akscott60 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Logged 5.2 hours today in gunnery. Shot 1000 rounds of 50 cal and 28 rockets.8 of those rockets were flechettes. Little orange puffs of awesome. On a downside my kiester is sore as hell. Kiowas aint comfy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperGumby Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Sounds like an awesome day. I also had my last live fire gunnery here at Rucker though it was no 8 hour flight. Not a bad way to to earn a day's pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I do the same thing tonight in about 8 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revaequitas Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 If only I were that lucky lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I flew 1.2 today in the th67 and my butt went numb, how you went 5.2 blows my mind, then again im 6-3 haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreating Brain Stall Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Ah, nice to see someone having fun with our hard earned tax dollars:) Better you having fun with it than Obama Care! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I flew 1.2 today in the th67 and my butt went numb, how you went 5.2 blows my mind, then again im 6-3 hahaI am 6'5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_P148 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 You will get used to it, especially during deployments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 It's 0330 and I am headed home. Logged another 5.2 of night gunnery. I am tired and deaf. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 It's 0330 and I am headed home. Logged another 5.2 of night gunnery. I am tired and deaf. I bet that 50 is unpleasent to shoot with muzzle "right there". The Huey's gauges would dance with the blast if my gunner shot forward. But "people" listen when those golf balls start hitting all around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yea. Im half deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Yea. Im half deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 6'5" !!! Nice man. You still feel comfortable in the kiowa being that tall or do you just deal with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wopilot Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 It's not my butt that get's sore anymore... It's my back... I was flying around Fort Rucker yesterday... oh the memories. And man! Has Enterprise grown.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVIATORWANNABE Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 My buddy is 6'2" and is disqualified from kiowas due to his height.. I wonder if that's new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted September 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Nope. Sitting height limitation has been there for a long time. Some of us just ignore it, in our own pigheaded way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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