ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
20 May 2019, 09:47 PM | #31 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: MJC
Location: PHL USA
Watch: IWC, Rolex, AP
Posts: 29,232
|
So awesome. Wish we could be know where and more details.
Just so cool, I’ve always been fascinated with this kind of stuff
__________________
|
20 May 2019, 10:52 PM | #32 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
Thanks. The sobering part for me is that while it was an exceptional aircraft to try and fly, sitting in the rear cockpit - the home of the weapons systems officer, there lay within my reach equipment that in some models that could deliver a tactical nuclear weapon.
|
20 May 2019, 10:56 PM | #33 | |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
Quote:
YouTube actually has some pretty compelling video. Type “”Carrier Break” or “Mach Loop” or low level FA/18. Give you a sense of the view. |
|
20 May 2019, 10:58 PM | #34 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
Rob Thanks. Like all jobs - it’s 98% predictable and 2% terror. Mine included.
|
20 May 2019, 11:00 PM | #35 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 1,578
|
Isn’t one of those pics a F15?
|
20 May 2019, 11:04 PM | #36 |
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Real Name: Travis
Location: FL / NYC
Watch: Yes..
Posts: 32,192
|
Thanks for the great write up!
|
20 May 2019, 11:08 PM | #37 | |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
Quote:
I reckon that during drinks service you could set power, pull the yoke back, stabilise then feed forward the stick and give the punters a thrill. While I don’t know the numbers, I hear that airliners do have a decent G tolerance - to a point. As long as it’s not rolling g. |
|
20 May 2019, 11:11 PM | #38 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
|
20 May 2019, 11:12 PM | #39 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Real Name: Willem
Location: Pretoria RSA
Watch: ROLEXROLEXROLEX
Posts: 1,072
|
Awesome story - well written - thanks.
__________________
Rolex Datejust II WG/SS Blue 116334 "8368xxxx" Rolex Sea-Dweller SD43 126600 "94A6xxxx" Rolex Deepsea Sea-Dweller 116660 "V84xxxx" Rolex Deepsea D-Blue Horizon 116660 "3170xxxx" Rolex Explorer II Polar 16570 "T20xxxx" Rolex Explorer II Black 216570 "G53xxxx" Rolex GMT-Master II 16710 "P32xxxx" Rolex GMT-Master II Ceramic 116710LN "V97xxxx" Rolex Submariner 16610 "Z61xxxx" Rolex Submariner Ceramic 116610LN "G79xxxx" |
20 May 2019, 11:16 PM | #40 |
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Real Name: Brian (TBone)
Location: canada
Watch: es make me smile
Posts: 73,577
|
What an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing with us
I honestly think I’d pass out though |
20 May 2019, 11:21 PM | #41 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Boston
Watch: Seiko 6138-0030
Posts: 278
|
An amazing story and a hell of a good memory to go with that watch. Seriously awesome.
|
20 May 2019, 11:21 PM | #42 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 5,341
|
Extremely fascinating story. Insightful, educational and exciting. You could have easily been a great writer. Thank you for sharing this! Long live the GMT!
|
20 May 2019, 11:22 PM | #43 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: MJC
Location: PHL USA
Watch: IWC, Rolex, AP
Posts: 29,232
|
Quote:
^i would absolutely pass out
__________________
|
|
20 May 2019, 11:23 PM | #44 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
In smaller aerobatic aircraft, I can’t count the number of people that have either greyed out or gone to sleep as passengers of mine. Especially young guys who say give me 8 G.... That’s why I gave each passenger a foil lined BBQ Chicken bag to barf in.
|
20 May 2019, 11:26 PM | #45 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
I still love my original Breitling as it carries lots of memories. The GMT has really taken me by surprise.
|
20 May 2019, 11:30 PM | #46 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2018
Real Name: J
Location: Midwest
Watch: OP36&41 AK LV DJ36
Posts: 2,262
|
Nice read, thanks!
I can only imagine the thrill. At least I know that Rolex “is safe” in the plane haha ;) |
20 May 2019, 11:34 PM | #47 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
|
20 May 2019, 11:43 PM | #48 |
TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron
Join Date: May 2005
Real Name: God
Location: Washington, D.C.
Watch: What do you think?
Posts: 37,501
|
Ditto.
__________________
Despite the high cost of living, it's still very popular. Tosser Cabinet Member Official Member: 'Perpetual 30' Vegas International GTG 2016 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2017 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2018 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2019 |
20 May 2019, 11:46 PM | #49 |
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Denver
Posts: 4,106
|
That was so well written that I am feeling a little motion sick.
__________________
Jason 116610 LN DateJust Pelagos FXD |
20 May 2019, 11:47 PM | #50 |
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 26,846
|
I really enjoy it. Well done.
|
20 May 2019, 11:53 PM | #51 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Watch Town
Posts: 305
|
Fantastic. That experience is my dream. Thank you for writing it up.
|
21 May 2019, 06:54 AM | #52 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Real Name: Ron
Location: Alabama
Watch: Daytona,TT Sub,GMT
Posts: 4,673
|
Great read! Thanks for sharing.
__________________
Ron |
21 May 2019, 07:36 AM | #53 |
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Real Name: Steven
Location: Glocal
Posts: 19,405
|
Wonderful experience, thanks for sharing!
__________________
__________________ “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'” -- Hunter S. Thompson Sent from my Etch A Sketch using String Theory. |
21 May 2019, 07:38 AM | #54 |
2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Real Name: Mike
Location: New York
Watch: Rolex
Posts: 21,350
|
__________________
Oh, look at the time... Official Member: 'WIS-CON' Las Vegas International GTG 2019 |
21 May 2019, 07:45 AM | #55 |
Banned
Join Date: May 2019
Location: USA
Watch: 116618LN
Posts: 1,399
|
Thank you for the great story! I KNOW I'd either pass out or get violently ill. I have enough trouble in 1 g ….
|
21 May 2019, 08:44 AM | #56 |
2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Real Name: Tom
Location: Mandeville La
Watch: 16610M
Posts: 10,479
|
From an old guy, thanks for your training & service sir, and I take comfort knowing fighter pilots stand at the ready
|
21 May 2019, 02:12 PM | #57 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: USA
Watch: Collector
Posts: 1,482
|
Great read- thanks for posting.
|
21 May 2019, 04:04 PM | #58 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Las Vegas
Watch: Any GMT
Posts: 12
|
Great story! Thanks for posting.
|
21 May 2019, 04:31 PM | #59 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: norcal
Posts: 3,031
|
Nice read! Have you ever observed any UFO?
|
21 May 2019, 04:42 PM | #60 |
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Watch: GMT-II BLRO PEPSI
Posts: 597
|
Not in the traditional sense. But I was bringing a Lear Jet 35 into a regional airport and we were speed brakes out on a steep descent and I saw a large blue object in my 1 O'Clock position heading my way. I rolled a few degrees left and a large collection of blue inflatable children's balloons in the shape of dolphins all tied together sailed over my right wing. I think there must have been about 10 of them tied together and they got way too close. Had they hit an engine, it would have been messy.
I radioed Air Traffic Control to inform them that a group of dolphins had passed over my wing and I could hear the laughs in the background. True story. Apparently they came from a carnival and somebody had let them go. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
*Banners
Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.