Posted on 02/12/2019 1:18:15 PM PST by Yo-Yo
Oh, whew, I posted first! You had me worried there for a minute. I thought I double-posted even though I did a search first...
Waters no longer has a web page at Shaw AFB (which makes sense if he moved), but the cached version had him graduating high school in 2003 and finishing his bachelors in 2007, which means he's unlikely to have a son old enough for her to be in trouble for "joking around" with.
Sticking her hand out the plane window to dry her nails.
I haven’t found details. I’m hoping some who knows Maj. Waters will explain who his son is. Either way, someone who knows will talk.
The head of the Thunderbirds was fired about a year ago for getting physically violent with another pilot. That was also called “loss of confidence”.
Excellent! So it wouldn’t seem to involve the kid, and the Instagram thing was just coincidence. Thanks.
Sounds like Wesley Crusher’s graduation, minus the emergency beam-out.
Source/History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Thunderbirds_Indian_Springs_Diamond_Crash
Sorry, I’m calling tht pic “shopped”. The “5” should be upside down. Besides, I doubt they would attempt such a maneuver when neither pilot can see the other plane.
“Maj. Waters, last seasons Viper Demo pilot has resumed command, so the team is in great hands...”
So how did MAJ Waters get removed from command in the first place? Obviously he wasn’t relieved for cause or he wouldn’t have been put back in.
Was he told by his highers to step aside & make room for the first female Viper Demo commander in return for a positive OER, or warned that consequences would follow if he didn’t?
This altogether smells; somebody up the chain will have egg on his/her face over this. Is the female pilot still in Viper Demo flight & do the other pilots feel safe flying in close proximity with her?
How the f&%# and with what do those two maintain separation!!?
Texting while flying shouldn’t be a problem since we are constantly informed that women can obviously multitask, BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN.
That beg the question to THIS comment constantly attributed to the “smartest people in the room : FEMALES:
“NOT TONIGHT DEAR. I HAVE A HEADACHE...”...???...
And I say this as a woman who never has understood this line of an excuse6
Your pic too is “shopped”. The plane’s tails would contact each other.
But maybe I’m the schmuck here and you two knew they were fake and were just having fun.
That was due to a mechanical problem in the lead pilot’s airplane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Thunderbirds_Indian_Springs_Diamond_Crash
https://jjetspress.com/TBDmishapreport.pdf
Should that take one’s mind OFF the headache, and make things nice-nice, again?
That's on afthunderbirds dot com. Photoshopped?
You sure you still want to claim that?
I have no idea. I'm not a pilot ... much less one of the six(?) best pilots in the USAF.
He’ll if they can TRULY multitask, they should be able to do BOTH, at the VERY same time, with no problem
I’d have a death-grip on that stick; screw the iPhone.
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