X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:28:56 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from omr-d06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.109.203] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTPS id 6747851 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:33:03 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.109.203; envelope-from=vtailjeff@aol.com Received: from mtaout-mba01.mx.aol.com (mtaout-mba01.mx.aol.com [172.26.133.109]) by omr-d06.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 0A66F7000410B for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:32:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.102.38.238] (mobile-166-147-070-041.mycingular.net [166.147.70.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-mba01.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id B5261380000AF for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:32:18 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Edwards Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-897533B2-7DAA-49DD-9647-8259DE998830 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [LML] The birth of Navy Carrier Pilots X-Original-Message-Id: <2D669CD2-DCA2-438A-8DFE-663F0E2C6E91@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:32:18 -0600 References: In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11B511) x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1a856d530c00b20756 X-AOL-IP: 166.147.70.41 --Apple-Mail-897533B2-7DAA-49DD-9647-8259DE998830 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The lights are called "indexers" and represent AOA for the LSO.=20 Sent from my iPad > On Feb 24, 2014, at 6:31 PM, "Greenbacks, UnLtd." wrote= : >=20 > Last week at the Aero Club of New England dinner meeting we were treated t= o a presentation by Capt Robert "Barney" Rubel, USN Ret and the subject was '= Converting the US Navy from props to jets'. > One little known fact that stood out like a sore thumb was this. =46rom 19= 41-1075, 13,295 navy pilots died in accidents and only 3,201 were lost in co= mbat=E2=80=A6. >=20 >=20 > Here is a video on Carrier Qualifications that brings out the macho in you= ng > aviators. Once qualified, it places them in a special Warrior category, a= nd > they live and/or die by it. =20 >=20 > At about 2:49min into the video, I see what appear to be lights on the nos= e. For those in the nose, are they an external display > of AOA for the benefit of the LSO? >=20 >=20 > >=20 >=20 > Angier Ames > N4ZQ --Apple-Mail-897533B2-7DAA-49DD-9647-8259DE998830 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The lights are called "indexers" and r= epresent AOA for the LSO. 

Sent from my iPad

On Fe= b 24, 2014, at 6:31 PM, "Greenbacks, UnLtd." <N4ZQ@verizon.net> wrote:

Last week at the Aero Club of New England dinner meeting we we= re treated to a presentation by Capt Robert "Barney" Rubel,= USN Ret and the subject was 'Converting the US Navy from props to jets'.
One little known fact that stood ou= t like a sore thumb was this. =46rom 1941-1075, 13,295 navy pilots died in a= ccidents and only 3,201 were lost in combat=E2=80=A6.


Here is a video on Carrier Qualifications that brings out the m= acho in young
aviators.  Once qualified, it p= laces them in a special Warrior category, and
the= y live and/or die by it.  

= At about 2:49min into the video, I see what appear to be lights on the n= ose. For those in the nose, are they an external display


Angier Ames
N4ZQ
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