Murph

Welcome back, best wishes on the surgery. Regards, Murph

FWIW, most USAF fighter pilots I flew with ditched the "whiz wheel" once they graduated pilot training. After that we would break planned speeds down to miles per minute, fuel flow down to pounds per minute, and plan routes based on multiples of six. That meant routes were typically planned for a groundspeed of 300, 360, or 420 mph (aka 5, 6, or 7 miles per minute). Heavy bombers with a Nav or two on board probably varied from that, but the single seat fighter tried to keep it as simple as possible inflight. As you would expect, this preflight planning is all pretty much done on a computer

Terrific. There are numerous reviews of their B-24H on the web, all complimentary. Regards, Murph

Link at minute 4:52. Regards, Murph

Currently being used to target cruise missiles, drones, etc... LINK Regards, Murph

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Congratulations on the marriage. Regards, Murph

If you go that route, the jets based at Kef were pre-MSIP airframes. This thread LINK has some good info and pictures of a 57 FIS D model; unfortunately, Photobucket has worked its "magic" on them. Regards, Murph

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Jim, I assumed it was the comm cord, but I've never seen a life support shop let one go out the door hanging that loosely. Regards, Murph

Forgot to mention is that the first thing every fighter pilot did when getting issued a new flight suit was to rip or cut off the survival knife pocket on the left leg (because there was one on the G-suit) and then cut off the flap on the left sleeve (which was only there for a short time) covering the pen pocket. Because. Regards, Murph

As somebody that was flying for the USAF at the time, there are a couple of things I would point out. What is the cable going from the left side of the helmet to the oxygen mask? BTW, if you're going back to the 80's and 90's, the the older style oxygen mask was still being used frequently. The other points are that it was typical to fly with a survival vest in peacetime, and mandatory in combat and the figure is missing the SEAWARS around the neck which was fitted the vast majority of the time on any unit that had to fly over the water. Regards, Murph

Yes. It was utterly useless; fortunately, it didn't last long. Regards, Murph

The HUD on the A through D models basically stayed the same. The only minor change was adding the mount on the right side for the "Eagle Eye" scope in the 80s. Regards, Murph