We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:57:53 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I keep finding myself in interesting places. Or places where interesting things occur. Remember me grumpfing a fortnightplus ago that I hadn't had any luck getting re-acquainted with a flyable Cobra? The interesting thing occuring in the interesting place I am at present is the happy discovery (to me, anyway) that not *all* the FMC AH-1Fs that the Army dumped withdrew from its inventory years ago either wound up as assets in a foreign military service or as instant condos for sushi-on-the-hoof. And I already knew about the few flying de-mils in civil hands (FMC = decidedly *not* demilitarized). [insert... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:12:26 -0600 Happy to work *closely* with you, Bill. Just make sure you bring that Obverse seat home with you intact, won't ya? *grin* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62379 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62379 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:33:15 -0600 Yeah, the ol' Obverse Seating trick brought her out of the woodwork, Barb. Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62378 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62378 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:26:30 -0600 *ahem* should i go for three? durn echo. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62375 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62375 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:47:10 -0600 WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Chief! Be safe, and have a BLAST! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62373 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62373 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:41:31 -0600 The obverse of the seat having more ... controls ... than the seat itself, of course. Yup, and the additional controls on the obverse make controlling things a lot easier. With certain uncontrollable exceptions, of course, but they're still a lot of fun...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62368 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62368 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:45:56 -0600 The obverse of the seat having more ... controls ... than the seat itself, of course. Speaking of beers, you'd better drink more than one. I'm betting they're frowned on in the next Really Interesting Place, although that may only apply to mil, not contractors :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62363 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62363 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:00:55 -0600 doing things at night and all that...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62360 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62360 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:17:56 -0600 Ouch. Score 1 for Barb... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62353 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62353 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:47:01 -0600 B-24 sitting on your lap. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62341 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62341 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:22:05 -0600 someone with enough senority and experience to handle you. Hope you aren't allergic to scales. Now I gotta get back to the newbies. They've got a busy schedule today. Brisk 20 mile jog through Darfur, evasion and survival training (disguised as tourists in Bangkok), Airplane Entropy Action Plans (courtesy of TAM Airlines), and we'll stand downrange at a few artillery ranges and practice interception and deflection of Large Kinetic Objects. If they give me any lip I'll add a detour to Filene's Basement 50% off sale. THAT ought to do it ...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62340 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62340 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:12:33 -0600 Erm, mightn't that be, uh, *visually* distracting, if she lives up to the hype of her name? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62332 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/deja_view.html#comment-62332 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:42:37 -0600