[MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up

[Mark via MRCG]

Speaking of Marine aviators I recall an incident long ago where a USMC plane captain (like a crew chief I think) took an A4 Scooter out for a joyride from El Toro MCAS in So. Cal. No jet experience at all. Glider training was all he had as I recall. Landed fine. Pretty amazing. 

Anyone else remember this?

Mark
AF6IM



> On May 5, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Michael Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> These are my heroes from WWII -  the rear seat guys running the radios, comm and nav, plus air-to-air gunnery.  Scary place to be when a zero has you in his gunsight.  See attachments.
> 
> Yes, I thought the Old Crows was about Electronic Warfare and included civilian as well as military people involved in that effort.
> 
> GO NAVY
> 
> Mike, W6MAB
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <timsamm at gmail.com>
> To: "West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group" <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
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> 
>> HaHa...Us Squids view Nasal Aviators as those we must transport, house,
>> feed, fuel, rearm, resupply (especially sun glasses from the Ships Store) ,
>> launch, recover - after getting just the right amount of wind across the
>> deck - at precisely the right relative bearing - and then tell them the
>> range and bearing to the target - and what that target is. and sometimes
>> rescue them...Etc... And they make a lot of noise up on the roof too.....
>> And the BirdFarm Captain is one of them critters - so he must be
>> extensively trained on which end of the ship is the pointy end and which
>> end is the flat end....And REAL sailors consider BirdFarm's to be floating
>> hazards to navigation !!   LOL  Flame Shields Up!
>> 
>> In other news.....I thought "crows" was the icon of the flying EW guys, not
>> comms guys in general....I dunno.
>> BTW - The Octopus Radioman cartoon was taken from a 1943 PT Boat crewman's
>> manual.  It's been around for a long time but I don't know what its' actual
>> origin is...
>> 
>> All in good fun....
>> GO NAVY!
>> Tim
>> N6CC
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