[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

Hey,FVD!!.....,do you remember the day Elmer waved to you from the KC-135??

Well, if it was 25 years ago, I would have been flying the F-111 (from Mountain Home AFB, ID, in 1980-1983 time frame), not the Viper yet (which I started flying in 1988). So it wasn't me, sorry.

FVD

[mikeb1958]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

Yep....been on that one a few times myself....

I think we all have frequent-flyer miles on that Skunky!

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by Berkut76

All Soviet cargo planes: An-12, An-24, and a couple of helos like Mi-8, and Ka-27.

Regards,

Sergey

What's more, you're still here to tell us about it - congrats! (Just kidding )

[Cardinal]

Does jumping out of an airborne Pilatus Porter count ... ?

[pulqui]

Flown in:
DH Dove
Bristol Freighter
C-47
C-54
IA-35 Huanquero
IA-50 GII
IA-63 Pampa
T-28
MS 760 Paris
OH-6
F-27 Troopship
S-61 Helicopter

[Gunslinger]

As an AFJROTC cadet I got a jumspeat ride behind the pilots in a KC-135.

In the Guard I flew in Hueys and OH-58A's more times than I can count. I got two flights in a AH-1S Cobra. I got to fly the the Cobra simulator a few times also.

I slept in the back of UH-60 once that had gone down in the middle of nowhere and someone had to keep and eye on it until morning but never got a flight in one.

[Kiwi Dave]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

I slept in the back of UH-60 once that had gone down in the middle of nowhere and someone had to keep and eye on it until morning but never got a flight in one.

How could you keep an eye on it if you were asleep! Or do you sleep with one eye open?

[Elmer]

Originally Posted by FormerViperDriver

Well, if it was 25 years ago, I would have been flying the F-111 (from Mountain Home AFB, ID, in 1980-1983 time frame), not the Viper yet (which I started flying in 1988). So it wasn't me, sorry.

FVD

Yeah, I wondered if you were flying Vipers at that time. It had to be 1981-1982 time frame. Anyway, it was sure nice of that pilot (whoever he/she was) to wave at that kid. It made a lasting impression on him. I wish I could remember the markings. I think we were flying somewhere over Nevada / California.

[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by Elmer

Yeah, I wondered if you were flying Vipers at that time. It had to be 1981-1982 time frame. Anyway, it was sure nice of that pilot (whoever he/she was) to wave at that kid. It made a lasting impression on him. I wish I could remember the markings. I think we were flying somewhere over Nevada / California.

Elmer,

In 1981-82, there weren't many F-16 units. So based on your indicated location at the time, I would say they would have been from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 388 TFW (tail code HL). Can't tell which squadron, though, unless you can remember the color at the top of the vertical fin...

FVD

[Warhawk]

Hey Elmer, I just noticed your sig. I have a good friend that was a pilot in the 458th BG. Here is a short Bio. I put together when he was my guest at an autograph event recently. He still has his yoke from his bomber when he was hit by flak. The shrapnel went through his thumb and took a chunk out of the yoke, but he was able to complete the bomb run!



Capt. Birt Brumby
Was a B-24 pilot with the 458th Bombardment Group In WWII. As a flight leader, he led missions to tough targets such as the industrial area of Saarbrucken, oil refineries at Hamburg, an airfield at Brunswick, aircraft factories at Oschersleben, a fuel depot at Dulmen, a canal at Minden, aircraft works at Brandenburg, marshalling yards at Hamm, and an aircraft engine plant at Magdeburg.