H/T Mark Scott
Friday, 23 May 2008
Helicopter pilot lessons
46. Thousands of Vietnam Veterans earned medals for bravery every day. A few were even awarded.
47. In helicopters, there is no such thing as "a good vibration."
48. Running out of pedal, fore or aft cyclic, or collective are all bad ideas. Any combination of these can be deadly.
49. NOMEX is NOT fire proof.
50. There is only one rule in war: When you win, you get to make up the Rules.
51. Living and dying can both hurt a lot.
52. The pilot who made up this list left off number 52. Let's hope it was not an important part of his pre-flight check.
53. While a Super Bomb could be considered one of the four essential building blocks of life, powdered eggs cannot.
54. C-4 can make a dull day fun.
55. Cocoa Powder is neither.
56. There is no such thing as a fair fight, only ones where you win or lose.
57. If you win the battle you are entitled to the spoils. If you lose you don't care.
58. Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem.
59. If you have extra, share it quickly.
60. Always make sure someone has a P-38.
61. A sucking chest wound may be God's way of telling you it's time to go home.
62. Prayer may not help . . but it can't hurt.
63. Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these however, are better than extraction by a Med-Evac, even if this is technically a form of flying.
64. If everyone does not come home, none of the rest of us can ever fully come home.
65. Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your HONOR.
66. A grunt is the true reason for the existence of the helicopter. Every helicopter flown in Vietnam had one real purpose: To help the grunt. It is unfortunate that many helicopters never had the opportunity to fulfill their one true mission in life simply because someone forgot this fact.
Courtesy of the USMC who learned the lessons the hard way.
H/T Shelly
Thursday, 22 May 2008
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Why do men die first?
This is a question that has gone unanswered for centuries, but, now we know. It requires a bit of explanation, first:
If you put a woman on a pedestal and try to protect her from the rat race ... you're a male chauvinist. If you stay home and do the housework ... you're a pansy. If you work too hard ... there's never any time for her. If you don't work enough ... you're a good-for-nothing bum.
If she has a boring repetitive job with low pay ... this is exploitation. If you have a boring repetitive job with low pay ... you should get off your lazy behind and find something better. If you get a promotion ahead of her ... that is
favouritism. If she gets a job ahead of you ... its equal opportunity.
If you mention how nice she looks ... its sexual harassment. If you keep quiet . .. its male indifference. If you cry ... you're a wimp. If you don't ... you're an insensitive bastard. If you make a decision without consulting her ... you're a chauvinist. If she makes a decision without consulting you ... she's a liberated woman.
If you ask her to do something she doesn't enjoy ... that's domination. If SHE asks you ... it's a favour. If you appreciate the female form and frilly underwear ... you're a pervert. If you don't ...you're gay.
If you like a woman to shave her legs and keep in shape ... you're sexist. If you don't ... you're unromantic. If you try to keep yourself in shape .. you're vain. If you don't ... you're a slob. If you buy her flowers .. you're after something. If you don't ... you're not thoughtful.
If you're proud of your achievements ... you're full of yourself. If you don't ... you're not ambitious. If she has a headache ... she's tired. If you have a headache .. you don't love her anymore.
If you want it too often ... you're oversexed. If you don't ... there must be someone else.
Why do men die first ?
Because they want to.
H/T Shelly
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Light news.....
Taxpayers fork £250,000 to send 50 ministers and officials to watch the Beijing Olympics. Make the bastards watch it on the telly like everyone else.
Barack Obama juggernaut 'will crush John McCain'. Don't bet on it. Although the Telegraph already seems to be supporting Obama.
Hizbollah's Lebanon veto power boosts Iran's Middle East influence. Oh well, things like this will happen while we all sit back and ignore Iran.
Price of petrol to stay high for 8 years. Better start reducing the taxes on it then.
Gordon Brown’s call for ban on cluster bombs puts pressure on MoD. Gutless prick! Brown has done more to destroy our Armed Forces than all our enemies put together.
Hillary Clinton hopes for an act of God. I don't think he is going to help.
Cuppa ends 2-year round world voyage for solo sailor Adrian Flanagan. The Royal Navy still have kettles!!
America's "problems" are just gripes. A good piece over at Maggie's Farm.
Barack Gaffes. Michelle Malkin on Obama.
Cool.....
A US Cobra helicopter fires during a joint exercise at a military base in Lopburi province, Thailand.
H/T Chris Smith
Hee hee.....
Once upon a time in China, lived two Chinamen.
One named "I Cum" and one named "No Cum".
"No Cum" marry pretty Chinese girl named "No Cum Tu".
For very obvious reason "No Cum" and "No Cum Tu" not have any children.
One day, "No Cum" went out of town on business and "I Cum" came over and
spent the night with "No Cum Tu".
That night "I Cum" came and "No Cum Tu" came too.
This make both very happy.
About 7 or 8 months later, "No Cum" see he about to become father but he not
know how come, so when baby come, he named it, "How Cum U Cum".
Of course, "I Cum" and "No Cum Tu" know "How Cum U Cum" came but to this day
"No Cum" not know how come "How Cum U Cum" came!
H/T Jackie Gedling
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Helicopter pilot lessons...part 4
46. Thousands of Vietnam Veterans earned medals for bravery every day. A few were even awarded.
47. In helicopters, there is no such thing as "a good vibration."
48. Running out of pedal, fore or aft cyclic, or collective are all bad ideas. Any combination of these can be deadly.
49. NOMEX is NOT fire proof.
50. There is only one rule in war: When you win, you get to make up the Rules.
51. Living and dying can both hurt a lot.
52. The pilot who made up this list left off number 52. Let's hope it was not an important part of his pre-flight check.
53. While a Super Bomb could be considered one of the four essential building blocks of life, powdered eggs cannot.
54. C-4 can make a dull day fun.
55. Cocoa Powder is neither.
56. There is no such thing as a fair fight, only ones where you win or lose.
57. If you win the battle you are entitled to the spoils. If you lose you don't care.
58. Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem.
59. If you have extra, share it quickly.
60. Always make sure someone has a P-38.
61. A sucking chest wound may be God's way of telling you it's time to go home.
62. Prayer may not help . . but it can't hurt.
63. Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these however, are better than extraction by a Med-Evac, even if this is technically a form of flying.
64. If everyone does not come home, none of the rest of us can ever fully come home.
65. Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your HONOR.
66. A grunt is the true reason for the existence of the helicopter. Every helicopter flown in Vietnam had one real purpose: To help the grunt. It is unfortunate that many helicopters never had the opportunity to fulfill their one true mission in life simply because someone forgot this fact.
Courtesy of the USMC. Who discovered these lessons the hard way.
H/T Shelly.
Helicopter pilot lessons...part 3
31. It is always a bad thing to run out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas all at the same time.
32. Nothing is as useless as altitude above you and runway behind you.
33. While the rest of the crew may be in the same predicament, it's almost always the pilot's job to arrive at the crash site first.
34. When you shoot your weapon, clean it the first chance you get.
35. Loud sudden noises in a helicopter WILL get your undivided attention.
36. Hot garrison chow is better than hot C-rations, which, in turn is better than cold C-rations, which is better than no food at all. All of these, however, are preferable to cold rice balls even if they do have the little pieces of fish in them.
37. WHAT is often more important than WHY.
38. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
39. Girlfriends are fair game. Wives are not.
40. Everybody's a hero on the ground in the officers club and after the fourth drink.
42. A free-fire zone has nothing to do with economics.
43. The farther you fly into the mountains (or over water), the louder the strange engine noises become.
44. Medals are OK, but having your body and all your friends in one piece at the end of the day is a whole lot better.
45. The only medal you really want to be awarded is the Longevity Medal.
H/T Shelly
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Happy Hour.....
In from the Cold has a fun contest for naming the USAF's new tanker.
H/T Nebraska Bob
Armed Forces Day on Fort Lewis Washington....
....the old and the new.
Pictures from Geobent who has more.
A Story of our Times.....
A young man named Gordon bought a donkey from an old farmer for £100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. When the farmer drove up the next day, he said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news.the donkey is on my truck, but he's dead." Gordon replied, "Well then, just give me my money back." The farmer said, "I can't do that. I went and spent it already." Gordon said, "OK then, just unload the donkey anyway".
The farmer asked, "What are you g'ner do with 'im?" Gordon said, "I'm going to raffle him off." To which the farmer exclaimed, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!" But Gordon, with a big smile on his face, said "Yes I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody that he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Gordon and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?" Gordon said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds apiece and made a profit of £698.00." Totally amazed, the farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain that you had stolen their money because you lied about the donkey being dead?"
And Gordon replied, "The only man who found out about the donkey being dead was the raffle winner, when he came to claim his prize. So I gave him his £2 back plus £200 extra, which is double the going value of a donkey, so he thought I was a really great guy."
Gordon grew up and eventually became the Prime Minister of Britain, and no matter how many times he lied or how much money he stole from British voters, as long as he gave some of them back some of the stolen money, enough of them were fooled and thought he was a great and honest man!!
There's a moral here somewhere, I just can't think of it..
H/T AJD Shootist
Blog of the Day....
From the Halls to the Shores. Go visit because he has one of the best vids for ages.
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News...
Warnings of new fuel protests as motorists struggle with fastest rise in diesel prices for a decade. This should be interesting as Brown cannot afford to cut the fuel duty.
1million more Britons in just three years as immigration fuels biggest population boom for a century. Haul up the drawbridge. We are full.
Muslim man threatens to sue driving school for sending transsexual instructor to teach his wife. He let's his wife drive!!!!
Beijing Olympics nuclear 'dirty bomb' fears. As well as every other major event in the future. We are at war and losing is not an option.
Iran sets off nuclear race in the Middle East. Arabs with nukes, this could get interesting. With any luck they will wipe each other out.
Farmers must go green or lose EU handouts. Farmers are green and always have been. The EU and Defrs know f**k all about farming. Incidentally both oil and coal are technically biofuels 'cos they originate from organic matter.
Teenage killers attacked woman and threw her in river to drown. Hang them.
Senator Edward Kennedy diagnosed as malignant. Oh dear!!!!
Abuse of uniformed troops to become a crime. Just let the troops 'defend themselves'!!!
Report: U.S. Will Attack Iran. There is not a lot of choice in the matter. Iran have been wanting a war since 79.
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