airfrogusmc wrote:
Douglas yes sounds like a a must see. I served with a Sargent Major that was there with Puller.
My uncle and military mentor served in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division.
He was one of the last mounted horse cavalry officers.
Those who fought and served in that war are beginning to dwindle fast!
Look forward to this movie also!
Thanks Douglas!
Dan
Bill Gass wrote:
Anyone got the R7 yet here ?
Still on the fence between that, a 90D, 5DSR and R model or a used 1 Dx
Bill just FYI. I have the 90D,1 Dx and 2 5dSr's. The 1Dx is fantastic! But the 5DSR's, with the IQ and large files...the prices is pretty low now..I would choose that model.
The 90D is nice. On board flash helps but IQ a bit challenging at times.
Dan
Gives me chills just to see your images Jan Arie! Some of you might have met my good friend Bryan Martin. Bryan was one of the great tower controllers at KTKI and he and I became very close over the years. He suffered a fatal heart attack while on duty at McKinney and died in the tower. Bryan was tower chief at Miramar and on numerous carriers during his career in the Navy, just a great guy. Bryan was on a carrier cruise and had walked down a staircase on the ship to see something, all of a sudden a Phantom fired up on the deck and the exhausts were pointed right at the top of the staircase he was on. Apparently the staircase went down one level to a platform and there was nowhere to retreat to. They ran the F4 for about 20 minutes and Bryan said all he could do was crouch in the corner of the platform hoping he wouldn't get toasted by the jet blast. He said the noise and heat were terrifying and it took him a bit to recover from the whole experience, not to mention be able to hear again.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Yes Dan they are all getting up there in age. God bless all who served there and in all conflicts.
S/F
Amen brother!!!! And we are also!!!
S/F Marine!
RD
You served in the $hit brother but not me. I was lucky, I missed Nam by a few months, Joined the Marines to go.
Hardest duty I pulled was making sure the beer was cold in the Po (Olongapo).
Proud to have served though and like I said wold have gone.
But those that served in combat and gave so much for what we have are all a different bred all together. Like I said God bless'm all.
I went to see "Top Gun II" at the IMAX theater in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center yesterday. This was my 3rd time watching this movie. I rarely go to movie theaters and definitely don't watch the same movie 3 times at theaters. They added a Blue Angel jet to the exhibit in museum.
When I was driving back from Michigan to Maryland last Saturday, I was listening to "The Fighter Pilot Podcast" on youtube. They had the Navy rep (a pilot himself) who coordinated with Paramount in all the flight scenes on the pod cast. He said the Super Hornet that flew super low above the desert before it pulled straight up in the movie was actually flown by a Blue Angels pilot who flew the "Sneak Pass" at shows for two years. He said no one in the U.S. was more qualified to fly like that than the Blue Angels pilot. Very interesting stories in the pod cast.
Under the heading, "Don't rest on your laurels...." the NTSB has determined that Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, pilot extraordinaire, was killed in a departure accident because the control lock had not been removed. Checklist/checklist/checklist! A lesson to every aviator regardless of their experience level.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Redundancy in systems, with check lists and pre flight is key brother. I was a CH-46 crew chief. Both D and F models.
"Repitition is the MOTHER of Learning" Learned that as a a Boy Scout, high school...and military!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Under the heading, "Don't rest on your laurels...." the NTSB has determined that Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, pilot extraordinaire, was killed in a departure accident because the control lock had not been removed. Checklist/checklist/checklist! A lesson to every aviator regardless of their experience level.
Yesterday UTube suggested Warren Brown's video about the crash investigation results on my start up page. I was amazed he did not see the lock attached to column and even more amazed he did not do a flight control check before flight. They said he only had a few hours in the aircraft, but checking your flight controls is pretty basic. Something goofy was going on inside him, he was too experienced to miss that control check.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Bill just FYI. I have the 90D,1 Dx and 2 5dSr's. The 1Dx is fantastic! But the 5DSR's, with the IQ and large files...the prices is pretty low now..I would choose that model.
The 90D is nice. On board flash helps but IQ a bit challenging at times.
Dan
Thanks Dan,
Canon just got a lot of new USA 90D so bought that with the good suggestions from Eddie Ray about a trade up discount and it was so good I got a 300 4.0L IS as well. Tired of waiting for a camera and didn't want to spend five hundred more plus a hundred dollar adapter for all my lens, so I'm happy, will all be here next week.
Distracted, in a hurry, we're all capable of it, vigilance/habit is the key. Along the way I have tucked a series of these kinds of happenings into my subconscious, in the hope that I won't repeat them. One big one was when my Buddy Charlie Hillard was killed in a landing roll out accident after a 20 minute routine at epic speeds and minimal altitude in "The Lone Star Fury". If these guys can make these mistakes, I am certainly more than capable of the same...................
I thought that you might be interested in the fact that I just accepted an assignment to make a series of instructional videos for my medical equipment manufacturer. My first instinct was to reach for a camcorder, but alas, I no longer own any. Soooo, looks like I'll tackle this project with the R5C. I'm sure it's more than capable, the newness spooks me a little but I'm going over it in my head since the assignment arose, so it should be fine. I thought about adding a Canon XF605 just to have a camcorder again, but I really don't want to drop $4500 on something that will sit in a case most of it's life. Oh well, if you aren't on the edge, you're falling behind..............
Not sure if any of you are drone enthusiasts, but if you are, the relatively new Mavic 3 is a fantastic machine. I used mine commercially for the first time earlier this week and the results are amazing. Our Buddy Mike B says I'm a bit chicken when it come to drone operation, and he is absolutely correct, I flew a series of test operations with the 3 before I actually put it to work and it's a great piece of technology. The Mavic doesn't replace the I2 , but for many situations it is a better choice and a lot less intimidating for the folks in the area, and the pilot. I'm tweaking the gimbal response parameters to render a more cinematic feel to the footage. Just ordered strobes for the Mavic to comply with the 3.5 mile FAA visibility requirement for dusk/night flight.
Yesterday UTube suggested Warren Brown's video about the crash investigation results on my start up page. (deleted)
I'm not familiar with "Warren Brown", I'm wondering if you were actually referring to Juan Browne's "Blancolirio" channel on You Tube. He does a lot of aviation content, and released a video Thursday discussing the crash. I first discovered his channel when he was covering the Oroville dam spillway damage/repair.
