Author Archives: Chris Penningroth

Global Something

Posted on Mon, 16 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     It’s fairly early Sunday morning, the rain-mixed-with-snow is finally just rain only now, and seems to have washed away the slush that was forming on the road and patio.       Normally I’m told the cherry blossoms are blooming and … Continue reading →

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It’s a Conspiracy!

Posted on Mon, 16 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Here’s a good read from Eject! Eject! Eject!

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Chris vs the Volcano

Posted on Thu, 12 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today’s flight was a quick hop up to the range to practice dry high-angle strafe (dry means we didn’t actually shoot anything, it was all simulated in our on-board computers).  Afterward we cruised north along the ‘Hatchet,’ the northernmost … Continue reading →

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Wild Once More

Posted on Sat, 07 April 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Thursday I completed my mission checkride that had begun on Tuesday.  Tuesday was the standard emergency procedures simulator, and we covered a lot of stuff, so much that it took 20 minutes longer than normal.  My flight examiner du … Continue reading →

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Go Low, Go Fast

Posted on Wed, 28 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Today I re-hacked my low altitude currency.  There’s nothing like flying 500 mph 500 feet above the terrain! After the low-level across northern Honshu, we buzzed over to the range and simulated dropping 500# laser guided bombs and designating … Continue reading →

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The Weather Here

Posted on Tue, 27 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The weather was so cloudy today, we could have transported the entire fight one continent over to Europe and I couldn’t have felt more at home flying a training SEAD mission.  That said, this flight was replete with air-to-air … Continue reading →

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Happy (Belated) Homecoming

Posted on Sun, 25 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The Ready First Combat Team is back in Friedberg.       I wish I’d known Chely Wright was going to sing for them! That certainly would’ve taken the sting out of a 13-month deployment for me! Aside from Christina visiting … Continue reading →

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Fox Three

Posted on Sat, 24 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     No, the title doesn’t refer to the third version of the reasonably successful 24-hour cable news channel.  Last week I had a few simulator flights, one 4vX tactical intercepts/air combat tactics, and a suppression of enemy air defense mission.  … Continue reading →

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Life’s Been Good

Posted on Mon, 19 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     This evening was one of those rare ones.  It was a long but decently productive day at a day of work after a long week of a lot of work.  I was a little tired, but not too tired.  … Continue reading →

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Saddled

Posted on Tue, 06 March 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     I had to re-fly my local area orientation sortie today since I haven’t flown since December.  The plan was for Huck and I to fly out to the CHARLIE airspace, do a quick G-warmup, and take a look to … Continue reading →

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