Comments on: Airspeed LPA Part 2 – Military Pilot-Speak – Audio Episode Show Notes http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/ Mon, 15 May 2017 14:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Ron T. http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/#comment-558 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:38:55 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=646#comment-558 I thoroughly enjoy every podcast! Heard this one and thought I’d expound on one of the terms: I’ve also heard NFO as Naval Flight Officers (NFOs) which in the Navy and Marine Corps operate the advanced weapons and electronic systems on board F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers. The division of labor between the pilot and the NFO allows the pilot to focus on flying the aircraft and the NFO to focus on the weapons systems.

]]> By: Pieter Johnson http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/#comment-557 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:50:26 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=646#comment-557 Steve

Great episode (as always). Really enjoyed it. Thanks, Pieter

]]> By: Chris http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/#comment-545 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:43:29 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=646#comment-545 This episode really made me smile. It brought back lots of memories from my Chinook days in the army, where the pickle is the hand switch held by the crew chief during a sling load. All while lying with his head out the center cargo door on the floor. Love the podcast, cant wait to see Acrocamp. Working on my instrument right now. Keep the good stuff up.

]]> By: Judy http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/#comment-535 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:16:41 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=646#comment-535 My sister is in the Marine Corps. She is currently studying at the US Naval War College. In the course of her studies she came across the brevity code “Judy”. Since this is my name she finds it amusing. (So do I since I rarely shut up)
I thought that I would look it up and somewhere find a picture of some guy’s wife that would never shut up. Or at least something that explains the origin of the term. I would really like to learn the origin. If you can help me out or forward me to someone that can I would appreciate it.

]]> By: J. Oram http://airspeedonline.com/2012/02/airspeed-lpa-part-2/#comment-476 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:50:15 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=646#comment-476 “Red-Ball”

Maintenance action, jet has a system failure between start-up and launch. Typically handled at EOR (End of Runway). Red ball team troubleshoots, pops panels, swaps parts and the jet is GTG (good to go).

Note: this is not formally documented anywhere in any Air Force directives, but is carried out everyday!

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