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Approach archives from March 2008
Bravo Zulu.(The Initial Approach Fix)
March 1, 2008... The following Navy and Marine Corps squadrons submitted five or more aviation 3750 hazard reports using WESS during the fourth quarter of FY07:
HSC-26 HSL-44 VAQ-129 VAW-120 VFA-115 VMFAT-101
VP-5 VP-16 VP-30 VP-40...
Questions and cannons.
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Gun day is certainly a pinnacle moment in the Rhino FRS syllabus for a rookie replacement pilot. Following an evening of strafe planning, I was ready to head out to the NAS Fallon ranges to go "hammer down" for the...
Strip alert--speed versus accuracy.
March 1, 2008... Pressure is "a compelling or constraining influence... on the mind or will."
--The American Heritage Dictionary
While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), crews experience the unique pressure induced by standing daily...
Hostility in the cockpit.(Crew Resource Management)
March 1, 2008... I was a new H2P, and this flight just was my second time completing deck-landing qualifications (DLQs). My first DLQs were a year earlier at the fleet-replacement squad-ron (FRS). The crew had night-vision goggles (NVGs), but with an...
Don't roll your eyes.(aircraft piloting)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
As I near the end of my first JO tour, I have accrued 750 hours in twin-engine aircraft, 120 hours in single-engine aircraft and, because of recent events, a little over 90 seconds in "zero engine" aircraft. I'm...
How to get a call sign.(military aircraft piloting)
March 1, 2008... I was outside my seven-day, night-currency window, and needed a day and a night trap on USS Nimitz (CVN-68) to regain currency. I had been in a rush ever since my first flight, which was long and uneventful. Unfortunately, I was a half-hour...
Bash.(bird-animal-strike-hazard )
March 1, 2008... Do you report every bird strike? Or every deer sighting on the runway?
A critical aspect of any bird-animal-strike-hazard (BASH) program is reporting. When you report bird and animal activity around the airfield environment, as well as...