Week 32 (10 - 16 Sep 06)

Post-YBS party blues... it was an awesome party. Good job Crack on the video, which I can't post here for y'all to see... sorry.

Flew 3 times this week.
9/11 - Kinda expected something bad to happen this day, and it did for Kirby but not for SLAB and I in Tester 12. We just cloud surfed for 1 hour, which Kirby battled an engine failure (solo no mind you) to bring his T-38 back to Pax with one engine. Kudos bro... sorry I wasn't there to back ya up with the PCL.

9/12 - Tester 10 again, but this time doing a Dynamics exercise flight for Ellers. Total time: 1.1


9/13 - T-2C flight, probably my last one before they are retired, in none other than Tester 25. I have a love-hate relationship with that jet, as you may have already figured out from previous posts. Anyhow, I flew with Dumpy from Pax down to Chambers (Norfolk, VA) to shoot a couple approaches, then back to Pax River for a few more approaches. It was a good, solid IFR flight, but also somber. Dumpy's dad had been killed less than 2 week prior in a freak motorcycle accident, so he spent a good part of the flight quiet and reminscing. I just let him do that, while I flew the flight and took the comms.