Texas Gonads Grande (USMC E-Mail Alert)

E-Mail | 5/13/03 | Unknown

[ILBBACH]

I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LINGO FROM YOUR JET JOCKEY DAYS IN THE CORPS. SEMPER FI

The Democrats making an issue out of the Carrier landing are just jealous that they didn't think of it first or have the guts to do it.

I didn't originate this and can make no claim as to it's accuracy.

The following was forwarded to me from one of my old Navy buddies who got it from an aviator friend on the carrier Abraham Lincoln. The email below explains briefly the procedure of a plane approaching a carrier for landing. The pilot is asked by the air controller to "call the ball".

For those not familiar with naval aviation lingo. There is a visual aid used on carriers to let pilots know if they are on the proper glide slope to land on the deck. The part that moves up and down depending on how you're doing on the glide slope looks like a ball or "meat ball". The fact that you have a visual on the approach aid dictates a call to the roller on the ship.

The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following: In this case the standard response from the pilot of plane carrying the President would have been "Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, Roger Ball" meaning I have the ball in sight and am on glide path (for a safe landing -- the weight is given for setting the correct braking tension of the arresting gear cables).

No wonder the military appreciates and likes the man! The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following: "Navy One" was on final approach for trap aboard CVN ABRAHAM LINCOLN... the President making the radio call said:

"Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, I have the balls,"

His call brought down the house on the carrier.

[Taxman]

Yup. They are in the crash shack in the middle of the island and manning firefighting tractors around "Tilley," safely out of any harm's way.

[Taxman]

Naah. Plenty of runway there!

[LibKill]

Semper Fi!

[Criminal Number 18F]

Man, that picture (the landing approach) made me pucker up. I remember flying over a carrier and thinking, "hell, I could probably set this down on there." From this angle, it looks different.


d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[wideminded]

There was an earlier thread concerning an article that discussed how women seeing this picture are suddenly noticing how Bush is a "hottie". One woman on this thread actually said she likes Bush, but that female suffrage should be repealed immediately if this is all it takes to get women to vote for someone.

I just showed this picture to my girlfriend, who hadn't seen it before. She also was very impressed and agreed that this alone will cause many women to vote for Bush. The female mind ... :)

[SuziQ]

"Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, I have the balls,"

LOL! He sure does! That's why the Dems HATE him so much!

[Thumper1960]

I might add, I've been told by an old flight deck hand that the most dangerous jobs in the world are on a carrier flight deck. Hubris? I dunno. He was steely-eyed and dead serious when he told me that.

[Poohbah]

On a purely actuarial basis, it's probably not.

However, I'm told that it has the lowest on-the-job INJURY rate, because almost all of the "injuries" are fatal.