My final callout...

About two years ago I asked the guy who made the ALS-SIM SU-27 if he would consider putting wings in the VC mdl. He said no, you couldn't see them in real life. The list goes on, but not Bone. Goodbye, and good luck to all of you! Cheers.

 
Warhawk1130 said:
That is the back of a flight deck cranial...green indicates squadron maintenance, white with black checkers indicates troublesooters. However, this is recent navy, not my old navy...AM's were broken down into 3 rates..AMH AMS AME...1M is foreign to me, plus the white against the green...new to me.
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This is my sons and it had a split at one of the snaps. Knowing how proud of him I am, he asked if I wanted it. As he informed me the checkerboard pattern represents launch capable and the 1M I'm not sure of but I'll ask him. He is going out for two weeks while his squadron goes through CQ.
 
Paul, the "1" should represent the last number in the Squadron designation, an example would be VF-101, the "M" should represent the "maintenance" department in such a USN/USMC squadron .... Mike :salute:
 
Flyboy208 said:
Paul, the "1" should represent the last number in the Squadron designation, an example would be VF-101, the "M" should represent the "maintenance" department in such a USN/USMC squadron .... Mike :salute:
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He is with VFA-22 "Redcocks" flying the F-18/F and is primarily involved with hydraulics.
 
Paul Domingue said:
He is with VFA-22 "Redcocks" flying the F-18/F and is primarily involved with hydraulics.
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I've added wings to my forthcoming FSX native B-58 Hustler. I'm certain you can't see them from the pilots cockpit without sticking your head out the window, but there's no way I want to have that sort of discussion rumbling on for years!

I choose to spend my time looking forward not back and I think Bone should do the same, keep with the hobby, his point has been made and I'm sure noted by the various modelling groups that frequent here.
 
Flyboy208 said:
Paul, the "1" should represent the last number in the Squadron designation, an example would be VF-101, the "M" should represent the "maintenance" department in such a USN/USMC squadron .... Mike :salute:
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Totally OT here, but the "1" represents the squadron modex, as Paul mentioned, he is with -22, who are the 100 series in CVW-17. Back in the days when most of the guys on this forum were in the Nav, the 100/200 series were the F4/F14's, 300/400's were A7's. A plane captain would have a brown cranial with "1P" on the back and maybe some reflective tape shaped into the squadron's mascot/color scheme.
 
I'm reminded of an aircraft package that came out early in FSX that didn't include a 2D panel because the vendor didn't believe it was realistic or necessary. A lot of dissatisfied customers, and lost potential customers, didn't agree.

Given the exclusivity of FSX overall, and that it is a product with a shrinking customer base, it probably makes good business sense to just include things such as wing view and 2D panels up front.
 
Victory103 said:
Totally OT here, but the "1" represents the squadron modex, as Paul mentioned, he is with -22, who are the 100 series in CVW-17. Back in the days when most of the guys on this forum were in the Nav, the 100/200 series were the F4/F14's, 300/400's were A7's. A plane captain would have a brown cranial with "1P" on the back and maybe some reflective tape shaped into the squadron's mascot/color scheme.
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I made 3 cruises during my tenure...1980 to 1990, and besides the colors of the cranials, we never had those identifiers that I see on pauls. Can someone enlighten me when they started to do that? just for my own curiosity.

Ours were labeled with full squadron identifiers plus work centers..
 
fsafranek said:
That's what crew chiefs are for. :icon_lol:

Anyway, it's just a sim, right?. I go to spot view for that sort of thing.
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Wrong Frank old buddy. It's just a game. In a simulator the whole cockpit/flight deck moves up and down. My simulator only does that when my young grandson lifts the lever on my swivel chair or after the 6th Stella Artois. :)
 
Line sevice tech.

Paul Domingue said:
No. In the real world there is a man on the ground and the pilot watches him. Through hand signals he directs the pilot to activate control surfaces, speed brake, tail hook, etc. a lot of things the pilot cant see. The pilot never takes his eyes off the man outside his cockpit and gets the OK on systems and a good to go from him/her. This person is the only link the pilot has to anything unexpected happening outside his aircraft that could become a hazard. There is a special name for the person who does the preflight check in the navy but I forgot what it is.
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I comfirm what you said Paul,that person was me at one time.:jump:
 
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