Comments for A little zen for the aviators...

A little zen for the aviators...

2006-12-27T15:12:25Z

A bad day at the office, Bill-style.

This OH-58 Kiowa, damaged during training in Hawaii in February, was successfully landed by pilots Capt. John B. Davis and Chief Warrant Officer Steven K. Huiton despite severe damage to its main rotor.

H/t, Strategy Page.

Speaking of Bill, I found another picture of aviation-related Bill-adaptations... Back in his late-middle-age, Bill apparently had a problem with making hard landings. Here we see one experimental method of dealing with this problem...

Mebbe that's why he found himself in helos...

BTW - if anyone knows the real story (I assume it has to do with rubber shortages and experiments to reduce rubber usage) I'd love to hear it. As well as what the test pilot thought!

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-29

2006-12-29T22:34:43Z

justthisguy had it, I was just going with it

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-12-29

2006-12-29T20:48:32Z

Rod - that's the best explanation I've seen yet.

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-29

2006-12-29T20:01:42Z

Seriously now. This ac is unarmed, the cannon protruded several feed from the fairings. Both folks in the photo appear to be civilian. If I had an assembly line going, would I shut it down while waiting for the boxcar of tires to show up? I think this was just a way to get mostly completed ac from blocking the assembly line while awaiting parts.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-12-29

2006-12-29T14:08:06Z

I'm pretty sure that's an actual aircraft.

Comment from haji0matic on 2006-12-28

2006-12-29T03:58:50Z

OPERATION FORTITUDE...decoys across from Calais? Gen George Patton's ficticious Army?

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-28

2006-12-29T00:21:33Z

Sadly, he was mustered out after he became too square to perform his duties.

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-28

2006-12-29T00:14:54Z

SpongeBob's first job? All right, I know, I'm having entirely too much fun with this.

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-27

2006-12-28T03:21:08Z

OK, OK, OK, I got it!! This photo illustrates the approved method of resizing c-rat crackers to fit in the little can.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2006-12-27

2006-12-28T00:44:21Z

No, Rod, they were having a rubber shortage then. All those horny young Rosy-the-Riveter types, ya know. Sorry about that, Chief. No, really, it's rare to see a photo of a Mustang when it was an Apache, let alone with wooden wheels. Let me guess: The new tires were a weird size and they got the airplane finished before the tires.

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2006-12-27

2006-12-27T18:34:38Z

C-rat crackers undergoing durability testing?