Authentic Blue Angel "Remove Before Flight"
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Authentic Blue Angel "Remove Before Flight"
As some may know, my car is nicknamed the Blue Angel because it resides in the Navy town of Jax, FL and because the car is a Blue 2001 (the year of 9/11). I thought the tribute to the Military was appropriate. Also, because C5's do have a fighter jet like sleek look.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
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As some may know, my car is nicknamed the Blue Angel because it resides in the Navy town of Jax, FL and because the car is a Blue 2001 (the year of 9/11). I thought the tribute to the Military was appropriate. Also, because C5's do have a fighter jet like sleek look.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
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As some may know, my car is nicknamed the Blue Angel because it resides in the Navy town of Jax, FL and because the car is a Blue 2001 (the year of 9/11). I thought the tribute to the Military was appropriate. Also, because C5's do have a fighter jet like sleek look.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
Anyway, my navy buddy just gave me an authentic 'Remove Before Flight" tag that was used by a Blue Angel in 2010 right here in Jacksonville.
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Okay, to make this post Vette related. Due to the fact that my Vert is trapped in the garage for winter(six inches of snow last night), I have the battery tender hooked up to it's hard wired connector, it's sitting on top of the battery and the hood is closed and latched...so to make sure I don't try to drive off with the thing still plugged in (I'm just saying...) I put the Remove Before Flight tag on the keys to remind me!
So for the rest of the story, I managed to collect a few RBF flags. Most are fin pins from 500lb GBU-12's. How this works is each of the nine GBU-12's carried by an F-15E has a pin in the rear fins to make sure they don't deploy on the ground. The end of runway crew arms the weapons and removes the pins and stashes them behind a small access panel on the belly of the jet. When you get back from a mission, if their are weapons left, they reinstall the pins. But for every bomb you drop, there is a leftover pin. So you write the date, target, tail number and crewmate or wingman. Makes a nice souvenir.
Cheers,
JG
So for the rest of the story, I managed to collect a few RBF flags. Most are fin pins from 500lb GBU-12's. How this works is each of the nine GBU-12's carried by an F-15E has a pin in the rear fins to make sure they don't deploy on the ground. The end of runway crew arms the weapons and removes the pins and stashes them behind a small access panel on the belly of the jet. When you get back from a mission, if their are weapons left, they reinstall the pins. But for every bomb you drop, there is a leftover pin. So you write the date, target, tail number and crewmate or wingman. Makes a nice souvenir.
Cheers,
JG
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Melting Slicks
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From: Jacksonville FL
Okay, to make this post Vette related. Due to the fact that my Vert is trapped in the garage for winter(six inches of snow last night), I have the battery tender hooked up to it's hard wired connector, it's sitting on top of the battery and the hood is closed and latched...so to make sure I don't try to drive off with the thing still plugged in (I'm just saying...) I put the Remove Before Flight tag on the keys to remind me! So for the rest of the story, I managed to collect a few RBF flags. Most are fin pins from 500lb GBU-12's. How this works is each of the nine GBU-12's carried by an F-15E has a pin in the rear fins to make sure they don't deploy on the ground. The end of runway crew arms the weapons and removes the pins and stashes them behind a small access panel on the belly of the jet. When you get back from a mission, if their are weapons left, they reinstall the pins. But for every bomb you drop, there is a leftover pin. So you write the date, target, tail number and crewmate or wingman. Makes a nice souvenir. Cheers, JG