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By The Armorer on February 7, 2011 | | Comments (26)
Dang fluid dynamics.


 
Somebody goofed that bit of ground traffic control.

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By Jack on February 7, 2011 7:47 AM
I wonder if the F-16 pilot is still getting crap for it.  I saw this the other day at a site that said it was from 2007.  You gotta feel for the guy.
 
By BillT on February 7, 2011 8:05 AM
That's a tad more embarassing -- and expensive -- than blowing over a port-a-potty as you're hovering past.

With one of your fellow aviators inside.

My old brigade commander had a *wicked* sense of humor...
 
By Raptor Chief on February 7, 2011 10:52 AM
As a former Viper crew chief, I have to say, this probably cost the pilot a lot of beer, to a lot of people. And his call sign probably got changed to something to the effect of Tippy...or Wash.
 
By Cricket on February 7, 2011 11:47 AM
Thoughts:  It must be ATC's version of cow tipping. 

"Help.  I've tipped and I can't get up."

 
By Attila on February 7, 2011 1:12 PM
His new callsign would have been:
- Humiliating;
- Obscene, and;
- Permanent.

His biggest mistake would have been to not embrace it enthusiastically.

Trust me on this...
 
By PrimEvil on February 7, 2011 4:01 PM
 Damn wind-shear microburts!
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 7, 2011 4:11 PM
Ah, Peter Pilot shoulda just rocked in his seat, he coulda righted it!  That or get some drunk frat boys to help. 
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on February 7, 2011 5:30 PM
 Fortunately, he tipped to the right.

Cheers
 
By Mythilt on February 7, 2011 6:48 PM
The joys of the temporary call sign, if he's lucky the call sign will be something simple slightly annoying, humorous and not obscene like 'Tipsy', 'Fratboy', or similar.  If he's pissed the wrong people off though.....
(Brother got the temporary sobriquet of "Captain Crunch" when he put the wingtip of his Viking into the prop of a Hawkeye while following the directions of the yellow shirt on the deck.  Not the first time its happened for a pilot, and won't be the last.)
 
By Quartermaster on February 7, 2011 7:04 PM
 Do a bit of research on how Lex got his call sign. Some things stick with you your entire career. Pity the guy if he was a butter bar. (Dys)Lex(ic) got his when his single bar was silver.
 
By seadog on February 7, 2011 7:10 PM
I was in the PI when a buddy of mine had to perform an engine run-up on a C-5.  They had portable guard shacks on the flightline because of rampant thefts.  He walked back to the closest one and suggested that they (SF) might want to move it temporarily.  SP airman said not to worry about it , all was good.  My friend sent him tumbling 125 yards.  Airman ended up with a broken bicep. And some really nice bruises.

After that, never had a problem with run-ups. 
 
By Attila on February 7, 2011 7:34 PM

Previous callsigns I have seen:

"Chocks" (he jumped them)
"Scrote" (what do you expect with the last name of Ball?)
"Bater" (see: "Scrote," exchange Omasta for Ball)
"Booger" (it's not what you think)
...etc.

BTW, he would have been hard-pressed to rock it upright since he starts at a 30-degree recline just sitting in the normal position (for better g tolerance) so he was probably all scrunched up at the top o' the canopy while waiting for someone to come over and de-turtle him. Heh.

 
By BillT on February 7, 2011 9:37 PM
"Magellan" -- couldn't read a map.

"Sparky" -- three hot-starts in three different aircraft in the same day.

"Shredder" -- left his checklist where the tail rotor could eat it, and it did.

"Bomber" -- had two fire-bottles depart the aircraft in flight (same aircraft, two different flights).

"Buff" -- short for "Baby Buffalo" (yeah, he weighed that much).

"Too-Tall" -- had to scrunch down during his flight physical because he exceeded the max allowable height limit by a good inch.

"Bert and Ernie" -- me and my bud Norm (either name was interchangeable with either of us, and even the guy who tagged us with it didn't really know why he did, but it stuck).

"McCulluch" -- as in, the chain saw, trimmed a pine tree within an inch of its life with the main rotor of a Cobra.

"Rollin' Rock" -- drifted sideways during a hovering autorotation in a Hubert, caught the skid in a rock, and over he went. He had so much pitch pulled, only one blade impacted the ground...
 
By Rod Thorsen on February 7, 2011 9:53 PM
Showed this to a bud.  Happened in '07 at Eielson AFB.  Ground Control failed to provide proper guidance for spacing, etc.  Pilots fine and still at Eielson on a second tour.

What would be a good handle for the ground controllers?
 
By Oldloadr on February 7, 2011 11:57 PM
"What would be a good handle for the ground controllers?"

It would have to be sarcastic, e.g.: Bonehead (since he couldn't see the B-one was too close to the Viper.  Plus the He/She should have been teh one handing out beer to APG and Weapons...

 
By John Rambo on February 8, 2011 5:03 AM
BOYCOTT AMERICAN WOMEN
Why American men should boycott American women

http://[deleted.by.blogowner].blogspot.com/

I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce you, to get fat, to steal half of your money in the divorce courts, don’t know how to cook or clean, don’t want to have children, etc. Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?

American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least.

This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women.

BOYCOTT AMERICAN WOMEN!
[Edited as a clear violation of commenting etiquette (talk about a thread hi-jack), but left mostly intact in case the American Women of the Castle Commentariat wish to... respond. Though I'm not sure that just ignoring Mr. Rambo wouldn't be a better idea. Mr. Rambo seems to be looking more for staff to service his needs, vice a mate. -the Armorer]
 
By BillT on February 8, 2011 5:44 AM
What would be a good handle for the ground controllers?

"Flipper"...

 
By BillT on February 8, 2011 5:55 AM
Hey, John! Does Rambo qualify for your special introductory advertising fee?
 
By DL Sly on February 8, 2011 6:37 AM
Introductory, hell!  That was more than the standard ten second spot.
0>;~}
 
By Oldloadr on February 8, 2011 9:20 AM
Gang, I have to tell you that there are very few guys on the project I'm on in the UAE that are married to American Women. Most of us had an American 1st wife. All who have been divorced went foreign for their second. Mine is Irish (as you all know), there are also Thai, Korean, Filipina, Ethiopian, South African that I can name off the top of my head. In fact, the only guys here who are married to American Women are still on their first wives and they obviously lucked out big time. To be fair, British women seem to be even worse, according to my unscientific poll. I have one friend that had to go through 2 Brit Chicks before he found his Ethiopian. ;)
 
By bad cat robot on February 8, 2011 9:55 AM
I fully support Mr. Rambo (that name...familiar somehow...) in his efforts to boycott American Women, and I also encourage with fluttered lacy handkerchief any male of any country who agrees with him to also give us a miss.  We're, uh, NOT WORTHY.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  Just ignore us.  Please.   We'll make a feeble attempt to console ourselves for the devastating loss of their approval by consorting with men without well-founded self-esteem issues.
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 8, 2011 10:17 AM
Oldloadr - the only problem with your observation is potential observational bias... i.e., you assume the women were the problem.

Now, in my first marriage to an American woman, we were both the problem.  In my second, she won hands down on being the problem, but I was dumb enough to ignore the warning signs.  In my third - well, still a "Murican woman and still hanging in there.

And I managed to extricate from two marriages without having to share a penny of my pension, either.  Of course, not having any children simplifies things greatly.
 
By Oldloadr on February 8, 2011 10:51 AM
Kept my pension, too in a plea bargain, I didn't push for her future X-husband to be court-martialed (back when the UCMJ mattered in terms of things like adultery) and she didn't push for the FSPA.

I know that our observations are not scientific, but the affairs of the heart seldom are. I think, many times we GIs are exposed to women of other cultures in the course of our careers and tend to recoil away from American women after the 1st or 2nd one takes us to the cleaners; especially (not to sound too Freudian) if we did not have good relations with our own dear mothers.
 
By Oldloadr on February 8, 2011 11:12 AM
Kept my pension, too in a plea bargain, I didn't push for her future X-husband to be court-martialed (back when the UCMJ mattered in terms of things like adultery) and she didn't push for the USFSPA.

I know that our observations are not scientific, but the affairs of the heart seldom are. I think, many times we GIs are exposed to women of other cultures in the course of our careers and tend to recoil away from American women after the 1st or 2nd one takes us to the cleaners; especially (not to sound too Freudian) if we did not have good relations with our own dear mothers.
 
By Oldloadr on February 8, 2011 11:34 AM
OK, John, your echo chamber is extremely wicked tonight.  Notice the 2 postings are 20 minutes apart.  I was sure I had forgot to send...
 
By Old Scout on February 8, 2011 1:45 PM
Isn't hi-jacking a no-no?
A couple of grunt LT's used to call me "Parnelli" as in Parnelli Jones the race car driver.  Had something to do with the way I flew preconvoy, road recon's in my OH-6.