Out to pasture?? Heck no I just remembered some of your prior posts that your were flying commercial these days. I have a friend who used to be a jet jock in the Air Force. He got out and bought a Money 231. I ask him how he liked it(a real nice plane for a noncommercial Cessna 182 person). He told me that when he got in it he could not help but kick the sides out of it. He said that it just was not up to his old military fighter. I felt pretty stupid. Back to our subject you make excellent points. I just wonder how much the decisions that the military make concerning future planes will be based on science, politics or junk science?
Thanks for the compliment on the future aircraft/propulsion thingy.
You may have posted me on the pilot thing by mistake..the only real flying I ever did was the inhale route....other than seatsale.
Have some Family in the Airforce currently...Gunnrunner2 has bumped into Mike at the Pentagon...Mike flew A-10's in the past..then Vipers out of Osan S.K.
He's currently assigned to the Joint Chiefs.
J.J. is with the 48th FW out of Lakenheath...F-15E's..Northern and Southern watch..plus recent Iraq ops.
Part of the reason for hooking up at FR....good medium to follow U.S. Military and connect with Veterans.