tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2707268975715747803..comments2024-03-18T19:45:58.932-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Tuna TossingOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25262542835177119872018-02-05T13:08:26.814-08:002018-02-05T13:08:26.814-08:00Great story Scott!
Here at The Chant we love the ...Great story Scott!<br /><br />Here at The Chant we love the Mighty War Hoover.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56613300802634273582018-02-05T07:23:53.321-08:002018-02-05T07:23:53.321-08:00The Mighty Viking. What it lacked in speed it made...The Mighty Viking. What it lacked in speed it made up for in versatility. Multi-Mission capability with long legs. The F-14s couldn't fly without the parts we brought by S-3 from Diego Garcia in the 80s. <br />Great footage of the Surface Surveillance mission, both day and night. I remember spending 4 hours in the dark at 400' and then climbing to intercept the instrument final to the ship. My Attack buddies joked that their personal minimum at night was 10,000 ft. <br />Nice pass at the ship, too. OK, (hic) (cdtl). <br />And even the speed was relative. I could never get any of my Miramar friends to race us from San Diego to Oceana. We could one leg it while they were having their Tinker Burgers. <br />Viking Scott (VS-31 circa 1979-82)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969476441761131319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9396391392637199882018-02-01T08:52:16.257-08:002018-02-01T08:52:16.257-08:00Cost effective, I hate that term. Cost effective m...Cost effective, I hate that term. Cost effective means one thing to a bean counter, quite another to the troops in the field. But you knew that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65746201643532018352018-02-01T08:35:46.370-08:002018-02-01T08:35:46.370-08:00Love this video. In 1990-91, at CU Boulder, I took...Love this video. In 1990-91, at CU Boulder, I took a NROTC class. Our instructor was Lt McManus, who flew Hoovers off of the JFK. He absolutely loved that air plane, especially when he got to go bombing at the range down by Puerto Rico. I know its not cost effective, but I am still a fan of mission specific air craft. Seems to me, the S-3 was a great combination of the two theories. Great shipborn ASW platform, but easily adaptable to several other missions, without any real compromise. Great airplane.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033897909182292097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31531928620409737982018-02-01T02:04:03.172-08:002018-02-01T02:04:03.172-08:00It's those tip tanks. Everyone loves tip tanks...It's those tip tanks. Everyone loves tip tanks.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68673168480699174612018-02-01T02:03:11.210-08:002018-02-01T02:03:11.210-08:00Tuna - Did you keep your old flight suits in the c...Tuna - Did you keep your old flight suits in the closet? Everyone knows that old uniforms kept in closets shrink over time.<br /><br />At least mine did.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83092758686324442342018-02-01T02:02:19.124-08:002018-02-01T02:02:19.124-08:00Now that would be a chore wouldn't it?Now that would be a chore wouldn't it?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54667070335617455892018-02-01T02:01:43.346-08:002018-02-01T02:01:43.346-08:00Good point about the Aussies Suz, I like the homes...Good point about the Aussies Suz, I like the homesick Scot idea.<br /><br />Completely agree on the support for the troops. My son-in-law flies off (and back on to) aircraft carriers.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3190198294538103332018-01-31T21:31:12.735-08:002018-01-31T21:31:12.735-08:00Go toss THIS tuna, why doncha?
And, um, if you ma...Go toss <a href="http://kenfraser.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/frontcover_bw_blog.jpg" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> tuna, why doncha?<br /><br />And, um, if you manage to toss it, um, can we forget that high-stakes arm wrestling match I challenged you to?a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1982628180357925522018-01-31T21:09:42.916-08:002018-01-31T21:09:42.916-08:00
just let me see if I can squeeze into my old flig...<br />just let me see if I can squeeze into my old flight suit.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11610266577195334292018-01-31T20:07:29.866-08:002018-01-31T20:07:29.866-08:00Pleh. I'd go for that beautiful F-84 myself. ...Pleh. I'd go for that beautiful F-84 myself. Kill Migs, blow up ground targets, kill Migs, blow up ground targets. What more could you want?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11344952381805438722018-01-31T18:08:22.387-08:002018-01-31T18:08:22.387-08:00Since Australia was colonized by folks the English...Since Australia was colonized by folks the English deemed as ner-do-wells, maybe some homesick Scot was missing his caber and decided to toss the local fish instead?<br /><br />Seriously though, how can ANYone watch that film, or any of the others on You-tube, and NOT feel patriotic as well as be completely convinced that the folks who fly those planes are just basically of a cast iron constitution from a nerve standpoint, and bat-crap crazy to some degree. Bad enough to take off and land in the daylight, but NIGHT time!!! Yikes!!! Off a boat!!! (Ok, a ship...but still!!!) Pretty darn small speck floating on a vast ocean. With a SHORT driveway before you take your plane swimming.<br />What is wrong with the politicians who don't think that every possible free dollar shouldn't be sent to repair/maintain/train generally SUPPORT these folks who are crazy enough to WANT to do these things with airplanes?!?! Cause that way, there are not films or newspaper pictures out there of bombs landing on downtown Main Street USA, if you know what I mean.<br />If throwing Tuna accomplishes that, and he is willing!!! Go for it!!<br />My 0.2 cents. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67806312820498364382018-01-31T18:07:47.873-08:002018-01-31T18:07:47.873-08:00F-86.
[Drops microphone. Walks off.]F-86.<br /><br /><em>[Drops microphone. Walks off.]</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33261147533476678672018-01-31T18:00:24.377-08:002018-01-31T18:00:24.377-08:00Yeah, the Osprey. Hmmm. Why can't we just ha...Yeah, the Osprey. Hmmm. Why can't we just have an uncomplicated flying box like the hoover vs some super fidgety flying mixmaster.<br /><br />When will our imperial masters realize that cheap and easy is a way to go?<br /><br /><br />As to that gaming setup? Well, yeah, me too! Love to have that chair, put on a pilot's helmet, add the CPAP mask (Hey, it can do double duty, right?) and do some decent Korean War jet fighter stuff.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63488581173395967152018-01-31T15:13:41.376-08:002018-01-31T15:13:41.376-08:00Hhmm, the Osprey should be okay. But a UCAV for p...Hhmm, the Osprey should be okay. But a UCAV for passing gas? Hhmm, very interesting...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82786558264503815222018-01-31T14:59:23.745-08:002018-01-31T14:59:23.745-08:00Navair decided to go with the osprey for COD and t...Navair decided to go with the osprey for COD and the UCAV for tank.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70471382663546487412018-01-31T10:21:34.276-08:002018-01-31T10:21:34.276-08:00Aerial ASW assets? From a carrier? Helos, that'...Aerial ASW assets? From a carrier? Helos, that's it.<br /><br />Midair refueling? From a carrier? Think F/A-18s.<br /><br />Yeah, don't expect any help from the F-35 either...<br /><br />Sad, innit?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45286687713479464612018-01-31T10:09:52.947-08:002018-01-31T10:09:52.947-08:00So, what do we have for ASW capability now, with s...So, what do we have for ASW capability now, with submarine launched weapons (especially carrier killer stuff) having greater ranges? What so we have that can pass gas with any quantity and range?<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40686535106116458292018-01-31T09:26:13.102-08:002018-01-31T09:26:13.102-08:00That gaming set-up...
Want. Need.That gaming set-up...<br /><br />Want. Need.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3205893816258262742018-01-31T09:22:59.718-08:002018-01-31T09:22:59.718-08:00Lockheed was talking about converting all the old ...Lockheed was talking about converting all the old S-3s into C-3 cargo/tanker versions in 2014, but I haven't heard anything more about that.<br /><br />Friend of mine who now flys drones was a Hoover driver. Mellowest guy I ever met. He has an ejection chair set up in front of a really sweet gaming setup with 3 screens and a nice stick controller that he practices flying on, at home.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4389441750160125982018-01-31T07:03:03.493-08:002018-01-31T07:03:03.493-08:00Thanks Paul.Thanks Paul.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68362244347632961662018-01-31T07:02:50.988-08:002018-01-31T07:02:50.988-08:00Yeah, it's a very useful platform.Yeah, it's a very useful platform.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4720191036881878662018-01-31T06:28:26.339-08:002018-01-31T06:28:26.339-08:00I agree, great video.
Thanks for the post.
Paul L...I agree, great video.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29485470635303432222018-01-31T06:20:44.449-08:002018-01-31T06:20:44.449-08:00I don't mind the tossing as it's quite fun...I don't mind the tossing as it's quite fun. It's the landing that can get hairy. Great video. Sad that there will never be another"new" crop of them. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.com