On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:46:18 -0500 LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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"
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
freq
AIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Sep 9, 2005 1:34 PM To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [MBZ] Navy WTF? USCG HH3F helicopters carried HF radios that aren't ever "out of range" of someone at a comms station. That isn't speculation, because I was one of the avion
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
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:
As
USCG HH3F helicopters carried HF radios that aren't ever "out of range" of
someone at a comms station. That isn't speculation, because I was one of the
avionics techs that kept them working.
I assume that USN H3s are similarly equipped.
On 9/9/05, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> 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
the rescue effort
without permission."
Over.
CWO Jerry
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Navy WTF?
As much as I am a "Questio
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
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:
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> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:04:45 -0700 redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3343812
> >
> > good job, you are
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 ken
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3343812
good job, you are getting screwed for it though
--
Clay
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