Luther Gulseth wrote:
Most any frequency on HF is world wide capable (depending on the mode
you use), and most avionics are AM, which has an unlimited range.
Range on HF bands is highly variable, though. During the day you only
get ground wave, which is mostly line of sight, on the lower
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:04:45 -0700 redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3343812
good job, you are getting screwed for it though
From the page:
Nichols said Udkow was in no way being punished by being put in charge
of a temporary kennel in
That's us! Defending the free world and helping our citizens one dog at a
time.
On 9/9/05, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:04:45 -0700 redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3343812
good job, you are getting
As much as I am a Question Authority sort of individual, I must side with
the Navy on this one. All these two young pilots would have had to do was
call up their base ops on the radio and request permission to divert for a
SAR effort. It probably would have been granted. Happens all the time,
without permission.
Over.
CWO Jerry
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Navy WTF?
As much as I am a Question Authority sort
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All these two young pilots would have had to do was call up their base ops on
the radio and request permission to divert for a SAR effort.
Spoken like a lifer! Just ask yourself: what would Chuck Norris have done?
I believe the story said they were out of radio
What the article stated was that an attempt to contact pensacola was
made, but no radio contact able, so they hit NOLA, when they refueled
in NOLA, they called base and advised, went back up, did more good,
then went home before dark
On Friday, September 9, 2005, at 08:46 AM, LT Don wrote:
Somehow this strikes me as a sort of low-key Flight of the Intruder
scenario.
Had one of those people they rescued been the nephew of a Congressman, both
pilots would be booked for flights to Washington for a photo op with Bush
right now.
mac
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What the article stated
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