Posted on 10/28/2009 4:57:31 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
“SONOBUOY PING!”
Okay, now that’s just funny, I don’t care WHO y’are!
Colonel, USAFR
Tell him congratulations! And thanks for his service.
Colonel, USAFR
Wings Over Houston Air Show Saturday, October 31, Sunday Nov 1st. Could be part of this.
http://www.kemah.net/EVENTS/
When I started the naval aviation ping list, it was pretty much inevitable.
How?
Corpus Christi Caller-Times says they were both instructors.
Search continues for Navy instructor pilots and training plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/29/navy-instructor-pilots-and-training-plane-not/
Thanks, SwinneySwitch.
According to a local navy representative, relatives of the two pilots have been notified.
http://www.kztv10.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=9758
Amen to that.
Missing Pilot Instructors Identified
Updated: Oct 30, 2009 12:58 PM CDT
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11415195
CORPUS CHRISTI - Officials at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi have just identified the two instructor pilots lost in the Gulf since Wednesday Afternoon. They have been identified as Lt. Bret Travis Miller, 40 from East Troy, Wisconsin and Lt. John Joseph Houston, 29 from Houston. Both are instructor pilots from with Training Squad 28. They were doing a routing training mission when they’re jet disappeared.
The Coast Guard is searching an area from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor. We’ll have the latest on Six News at Five and Six.
Has anyone noticed that in the past week a lot of aircraft are going down. I find this odd, especially the helo- plane accident this morning.
It passed through my mind, with these two incidents one day apart, they could be being shot down. The reason for that is I recall we had law enforcement (maybe Border Patrol?) helos “crash” at the border earlier this year and never heard follow through on cause. We do know mexican drug wars have heated up and spilled over deep into the U.S. Also, we’ve heard about increased traffic of illegals coming from mexico to U.S. via boat.....
Breaking News U.S Coast Guard finds body in Gulf of Mexico
Body is one of pilots of Navy plane that went missing Wednesday
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/31/1-navy-pilots-body-found/
Coast Guard suspends search for Navy pilot
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/01/coast-guard-suspends-search-navy-pilot/
Missing Navy plane found
Divers were unable to determine if missing pilot was in plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/16/missing-navy-plane-found/
Navy finds body with downed plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/18/navy-finds-body-pilot-plane/
Officials believe it is Lt. John Joseph Houston found in wreckage
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