Flyer0001 Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 Not sure if I just missed it but I keep getting "PPP" in my grade string from the LSO. Is this Power Power Power? Or something else? I have also gotten 3Pts. for 3 points so I don't think it is that.
Flyer0001 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Posted March 2, 2021 How do you know this? From what I read they should underline it to show emphasis. Why not _P?
Stearmandriver Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 Pretty sure I read this somewhere. It's not in the LSO NATOPS, so maybe it was in the Supercarrier manual, but I remember needing to look it up, then correllating it with the "power power power" call. I think maybe P is for the first Power call, _P_ is for the second, stern call, and PPP is for Power Power Power. If I'm remembering right.
Flyer0001 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Posted March 3, 2021 Thank you for the response. I just found it in the Supercarrier manual. Sounds like your memory is right on with the way you described the different powers. Also it is why I looked under calls and not under grades. It is under "calls" inside a 1/2 mile where your plane is under glide slope and sinking rapidly. There is no string "PPP" in the manual. Only power, Power, POWER. Which I understand to mean "You are about to crash into the stern!" Still I think this is a minor glitch where it is not a grade but a call. Somehow PPP got put in the grade string. Not that I am complaining - ED has enough to do.
ruddy122 Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 PPP means your gonna hit the boat in bad way do something to avoid a ramp strike1 wire not goodYou landed but almost killed yourself in the processSent from my iPhone using TapatalkI’ve seen You Tube videos like 104th_Maverick that the SuperCarrier LSO doesn’t say anything Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] LUCKY:pilotfly::joystick: Computer Specs CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-Core 3.4 GHz| GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 6Gb | RAM: 32 GB DDR4 @ 3000 MHz | OS: Win 10 64 bit | HD: 500 Gb SSD
Stearmandriver Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 Best LSO grade I ever heard of was mentioned in the Korean-era biography "Devotion". It referenced a guy almost wrecking a Corsair during CQ: "DNKUA", for "damn near killed us all". I haven't gotten that one yet, at least.
ruddy122 Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 Not an AFUYou have to really screw up to get a DNKUAThat is above AFUSent from my iPhone using TapatalkI used to say when I was an Air Force IP that kid has no concept of manned flightSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] LUCKY:pilotfly::joystick: Computer Specs CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-Core 3.4 GHz| GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 6Gb | RAM: 32 GB DDR4 @ 3000 MHz | OS: Win 10 64 bit | HD: 500 Gb SSD
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