/2022 at 5:39 AM, Bolter said:

@amillet, Sausage, and me met up for formation practice.  First time in a year, for me.   Met up at 0S9 (Port Townsend) and maneuvered up and down the Strait between 0S9 and KCLM.  Using the sunny days while we can.  This bonus summer weather will not stay around much longer. 

Do you need a special certification to do this? We do over here... It looks so fun!

[Ragsf15e]

6 hours ago, Sue Bon said:

Do you need a special certification to do this? We do over here... It looks so fun!

No special certificate or training required!  Obviously it’s also a really good idea to get some quality training though!