Comments for Caption contest!

Caption contest!

2009-04-01T12:52:08Z

So, have fun with these aviation Kaydets.

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..."

Comment from Josh on 2009-04-03

2009-04-03T18:30:36Z

Hey now, I was whistling at the Cap'n's daughters, not my green-clad compatriots...

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-03

2009-04-03T11:43:27Z

Josh is at your 9 o'clock, Cap'n.

The one with his hand on the other guy's hip...

Comment from Josh on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T21:50:27Z

*whistles*

Comment from TR on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T18:31:48Z

My name is Captain Tightbutt, and I pilot this helicopter!

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

AGAIN????

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T17:36:04Z

Yup -- covertly camouflaging the Hubert as a Bell 212 belonging to Brit Arrummy Air.

The French fly their own stuff.

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T17:20:29Z

Heh. *Somebody* gets positively frisky when she reads Ayn Rand...

Comment from Boquisucio on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T17:19:58Z

Oh Unkabill, I get it. That bullseye on the tailboom is really a covert unit designation.

My apologies.

Comment from Cassandra on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T14:02:58Z

"Hi ho...hi ho... it's off to work we go..."

Comment from Spanky on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T12:42:02Z

Okay on the count of Three toss it ......... ONE ! TWO !

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T05:13:42Z

Psssst -- Boq. *Not* French.

French flight suits are a darker green.

Comment from Boquisucio on 2009-04-01

2009-04-02T04:16:48Z

What do they fortify their croissants with? Those Frenchies are pulling their wheight for a change.

Comment from MAJ (ret) Kev on 2009-04-01

2009-04-02T01:19:19Z

"The reg says flight time starts when the skids break ground contact. Are you logging hood?"

Comment from AFSister on 2009-04-01

2009-04-02T01:17:51Z

*SNORT*

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

Comment from allen on 2009-04-01

2009-04-02T00:17:23Z

the maintenance chief told the 'mechs to get that helo in the air or else no one goes home.....

Comment from jsallison on 2009-04-01

2009-04-02T00:16:43Z

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?!

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T20:16:18Z

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?

Comment from Josh on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T20:12:39Z

"Hey this one's getting old, can you throw it away? There's a dumpster out back."

Comment from Josh on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T20:06:21Z

"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."

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T19:44:20Z

That swipe at the DVIDS folks was mean, Bill. I'll get email again.

Comment from El Capitan on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T19:30:56Z

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.

Comment from Grumpy on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T19:06:54Z

@Karla, Another step in the concept of a *Uniform Military*, just don't tell the Navy.

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T18:59:52Z

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)

Comment from BillT on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T18:46:42Z

"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."

Comment from Karla (threadbndr) on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T18:28:27Z

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

Comment from Grumpy on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T18:15:01Z

"Man, To taxi this thing, *really sucks*, we've got to wait HOW LONG, before it takes off?!?!"

Comment from DL Sly on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T17:58:09Z

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>;~}

Comment from Chief Mechanic on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T16:55:13Z

Pilot reported problem with altimeter, but problem could not be reproduced on ground. So...

Comment from SSG Jeff (USAR) on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T16:44:57Z

The new trainee had difficulty getting the helo out of ground effect without help.

Comment from R Jewell on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T16:05:25Z

Got any of that hooch left that you boys traded the ground handling wheels for?

Comment from JW on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T15:53:44Z

UK DART after budget cuts (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team)

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

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T15:01:03Z

What Alan meant to say was : The new (Royal) Air Force elite fighting force,

Comment from Alan on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T14:40:37Z

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?)

Comment from Argent on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T14:07:46Z

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..

Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T13:57:35Z

"Hey down there! You gotta get goin' faster before we let the clutch out!"

Comment from Lou Mazz on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T13:46:59Z

(one Cadet to another) You think this is bad? The other squad's practicing over-water maneuvers...

Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T13:45:33Z

On the count of three...make a wish.

Comment from Pogue on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T13:18:07Z

With the fuel budgets getting tight 'outside the box' thinking ensures everyone gets their required flight hours for the quarter.