Anybody seen the USAF recruiting ad where a group of boarders are tearing it up, hucking off cliffs and rocks and everything, and they pass a sign that says "Trail out", and then they're in a forest (not real steep) and they all stop at once and one of them says "man, where are we?" and then another one checks his Magellan GPS and tells everybody "This way!" and then they're all coming out of the forest catching air off a little rise, and then it cuts to the future and the guy with the GPS is now navigating on a B-1, and they say "we've been waiting for you"?
Yeah, especially when it is WELL KNOWN FACT that the Air Force uses Garmin on their multibillion dollar bombers.
bdubya wrote:> Anybody seen the USAF recruiting ad where a group of boarders are> tearing it up, hucking off cliffs and rocks and everything, and they> pass a sign that says "Trail out", and then they're in a forest (not> real steep) and they all stop at once and one of them says "man, where> are we?" and then another one checks his Magellan GPS and tells> everybody "This way!" and then they're all coming out of the forest> catching air off a little rise, and then it cuts to the future and the> guy with the GPS is now navigating on a B-1, and they say "we've been> waiting for you"?>
In article <%icWd.3595$C47.2305@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> wrote:
bdubya wrote:> > Anybody seen the USAF recruiting ad where a group of boarders are> > tearing it up, hucking off cliffs and rocks and everything, and they> > pass a sign that says "Trail out", and then they're in a forest (not> > real steep) and they all stop at once and one of them says "man, where> > are we?" and then another one checks his Magellan GPS and tells> > everybody "This way!" and then they're all coming out of the forest> > catching air off a little rise, and then it cuts to the future and the> > guy with the GPS is now navigating on a B-1, and they say "we've been> > waiting for you"?>
I do admire the AF for suggesting that their Nuclear Weapon platforms > are piloted/navigated by a bunch of lost knuckle draggers. The image is > surely reassuring to all and sundry.
I like the one where the idiot jumps off the waterfall to retrieve his back pack - when he pops up he's a Navy SEAL or a AF rescue swimmer or something - with the "we've been waiting for you." Everytime I see that ad, I expect him to wake up in halo traction in a spinal cord injury ward - "we've been waiting for you - moron"
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 06:27:07 GMT, lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> wrote:
bdubya wrote:>> Anybody seen the USAF recruiting ad where a group of boarders are>> tearing it up, hucking off cliffs and rocks and everything, and they>> pass a sign that says "Trail out", and then they're in a forest (not>> real steep) and they all stop at once and one of them says "man, where>> are we?" and then another one checks his Magellan GPS and tells>> everybody "This way!" and then they're all coming out of the forest>> catching air off a little rise, and then it cuts to the future and the>> guy with the GPS is now navigating on a B-1, and they say "we've been>> waiting for you"?>
I do admire the AF for suggesting that their Nuclear Weapon platforms >are piloted/navigated by a bunch of lost knuckle draggers. The image is >surely reassuring to all and sundry.
I'm still trying to work out exactly what "Trail out" means. I don't recall ever seeing such a sign IRL. I've seen "trail CLOSED", usually for lack of snow coverage, or for dangerously icy conditions, but "trail OUT" is more reminiscent of, say, "bridge out". I could picture maybe if a section of a catwalk was lost in a landslide, then a trail could be "out", but that's not what happens in the ad (and if it did, those guys would probably just jump the gap 'cause they're xtreem doodz). Instead, they pass the sign and all of a sudden they're lost in a forest (it must be sudden because they all stop at the same time and look around nervously). Maybe the trail is "out" as in "broken", and it has reverted to its original forested state until repairs are effected? "Hey, this was Claimjumper yesterday, and now it's a mature pine forest!"
Anyhow, then I assume the GPS guy also has the coordinates of the base lodge, or at least the lift base, memorized or stored as a waypoint (since he knows where they want to go as well as where they are), but would someone capable of such an advanced level of planning get lost in the first place?
And while the AF has been waiting for him, have the bombers just been aimlessly meandering through unfamiliar airspace, stopping now and then to look around and ask each other "Plane, where are we?"
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 06:27:07 GMT, lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com>> wrote:>
bdubya wrote:>>
Anybody seen the USAF recruiting ad where a group of boarders are>>>tearing it up, hucking off cliffs and rocks and everything, and they>>>pass a sign that says "Trail out", and then they're in a forest (not>>>real steep) and they all stop at once and one of them says "man, where>>>are we?" and then another one checks his Magellan GPS and tells>>>everybody "This way!" and then they're all coming out of the forest>>>catching air off a little rise, and then it cuts to the future and the>>>guy with the GPS is now navigating on a B-1, and they say "we've been>>>waiting for you"?>>
I do admire the AF for suggesting that their Nuclear Weapon platforms >>are piloted/navigated by a bunch of lost knuckle draggers. The image is >>surely reassuring to all and sundry.>
I'm still trying to work out exactly what "Trail out" means. I don't> recall ever seeing such a sign IRL. I've seen "trail CLOSED", usually> for lack of snow coverage, or for dangerously icy conditions, but> "trail OUT" is more reminiscent of, say, "bridge out". I could> picture maybe if a section of a catwalk was lost in a landslide, then> a trail could be "out", but that's not what happens in the ad (and if> it did, those guys would probably just jump the gap 'cause they're> xtreem doodz).
Or it could have been an ice bridge over a crevasse, and now...it's OUT!
Or maybe it just means that the trail is out, having lunch maybe, and you'll have to come back in half an hour.
Instead, they pass the sign and all of a sudden> they're lost in a forest (it must be sudden because they all stop at> the same time and look around nervously). Maybe the trail is "out" as> in "broken", and it has reverted to its original forested state until> repairs are effected? "Hey, this was Claimjumper yesterday, and now> it's a mature pine forest!"
Or like I said, maybe the trail went to lunch. In which case, all you have to do is sit around for a bit and it'll come back.
Anyhow, then I assume the GPS guy also has the coordinates of the base> lodge, or at least the lift base, memorized or stored as a waypoint> (since he knows where they want to go as well as where they are), but> would someone capable of such an advanced level of planning get lost> in the first place?
Oh, possibly. I get kinda-lost when hiking, as in "couldn't tell you exactly where I am right now but I know where I started and which way I went, so I could figure it out". It's kinda planning to get yourself found again.
And while the AF has been waiting for him, have the bombers just been> aimlessly meandering through unfamiliar airspace, stopping now and> then to look around and ask each other "Plane, where are we?"
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one that aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few years back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.
-- Mary Malmrosmalmros@bcn.net Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug.
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one that > aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few years > back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.
I believe that plane was an A-6 intruder, which means Navy.
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one >> that aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few >> years back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.>
I believe that plane was an A-6 intruder, which means Navy.
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:05:20 -0500, Dave Stallard <stallard@nospam.ever> wrote:
Dave Stallard wrote:>> Mary Malmros wrote:>>
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one >>> that aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few >>> years back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.>>
I believe that plane was an A-6 intruder, which means Navy.>
bdubya wrote:> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:05:20 -0500, Dave Stallard> <stallard@nospam.ever> wrote:>
Dave Stallard wrote:>>
Mary Malmros wrote:>>>
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one >>>>that aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few >>>>years back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.>>>
I believe that plane was an A-6 intruder, which means Navy.>>
And the pilot knew almost exactly where he was, to within a few> crucial feet.
I don't think anything happened to the guy, despite his having caused the deaths of about 20 people. Imagine having that on your conscience. And I don't think the US paid compensation, either.
I don't think anything happened to the guy, despite his having caused
the deaths of about 20 people. Imagine having that on your
conscience.> And I don't think the US paid compensation, either.
The pilot and co-pilot were court-martialed and acquitted. They were then court-martialed again for destroying a videotape that had been made during the flight. Both were dismissed from the Marines and the pilot served 6 months.
Primarily because Marine pilots don't use either Garmin or Magellan proprietary brands of nav equipment. They have hand-held compasses, sextants and stars to guide them. When they fail, the pilots use the smell of blood to guide them. Or beer. I can't remember which.
Dave Stallard wrote:> bdubya wrote:>
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:05:20 -0500, Dave Stallard>> <stallard@nospam.ever> wrote:>>
Dave Stallard wrote:>>>
Mary Malmros wrote:>>>>
No, they haven't been stopping, that's the point. Remember the one >>>>> that aimlessly meandered into the cable of that tram in Italy a few >>>>> years back? If they were stopping, it'd be no problem.>>>>
I believe that plane was an A-6 intruder, which means Navy.>>>
And the pilot knew almost exactly where he was, to within a few>> crucial feet. >
I don't think anything happened to the guy, despite his having caused > the deaths of about 20 people. Imagine having that on your conscience. > And I don't think the US paid compensation, either.>
