Gonna be working on B-52's soon

[Cali]

Moving soon to work on Buffs, no more fighters for me. No more chances for another flight. It will be a nice change of pace, but gonna miss it.

[Case]

So should we congratulate you or not? :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess we should. Great news Cali! Congrats!

[Boberro]

I've seen B-52 in Ostrava on the NATO Days 2010 and it is cool plane ;]

 

Why is it called Buff?

[RogueRunner]

Big Ugly flying f&^%r

[Grimes]

 

Why is it called Buff?

 

Big Ugly Fat Friend. Although I think it might be common practice to replace "friend" with another word starting with "F".

 

Not entirely sure how it got that nick-name. Well the last word at least. Cause its certainly Big, and ugly, and fat.

[Boberro]

Ahh ;)

[Cali]

So should we congratulate you or not? :D

 

 

I guess we should. Great news Cali! Congrats!

 

I'm not to thrilled to be leaving fighters, but like I said it will be a nice change. At least when I get deployed I'll be going to a nice tropical place instead of a hot sandbox.

[Case]

I'm not to thrilled to be leaving fighters, but like I said it will be a nice change. At least when I get deployed I'll be going to a nice tropical place instead of a hot sandbox.

Yeah, that's true. What will you be doing with the B-52's exactly?

[Cali]

Yeah, that's true. What will you be doing with the B-52's exactly?

 

 

Same thing I do on fighters, fix anything that has to do with the fuel system.

[RIPTIDE]

Well done Cali.

 

[mvsgas]

Well Cali, you won't be able to tell the crew chief that the problem is the external tanks :D

Pack you cold weather gear.

[MoGas]

Like we have talked already on TS, wish you good luck on the new aircraft.

 

cheers

[159th_Viper]

Congrats Cali - an increase in skill-set is never a bad thing :)

 

Here's one for you and your soon-to-be Bomber days:

 

 

 

A F-15 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message for the B-52 crew was,

 

"Anything you can do, I can do better."

 

Not to be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the challenge. The B-52 continued its flight, straight and level, however. Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked,

 

"So? What did you do?"

 

"We just shut down two engines."

 

:D

[Case]

"So? What did you do?"

 

"We just shut down two engines."

 

Fantastic! :thumbup:

Edited December 8, 2010 by Case

[Cali]

LMAO, nice

[GGTharos]

Just don't forget to put up those window-shutters in the pit, Cali! :D

[Succellus]

Well i remember BUFF as BIG UGLY FAST FLYERS from "The Nam" reference, but i may be wrong. It also wasn t used only for the B52 but any big jet bomber, but B52 was the most comon.

Fast Flyers was employed in opposition to propeller planes like the OV10 Bronco and a few others USA mil. still used at the time who where considered slow flyers.

 

Hey Cali, maybe you can t fly a jet anymore, but maybe you can bomb Chavez...(err no politics)

[Geskes]

I'd swear I saw a variant of this where he'd say:

 

"Oh I just went out to the back to stretch my legs for a bit and get some coffee"

 

A F-15 was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The message for the B-52 crew was,

 

"Anything you can do, I can do better."

 

Not to be outdone, the bomber pilot announced that he would rise to the challenge. The B-52 continued its flight, straight and level, however. Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked,

 

"So? What did you do?"

 

"We just shut down two engines."

 

:D

[MTFDarkEagle]

Big Ugly Fat Fellow ;)

[51GRIZZLY]

I'm not to thrilled to be leaving fighters, but like I said it will be a nice change. At least when I get deployed I'll be going to a nice tropical place instead of a hot sandbox.

 

Would that be Diego Garcia? :pilotfly:

[EtherealN]

I'd swear I saw a variant of this where he'd say:

 

"Oh I just went out to the back to stretch my legs for a bit and get some coffee"

 

In the F-15C campaign in FC2 EB put one of those in when you're tasked to escort a cargo plane. On the radio he goes "hey, watch this" and nothing happens, and then he goes "ah, a fresh cup of coffee" or something like that. :)

[Cali]

Would that be Diego Garcia? :pilotfly:

 

Maybe there and Guam.

[51GRIZZLY]

or something like this ;

 

i handed control to my copilot, got out of my seat, stretched my legs, went to the toilet for a wee

and on my way back i got myself a cop of fresh brewed coffee before i plunged back in my seat again.

[Cali]

They also have a guard unit of A-10's with the warthog painted on the nose there. Gonna see if I can get pic of them also.

[Groove]

For sure a change in deployment. Stand next to one in Duxford and this bird is really huge. The cable running inside the gear bay reminded me about our Data Center :D