McKinstry | 24 Apr 2015 7:33 a.m. PST |
What is the 'them' that we were without against opponents with? |
Frederick | 24 Apr 2015 7:40 a.m. PST |
Now that is an excellent question I have been in replica and real aircraft, mostly WWII vintage |
Mute Bystander | 24 Apr 2015 8:31 a.m. PST |
Helicopters count? When standing in the door of a Chinook (with safety strap) I realized I wasn't afraid of heights per se' just falling (Kid in Grand Canyon; rappelling down "the wall" in U.S.A.R. service.) Not too surprisingly, while in USAF I was in aircraft but never airborne in them. |
Mako11 | 24 Apr 2015 10:03 a.m. PST |
For the other column. My uncle was a paratrooper. I have jumped out of perfectly good aircraft, from several thousands of feet up, on several occasions, wearing a parachute, and survived (not a military one though). I have "piloted" a number of military aircraft on the tabletop, and racked up numerous "kills". |
Ron W DuBray | 24 Apr 2015 10:21 a.m. PST |
I made a pile of wooden replacement parts for some WWI fighters. |
Terrement | 24 Apr 2015 10:28 a.m. PST |
Frequent Helo passenger while in the Gulf. LSO on two ships as a Lt. Ridden S-3 COD to both land and cat off a CVN. Provided support for the Army Special Forces Night Stalkers helos in a shooting war in the Gulf, both for escort ops with the reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers as well as the night strike and capture of the Iranian Minelayer, Iran Ajr. link Those SpecOps helos are unique in what they do and how they do it. Can't get into details, but their capabilities and their crews are pretty incredible. |
Yesthatphil | 24 Apr 2015 10:48 a.m. PST |
Military Helicopter (not in combat) Phil |
Stosstruppen | 24 Apr 2015 3:03 p.m. PST |
Only two paratroopers? Whose the other one? |
Jlundberg | 24 Apr 2015 3:05 p.m. PST |
Passenger on C-5, C 130, KC-135, Blackhawk, C-47, and Navy passenger aircraft, Flew a training mission on a T-37. I have operated the B-2 simulator |
Bismarck | 24 Apr 2015 3:18 p.m. PST |
wasn't sure if transport helicopters or planes counted in this one. not sure if the combat questions were only to mean fighter aircraft/gunships. |
ZULUPAUL | 24 Apr 2015 4:52 p.m. PST |
Flown in both a Mitchell bomber & a B-17, great experiences |
skippy0001 | 24 Apr 2015 7:11 p.m. PST |
Airshow and a GE tour. At a Griffiss AFB airshow(80's), walked through a C5A with a ladyfriend-told the Airman there we were looking for a apartment. Looked into a Vampire jet cockpit-totally convinced me all RAF pilots are Hobbits. Looked into the cockpit of a A10-asked the pilot(sitting just back of it on top)"Where's the pickle switch?" GE employees and their guests were allowed a tour of a B-52. I got to talk to the pilot and EW officer, showed how the rear turret worked and its radar. Stood next to Mig-19, F5 Tiger, F101 Voodoo. For scale perception alone I think it's a must for the hobby. |
Toronto48 | 24 Apr 2015 7:42 p.m. PST |
When I was young teen back in the late 60's I visited RAF 101 squadron my father's old squadron during WW2 At that time 101 squadron was flying Vulcan bombers and we got to go up for a quick flight as well as a turn in the simulators. On other occasions I as able to fly in several old WW2 planes such as a 2 seater Spitfire, Dakota, Anson , Harvard and most recently a Avro Lancaster based in Hamilton Ontario The museums in Hamilton and Ottawa contain a great variety of aircraft used by Canada in various wars and recently and at times you can actually get inside for a look A cousin also worked for Rolls Royce Engines so I got to look inside a number of aircraft including a Concorde |
BW1959 | 24 Apr 2015 8:13 p.m. PST |
Back in the 70's I was a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol and had a ride in a C-123 Provider, as well as an O-1 Birddog. |
Ditto Tango 2 3 | 25 Apr 2015 10:00 a.m. PST |
Other: too many, too complicated choices. I've been in helicopters and dropped off during our infantry training, found it very disorientating with respect to map navigation (this was before GPS). I've rapelled from helicopters. Both cases were Twin Hueys. On ground exercises, live, dry, and restricted manoeuvre area in Canada and West Germany, seen all manner of aircraft zooming above and pounding the ground notionally and live fire. One of my buddies got to do a FAC course in which he puked his guts out in the back of an CF-18… -- Tim |
Mardaddy | 29 Apr 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Passenger in C-130, C-5, C-141, CH-53, CH-46. Two of the CH-46 rides were Somalia & Desert Storm. 2yrs aboard an aircraft carrier. |
Sigwald | 30 Apr 2015 8:42 a.m. PST |
Prior frequent passenger in OH-6 Loach & UH-1 Huey |
Old Contemptibles | 30 Apr 2015 11:42 a.m. PST |
Calling the local editor to edit this poll question. There are not that many of us here to make a decent polling sample based on all these choices. This is what happens when one tries to cover every possible situation. You end up covering almost nobody's experience or a lot of people could chose 10 of more on the list. The result is usually fewer people participating in the pole because it is way too much trouble. Cut it down to about five short and succinct choices. If I have been on an airplane then there are about four of the choices alone. Combine some of these. If I rode on an airplane then I automatically have seen one, etc. |
Old Contemptibles | 30 Apr 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
Yes I served on an aircraft carrier. I worked on one, but all I did was the oil changes and replaced the wiper blades once. I did work on a couple of DDs but did nothing more than replace the spark plugs and vacuum out the interior. |