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TomCatDriver — Backseater and Brownshirt
Published: 2008-05-16 12:45:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 674; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 18
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a brown-shirted Plane Captain confers with the NFO in the aft cockpit of a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet prior to the pilot boarding and being directed to the catapult for launch. an enlisted/petty officer Plane Captain is assigned to each aircraft on the ship,and is personally responsible to the commissioned pilot and squadron commander for that one very expensive plane,s care and maintenence,a very big job for a person sometimes under 21!Related content
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yes,it,s a diorama i made using an F/A-18 Super Hornet,1/48 with some USN crew figures.
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almost looked real,didn,t it?
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just something i remember from my past.........
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wow! i have so much respect for military. i'm sure it gets hectic.
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a carrier deck during a series of launches,is just a mad-house! and all it takes is one person to make a mistake.....!
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oh yeah. one little mistake could be catastrophic.
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like a Chain-Reaction........the flight deck is just a disaster waiting to happen!
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so much equipment/activity packed into so little space......the deck is just never big enough!
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no kidding. i wonder if there will be a bigger one some day in the future. i heard about a very large cruise ship boat thing that has an airport big enough for smallish private jets to land/take off on a normal runway. that would be kinda cool. i don't know if it'll ever actually be built. but the idea is intriguing.
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shipboard aviation is just too dangerous for civilians.....best left to the navy.
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after all,they,re expendable......
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unfortunately, that's how the military sees them.
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just goes with the job.
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yes it does. talk about occupational hazards.
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"The Man" is always very close on any carrier deck....now and again,somebody goes to see him....
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i,ve seen it happen.......not pretty.
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seen it for real.....!
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USS Nimitz,May 1981......that was a real mess. and i had just had all 4 wisdom-teeth extracted,and was all doped up on Percodan......! {narcotic,very strong stuff}
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oh dang wow that musta been tough.
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not as tough as it was for some.
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a rare occurence,but it does happen now and again.
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we try to be safe.{safety regs strictly enforced,either play safe,or don,t play at all...}
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the whole biz of shipboard aviation is so inherently dangerous to begin with anyway....gotta stay on top of it,or else...........
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yeah really. i'm sure things are nuts out there.
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lots of activity,crammed into a small space.
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the same amount of equipment and personell that would normally use a large land base,all packed into a few acres of deck space.......a few very expensive acres of Real Estate!
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no kidding. what does the average aircraft carrier cost these days?
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12 billion. and the planes to put on it cost even more!
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wow! that's insane!
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it,s National Defense......Freedom isn,t Free.
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exactly. which is why i have tons of respect for all the military men and women. i'm marrying an army man.
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Sailors{and Naval Officers!} are more fun........
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haha well i'm perfectly happy with my man. he's a medic.
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we called them Corpsmen. i see you,re all excited about getting "Hitched" in a few weeks!
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well that's the understatement of the week. i'm freaking MEGA STOKED. 5 weeks from today!
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