55+ Forklift operatorJust for fun -- what's everyone's age and occupation?
I B 70 and sorta retired truck driverJust for fun -- what's everyone's age and occupation?
Not Maverick related but more of a memory lane story.All this talk gun line & navy stuff brought memory of once when we called for artillery we got about 10 groups of nine rounds in three groups of three that you draw a straight line through and at least seven of the rounds would be on the line with the "strays" being within 50-100 feet long or short. All of the ten were the same distance apart one after the other. We were about 10 miles from the coast. If that was from the navy, Thanks that made our day! Fred, the medic B/3/21. Nam 67-68.
Just for fun -- what's everyone's age and occupation?
G'day Administrator. I'm a retired Teamster 3 weeks shy of my 63rd birthday. I recently had to "Retire" my '95 F150 XL to the local recycling yard. It was my first pickup and served me well. There was just too much body and frame rust to save it. Since I don't do nearly the amount of big projects that I used to and as a grand pop with 2 grand kids to tote around regularly the Maverick should be the perfect replacement. I'm looking forward to receiving my Oxford White Hybrid XLT with the lux pkg, moon roof, rear window & tonneau cover sometime in Feb/March. I have a Jan build week and a VIN so hopefully I won't have to wait too much longer. Truck On!Just for fun -- what's everyone's age and occupation?
Thank you for your service. Now you've bought a Mav and joined a club so you can deal with irrational people who act like children waiting on trucks.51. Retired Air Force pilot. Flew in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Airline guy now.
Will be using the Mav to get to and from the airport so I can deal with irrational people who act like children on airplanes.
I am guessing but I speculate we got 16" as we were, I think, about 14 miles from coast plus whatever the ship was off shore. Know very little about navy but got close for academy appointment about 58 years ago.Not Maverick related but more of a memory lane story.
I was on a DD sitting on the gun line lobbing 5" 54's when needed. With 3 mounts (1 fwd/2 aft) we could get off quite a few rounds with different trajectories so they land on the same spot at the same time. BOOM
Also served on a carrier doing flight ops while there and lost our share of pilots. Plus a tour on a ASR working salvage job of a Greyhound that went down. I remember when BB 62 was on the gun line a few mies outboard us but we could hear those 16" rounds when they headed to the beach, awesome sound and then a real BOOM. After those tours I spent the next 20 years riding submarines. I have more sea stories but for another day.![]()
What do you fly now?Thank you for your service. Now you've bought a Mav and joined a club so you can deal with irrational people who act like children waiting on trucks.![]()