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Nemo914
post Sep 25 2003, 07:42 AM
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Hey all,

Brad asked that I post a little on my other hobby (i.e. "job").

When I am not pulling my hair out and enjoying my 914, I work as an F-15 Eagle pilot for the Massachusetts Air National Guard. I spent 14 years on active duty and flew the Eagle in Alaska and Florida before joining the guard and moving to the NE. My squadron does most of the patrols over Boston and New York as part of Operation Noble Eagle. We are also worldwide deployable, but spend most of our time "guarding" the East Coast. It is certainly a fun job and I have no complaints!

Over the years, I have known several F-15 pilots who where 914 drivers. One guy with over 3,000 hrs in the jet drove a 75 yellow 2.0. He had replaced the stick shift knob with a fighter stick grip! He sold the car last year and I cursed him for it!

I absolutely love this site and have learned more about 914's in the last few months than I had learned in the previous 21 years since I took my drivers test in my 914 in 1982! This site will certainly help keep the 914 alive and well into the future.

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post Sep 25 2003, 07:52 AM
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Nemo,
Is that pic of you? VERY COOL!
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post Sep 25 2003, 08:19 AM
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Nemo,
Awesome picture! Hope your job stays "fun" and never becomes a "challenge". Next time you're down this way, how about a low-level fly-by of Candlewood Lake (tell your boss there are a couple suspicious sea planes you want to check out)? The only thing that sounds better than a wound up Porsche is the sound of American air power!
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post Sep 25 2003, 08:26 AM
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Awesome Nemo! Thanks for being a part of our group.

So how does driving a 914 compare to an F-15? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I think the plane would look cool with a 5 lug conversion, and tinted windows.

Take care!
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post Sep 25 2003, 08:27 AM
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post Sep 25 2003, 08:48 AM
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I like the fact that if a SUV cuts him off he can shoot their ass with his F15!
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post Sep 25 2003, 09:12 AM
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I was wondering if you have any advice on the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofan engine swap. I am having trouble getting the afterburner to fire up.

Seriously though - you win for the coolest job I think. Picture is hella cool. You should be winning the avatar contest, LOL.

Fly safe,

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post Sep 25 2003, 09:39 AM
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The -229 is an F-15E model engine, but with some slight modification can be put in an F-15A. I think you just need two custom engine mounts and some stronger struts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

We actually still have -100s but are on the books to get -220s down the road. You obviously have some fighter engine knowlege.

Also, on the photo I attached, I was in the jet that took the photo. We have one two-seater, and I had a combat camera man with me.
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post Sep 25 2003, 10:43 AM
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Thanks for guarding our coast Nemo, I was an f105 crew chief. Takhli, Thailand, 69,70,71. Worked flight line, phase docks, and end of runway( my personal favorite. The ground actually shook under my feet.).
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post Sep 25 2003, 10:49 AM
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Hey! Wild Weasels at Korat! Always good to see them make it back from a mission.
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post Sep 25 2003, 10:57 AM
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QUOTE(cavwpguy @ Sep 25 2003, 06:26 AM)
Awesome Nemo! Thanks for being a part of our group.

So how does driving a 914 compare to an F-15? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I think the plane would look cool with a 5 lug conversion, and tinted windows.

Take care!

ROFLMAO!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)
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post Sep 25 2003, 10:59 AM
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Monique wants to know when she can schedule a ride.... soon she hopes.

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post Sep 25 2003, 11:02 AM
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That canopy would look coool on a teener.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Sep 25 2003, 11:14 AM
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I don't have very much fighter knowledge; I have google :-). I did used to play a lot of F15 Strike Eagle when I was a kid though.

It's funny that you sit on the end of roughly 50,000 lbs of thrust at work and you have a 1.7. I'm suprised you haven't done a 6 or V8 conversion :-).

What is it like travelling at Mach 1+?
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post Sep 25 2003, 11:21 AM
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Oh BTW - you made desktop background. Needed to get rid of that Windows XP shit background anyway :-)

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post Sep 25 2003, 12:25 PM
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Thanks "Nemo" (what is your call sign ?)

And thank you for protecting our borders.

My only experience with fighter pilots came when I crashed a Honda 3 wheeler into a back yard fence belonging to a Blue angels pilot. He was pissed off. I had to pay for his fence repair.



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post Sep 25 2003, 04:32 PM
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Thanks everyone for the nice words. It is good to feel that your country is behind you. It hasn't always been like that!

VSG914 and JNP914 -- Thanks for your service too. I spent a good amount of time at Korat, Thailand in 1997 for a Cope Tiger exercise. That's a crazy country. Bet it was wilder then you guys were there!

Fiid -- I would love to drive a 914 with something larger than a 1.7! But, its my baby. First car, first date, etc. I am attached to it as is. Guess I should start looking for a 2nd 914 with a little more thrust. Oh, and I wish I could say Mach 2+ was something special, but not much happens! Feels about the same as when my 914 hits 90 mph -- a little shakey and I hold the wheel a little tighter!!

Brad -- Thanks for the offer to post about my Eagle time. Don't let a bad experience with a Blue Angel ruin your impression of Air Force guys. Those Blue Angel guys are assholes! You should have pissed on his fence after you ran it over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif) Also, my tactical call sign is NEMO.

Now, first person to solve my sputter on decel problem gets a ride in the two seater!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) My 914 that is.

NEMO
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post Sep 25 2003, 04:55 PM
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I am an Air Guardsman as well. AGR with the 273 Engineering Installation Squardon, TXANG. A comm weenie! We got guys in Iraq and Qatar. Been there done that. We did alot of work up there for you guys at Otis. Installed your fiber backbone and all new comm infrastructure from the ground up. BIG PROJECT! Civilian contractor said it couldn't be done, we took it on, did under-budget and ahead of schedule.

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post Sep 25 2003, 05:55 PM
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Thailand holds some "special memories" for sure. 9 months of 110+heat, then 3 months of monsoon. Gorgeous sunsets and more gorgeous women. I still remember her name.

JNP, Nemo, Sawatdee cupp. coon sabidee?
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post Sep 26 2003, 01:42 PM
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Eddie

If you ever make it back out to Otis, drop by the 101st Fighter Squadron and say hello. We can talk 914's!

VSG 914

I wasn't in Tailand long enough to know what that means! I can make some guesses though!

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