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    04-29-2012 12:20 PM #1
    http://vimeo.com/40935850 you're welcome!

    I would love for someone to explain to me what it feels like doing the manuver they do at about 7:13 into the video.

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    04-30-2012 02:44 AM #2
    Split S... yeah, its a good time! Roll inverted, pull to the tickle Or just above stalling (the "tickle" is stall buffet) at maneuver speed (aka pulling as many G's as possible) to reverse direction as fast as possible... How it feels? First upside-down hanging from the straps, then pressed into your seat weighing 9 times what you weigh right now. first you see the world inverted, then as you pull through the maneuver, see nothing but earth as the airspeed builds and the G's tapper off. As you pull hard on the stick and the G's build, you're striving to stay conscious as you fight to keep blood in your skull by flexing the muscles in your lower body. Your G-suit automatically inflates and constricts around your legs and torso to assist you. The entire time your head is fighting the G's to look up towards the horizon (imagine trying to move your head with a 90 pound weight strapped to it). I've only experienced this at 6.5 to 7 G's in a T-6. I can only imagine its a lot more fun in a F-15 (I think its a 9 G capable aircraft). And I thought that airfield looked familiar, RODN! nice video, thanks! makes me wish I was a jet driver... but only for a moment
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    04-30-2012 09:02 AM #3
    Quote Originally Posted by USN_JeepWK View Post
    And I thought that airfield looked familiar, RODN!


    Look at the location underneath my screen name...

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    04-30-2012 01:38 PM #4
    its a great vid, I was gonna post it last week but the vid was down.

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    05-01-2012 02:30 AM #5
    my old squadron...once a ****, always a ****...

    Cocks Rule...Period!!!

    edit: c o c k is censored? yeah, I was a fighting c o c k once.
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    05-01-2012 03:16 AM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Ikey3125 View Post
    my old squadron...once a ****, always a ****...

    Cocks Rule...Period!!!

    edit: c o c k is censored? yeah, I was a fighting c o c k once.
    Yea, duh. Here at vortex if you're gonna have a c ock, you need to have multiple cocks. One is simply not allowed.

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    05-01-2012 03:40 AM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by 87vr6 View Post
    Look at the location underneath my screen name...
    nice! I could go for some sushi zen right now...
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    05-02-2012 08:20 AM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by USN_JeepWK View Post
    nice! I could go for some sushi zen right now...
    Don't know that one, but Yoshi's get visited 2-3 times a month

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    05-02-2012 05:52 PM #9
    That is some gorgeous footage.

    Oh, F-15... how I love thee.
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    05-02-2012 06:18 PM #10
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    Need VAG-COM/VCDS PM me

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    05-02-2012 08:51 PM #11
    Wow.
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    05-02-2012 11:55 PM #12
    Quote Originally Posted by rich! View Post
    i'd lock this thread but i have no clue how...

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    05-03-2012 02:58 AM #13
    Quote Originally Posted by Geekengineer View Post
    Oh, F-15... how I love thee.
    As I've told guys here, I'd rather go back to working F-15s working 12 hour shifts with only 1 day off a week, than work 4 hour days on KC-135s...this thing just has no soul like the Eagle.

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    05-03-2012 05:26 AM #14
    Quote Originally Posted by 87vr6 View Post
    Don't know that one, but Yoshi's get visited 2-3 times a month
    Sushi Zen is down by the sea wall and definitely worth a visit... Yoshi's is pretty good too
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    05-03-2012 03:02 PM #15
    Have any of you guys stationed in Japan been to Jiro's?

    http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...reams-of-Sushi
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    05-04-2012 12:30 AM #16
    Quote Originally Posted by dubfan View Post
    Have any of you guys stationed in Japan been to Jiro's?

    http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...reams-of-Sushi
    Japan and Okinawa are very different...fyi

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    05-06-2012 06:25 AM #17
    Quote Originally Posted by USN_JeepWK View Post
    Sushi Zen is down by the sea wall and definitely worth a visit... Yoshi's is pretty good too
    I will look for it tomorrow when I do my ride. I live in Isa, Ginowan, right by Araha beach, but I ride through there all the time on my bike

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    05-06-2012 12:49 PM #18
    Quote Originally Posted by Ikey3125 View Post
    Japan and Okinawa are very different...fyi




    My bad. I know this. Not reading carefully enough.

    If you ever get to Japan though, you should definitely try Jiro's.
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    05-07-2012 04:20 PM #19
    very cool, however all the songs except that last one were painful to listen to.

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