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Caption contest!

By The Armorer on April 1, 2009 | | Comments (37)
So, have fun with these aviation Kaydets.


Heh. Just, heh.
 
I'll start you off -

"Uncle Bill knew he was in for a long haul when he asked the Kaydets for examples of problems encountered when in "ground effect" hover..."

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By Pogue on April 1, 2009 8:18 AM
With the fuel budgets getting tight 'outside the box' thinking ensures everyone gets their required flight hours for the quarter.
 
By Fishmugger on April 1, 2009 8:45 AM
On the count of three...make a wish.
 
By Lou Mazz on April 1, 2009 8:46 AM
 (one Cadet to another) You think this is bad?  The other squad's practicing over-water maneuvers...
 
By AW1 Tim on April 1, 2009 8:57 AM

  "Hey down there! You gotta get goin' faster before we let the clutch out!"
 
By Argent on April 1, 2009 9:07 AM
I put my order in for a Mach 15 but I got 15 Mac's.

Obama's new fuel efficiency program begins..

Bill regrets daring Carborundum to fly the damn thing himself.

Clearly instructions for liftoff were not well interpreted..
 
By Alan on April 1, 2009 9:40 AM
The new Air Force elite fighting force, "The Blue Falcons," starting their afternoon PT. (You didn't think they were going to use telephone poles like the SEALS, did you?)
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 1, 2009 10:01 AM
What Alan meant to say was : The new (Royal) Air Force elite fighting force,
 
By JW on April 1, 2009 10:53 AM

UK DART after budget cuts (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team)

In Cadence WAP, WAP, WAP, WAP...

 
By R Jewell on April 1, 2009 11:05 AM
Got any of that hooch left that you boys traded the ground handling wheels for?
 
By SSG Jeff (USAR) on April 1, 2009 11:44 AM
The new trainee had difficulty getting the helo out of ground effect without help.
 
By Chief Mechanic on April 1, 2009 11:55 AM
Pilot reported problem with altimeter, but problem could not be reproduced on ground.  So...
 
By DL Sly on April 1, 2009 12:58 PM
Upon visual inspection, the pilot instantly recognized the kaydets as stoodents of Bill "TJ" Tuttle as they had obviously been indoctrinated with his *signature* definition of "All Hands Onboard".
0>;~}
 
By Grumpy on April 1, 2009 1:15 PM
"Man, To taxi this thing, *really sucks*, we've got to wait HOW LONG, before it takes off?!?!"
 
By Karla (threadbndr) on April 1, 2009 1:28 PM

"I thought the whole keelhauling thing was a Navy gig."

 

 
By BillT on April 1, 2009 1:46 PM
"Implimenting the RAF's new policy of melding multifaceted operations into a single cost-reduction task iteration has thus far met with moderate success. Shown here is the recent effort combining physical fitness training with a fuel-conservation measure allowing a Commissioned Officer to log flight time without placing a Warrant Officer in an At-Risk Situation."
 
By BillT on April 1, 2009 1:59 PM
03/03/2009 - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Jessica Gwillim, assigned to the 9th Provisional Security Forces, repaints a wheel on an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle System on Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, March 3, 2009. Camp Lemonier is the hub of Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Zuccaro, U.S. Air Force/Released)
 
By Grumpy on April 1, 2009 2:06 PM
@Karla, Another step in the concept of a *Uniform Military*, just don't tell the Navy. 
 
By El Capitan on April 1, 2009 2:30 PM
Today, Secretary of Defense Gates announced immediate cutbacks in all Defense spending.  Minutes later, the Secretary of the Army announced that they found a way to save money on their aviation training.
 
By John of Argghhh! on April 1, 2009 2:44 PM
That swipe at the DVIDS folks was mean, Bill.  I'll get email again.
 
By Josh on April 1, 2009 3:06 PM
"What the hell?  Did the airport elevation change by five feet in the hour we were in the air?"

"Nah, elevation's the same, but there's something under the skids."
 
By Josh on April 1, 2009 3:12 PM
"Hey this one's getting old, can you throw it away?  There's a dumpster out back."
 
By BillT on April 1, 2009 3:16 PM
I'll get email again.

Whiner. What about all the *good* pix last month that came from Combat Camera folks who wanted to prove that *they* weren't the ones who wrote the captions?


 
By jsallison on April 1, 2009 7:16 PM
When I was in the Cavalry we had to lug our hueys uphill, both ways, in the snow while hip deep in mud.  And I wasn't even assigned to D Trp, they just borrowed us because the D Trp CO was budz with the S3 and didn't want his pile-its getting all dirty before happy hour. You pretty boys have pavement?!
 
By allen on April 1, 2009 7:17 PM
the maintenance chief told the 'mechs to get that helo in the air or else no one goes home.....


 
By AFSister on April 1, 2009 8:17 PM
*SNORT*

Bill wins.. that DVIDS crack was perfect- and unless you know, it doesn't make sense.  awesome.

 
By MAJ (ret) Kev on April 1, 2009 8:19 PM
"The reg says flight time starts when the skids break ground contact.  Are you logging hood?"
 
By Boquisucio on April 1, 2009 11:16 PM
What do they fortify their croissants with?  Those Frenchies are pulling their wheight for a change.
 
By BillT on April 2, 2009 12:13 AM
Psssst -- Boq. *Not* French.

French flight suits are a darker green.
 
By Spanky on April 2, 2009 7:42 AM
Okay on the count of Three toss it ......... ONE !   TWO !
 
By Cassandra on April 2, 2009 9:02 AM
"Hi ho...hi ho... it's off to work we go..."
 
By Boquisucio on April 2, 2009 12:19 PM
Oh Unkabill, I get it.  That bullseye on the tailboom is really a covert unit designation.

My apologies.
 
By BillT on April 2, 2009 12:20 PM
Heh. *Somebody* gets positively frisky when she reads Ayn Rand...
 
By BillT on April 2, 2009 12:36 PM
Yup -- covertly camouflaging the Hubert as a Bell 212 belonging to Brit Arrummy Air.

The French fly their own stuff.
 
By TR on April 2, 2009 1:31 PM
 My name is Captain Tightbutt, and I pilot this helicopter!

 ......Any of you smart guys wanna whistle at my daughters

AGAIN????
 
By Josh on April 2, 2009 4:50 PM
*whistles*
 
By BillT on April 3, 2009 6:43 AM
Josh is at your 9 o'clock, Cap'n.

The one with his hand on the other guy's hip...
 
By Josh on April 3, 2009 1:30 PM
Hey now, I was whistling at the Cap'n's daughters, not my green-clad compatriots...