Hopes high that restored B-29 ‘Doc’ will fly in 2014 Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/01/01/3206432/hopes-high-that-restored-b-29.html#storylink=cpy

The Wichita-built vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress under restoration inside a Boeing hangar may fly as soon as this summer, volunteers on the project say.

A “simple” aircraft change? You tell me.

Yup–bloody skid marks, guts on the strut. But not a real problem. Two maintenance techs are already on the ramp, flashlights in hand, meaning they’d just done a close-up inspection of an engine. One is shaking his head. Crap.

This is the regular world………………..A pilot downs a jet. Flak……………………………

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer initiation ill-advisedly abolished

The Navy Department axed the Shell Back Initiation prior to this……What is next? I worked with a young man who did the new Shell Back Initiation………………………Golden Shell Back on top of it…………Dinner Theater with Stand Up Comedy. His words, not mine.

SecNav needs to be carpet bombed with correspondence…………………………..

Rant Complete

Excerpt:

FOREST HILL, NC, January 15, 2013 — The time honored rite of the U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO) initiation process has been eliminated. Political correctness has won out over more than 100 years of having gotten it right in the Chief’s Mess.

What has the U.S. Navy done? Will it prove harmful, or will it even matter in the grand scheme of things? My prediction is that this will exponentially increase the number of glorified managers in the Navy’s senior enlisted ranks.

CubDriver

From a fellow Lexican comes this from his blog RUMBEAR CHRONICLES. Thank you, Charles Mellor for this.

That is an awesome picture BTW!

Current Events: Bradley Manning Trial

This is the first paragraph from This ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here. 

The Associated Press reports that the defense has rested in the Breanna Manning spy trial and now the judge will deliberate the outcome in her mind, since Breanna chose to not have a jury;

The author is Jonn Lilyea. He specializes in exposing garbage in our Forces and those who steal honor and valour.

 

Around The World on The Good Ship Kitty Hawk

I finally wrote a good one, I think. This is a post that is a look back on what turned out to be my last deployment overseas. 26 years ago it was…….wow……………………….It is about the travels, the places and most of all the shipmates.

I even give kudos to two of our company at The Lexicans, Old AF Sarge and MSGT Buck.

The Spirit of leMons

No Typo – the “LeMons” series was started by John Lamm as a way to just bring an old car and have fun. And the theme is goofiness.

Someone found an abandoned 1957 Cessna 310, mated it to a 1987 Toyota Van, and voila…

http://www.kansas.com/2013/03/11/2711367/white-house-kapaun-to-get-medal.html

Trying this again. The link did not get up on the first try.

Father Kapaun is going to receive the MOH posthumously from the President. Kansas will be happy. This has been a long time coming.

The most iconic photo of Father Kapaun. It was taken Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before he was taken prisoner. In the photo, Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of his jeep as an altar. Kneeling is Kapaun’s assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, who was with him the night he was captured. Courtesy of Raymond Skeehan Col. R. A. Skeehan

 

[XBradTC] I don’t know why WordPress hates ORPO1, but apparently, it does. Here’s a link to one news story of the good father...

One year ago

It has been a year…………………………It still hurts when dwelt upon.

Adding to this is that on yesterday morning the lady who at one time ran our support section here at the 416 AMU passed away after a long and valiant battle with cancer……………………

Rough couple of days…………………………..

Lego Plane Pr0n

The pic is from the author of the post at The Brothers Brick.