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Mind – Fighter pilots call the multi-function displays prominent in the cockpits of most modern aircraft “Drool Buckets.” Today’s amazing airplanes collect and display massive quantities of information, the importance of relaying that information quickly and correctly cannot be overstated. Oddly enough, actually flying fighters is relatively simple, but interpreting information and making decisions about utilizing all of the weapons while fighting is the hard part. That is why the engineers made the airplanes fairly simple to fly. The problem with these displays is they can capture your attention for too long, in other words, rather than looking outside and checking six for bad guys, mishap pilots mis-prioritize and sit drooling while looking at the display. Of course this is an exaggeration, but sometimes 1 second is too long…unless you are a Whizzo then you have all day to drool. That zinger is for Dez and Bullet, two kick ass Whizzos who provide good office humor. They have been too quiet lately.
Spirit – From inside the Sky, by Langewiesche. “What lies outside doesn’t matter. My world and my life are compressed within these fabric walls. Flying blind is difficult enough in smooth air. In this swirling cloud, it calls for all the concentration I can muster. The turn and bank indicators, the air speed, the altimeter, and the compass, all these phosphorescent lines and dots in front of me, must be kept in proper place. When a single one strays off, the rest go chasing after it like so many sheep, and have to be caught quickly and carefully herded back into position again.” – Charles Lindbergh describing his historic instrument flying that kept him alive in his flight across the Atlantic.
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Mind – Think about a tumbleweed blowing in the wind with no direction, affected completely by the forces surrounding it. Hapless tumbleweeds blown onto the road are smashed to bits, such can also be the fate of tumbleweed fighter pilots. Tumbleweed is a communication term that means you have no idea what is going on, for example, “Bozo 04, tumbleweed!” Most of those in the formation already know the ill fated individual is tumbleweed and would recommend shutting up, staying visual, and saving the air time for those with higher situational awareness (SA). My friend Poacher would probably say tumbleweed is navigator standard, for those platforms that use navigators. Wives and girlfriends might say that’s how all the men in their life drive. The problem though is you have to have enough situational awareness to know that you are tumbleweed, and most of the time if you are tumbleweed, you probably don’t realize you are tumbleweed. One of my favorite quotes, “You have to have SA to know that you don’t have SA.” Fortunately I can laugh about the times I have been tumbleweed and that merely led to some good stories in the bar. Usually all it takes to immediately recage your gyros is well-timed radio call or tally-ho of the bad guys or some ground reference. Hopefully we all have good enough wingman and friends that help fill us in when we have no clue.
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MackNBee rate it a 3 out of 4 but they have never given a salad a 4, AJAX gives this a 4! This salad was awesome and easy, the dressing was unbelievable. Thanks Julie Montagu!
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