Sailing Phrase's

[Jackdaw]

Yea, back when GPS units were a new thing, & before most of them had maps on them, I had a Garmin GPS III+ in the car when I got pulled over for speeding on I-95. The cop said that he had clocked me at 72mph. I said that my GPS & speedometer both had my speed as being under 65 (a much cheaper ticket). He then asked me if the GPS also recorded max MPH. I found that screen for him. It came up around 450mph. An AFP buddy of mine had been using it while testing out a Citation a few weeks earlier & I hadn't reset the numbers yet. I still got the ticket, but the look on the cop's face was priceless. I think that he was planning to be a smart guy & write me a ticket for the max speed indicated. Obviously, that would not have worked out well for him. It was a good bit of entertainment.

Back in the very early days of GPS, the civilian version of Garmin and Magellan (I worked there) devices limited the speed readout to a max of 100-120 MPH. The idea was to not compete with our aviation products, most of which were not products yet. In the early-mid 90s we started getting requests for USAF pilots (mostly A10 guys) to stop that. The inertial nav built into the A10 was garbage, and they wanted the moving maps. They were duct-taping handheld units in the cockpits. So we both turned it off.

 

[jssailem]

the A10

The tank of the air... and a terrific tank killer. Known as the Worthog. One Bad A$$ plane.

 

[JimInPB]

The tank of the air... and a terrific tank killer. Known as the Worthog. One Bad A$$ plane.
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Yea, the guys that fly them call them the warthog. The guys that build them call them the thunderbolt.

 

[Kermit]

The tank of the air... and a terrific tank killer. Known as the Worthog. One Bad A$$ plane.
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We have a retired 3-Star here in Sumter who flew A-10s. Nice fella. He graduated from East Carolina University. When I told him my mother didn’t want me to go there because it had the reputation of being a party school he said that she was right. But dang. He made 3-Star General in the Air Force. Party on!!

P.S. He also makes real good home brew beer.

 

[All U Get]

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

 

[jssailem]

least find you handy

Or was that handsy..

 

[Will Gilmore]

should

JS, he said "should", not "do".

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[jssailem]

 

[williamtl]

Warthog, the only thing not redundant was the pilot.

 

[toliver]

1st Rule of Windsurfing, "Never leave wind to find wind"

 

[All U Get]

From my notes on DR navigation that I stumbled on while sailing this past week. To change ''vertical to horizontal'' add more whiskey. I think I did well in that class.