Hellcat Age Demographics

[Stormtrooper1320]

If it happens, it's quick...

That's exactly how I looked at it.

 

[Blown7]

63 and living on voltage...

 

[Bobo]

53…forever 12

 

[Ronin]

BARELY made the 45-54 cutoff; signed my sales agreement with Koons on my 54th birthday!

 

[BULL]

BARELY made the 45-54 cutoff; signed my sales agreement with Koons on my 54th birthday!

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

 

[45-70govt]

I bet that is pretty intense.

I remember, prior to my first deployment in the jet, some of us in the squadron getting qual’d down to 500’ at night on NVGs in order to intercept and engage low flying aircraft if we had to.

We were all night qual’d that low for navigation purposes or incase we had to due a low altitude ingress to bomb a target but fighting another aircraft at 500’ and 450 knots, on NVGs (you know what it looks like but for the others, it’s like looking through a soda straw), was a whole different story.

And here I thought I was a bad ass taking all the hot oil splashes on my arms from tossing in thousands of French fry orders at work. My hat is off to you and Bull for sure. When I was working as a CFI the only thing that tried to kill me all the time was some students very creative flying "skills".

 

[AeroF16]

And here I thought I was a bad ass taking all the hot oil splashes on my arms from tossing in thousands of French fry orders at work. My hat is off to you and Bull for sure. When I was working as a CFI the only thing that tried to kill me all the time was some students very creative flying "skills".

Two things that suck about NVGs and flying:

1. You have zero peripherals. Kind of like looking through binoculars. So your cross check has to speed up because you have such a limited field of view.

2. You lose any kind of depth perception. Literally sometimes I can’t tell if a jet is 1 mile away or 10 miles haha. I remember my first few nights in Syria looking at all the artillery being shot up in the air thinking “Are they shooting at me?” Couldn’t really tell with the NVGs on and, when I’d lift them off my face, I couldn’t see the arty anymore. I eventually came to the conclusion that, if they were targeting me, it wasn’t going to reach me at the altitude I was at.

 

[Deano]

I know I posted my age on a thread in this forum, so forgive me if it was here earlier.
I made 80 last month, and am feeling every second of it.
That is the best thing about my Hellcat, driving it leaves me feeling like a teen again.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

35.
The age spread on the forum is the kind of diversity I like!

@Bobo
Sad, I’ll be 39 in a few weeks.

 

[1971demon]

53…forever 12

Hmmm 12 eh????...guess that means yer nuts haven't dropped yet

 

[AeroF16]

@Bobo
Sad, I’ll be 39 in a few weeks.

I’ll be there in May.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

Hmmm 12 eh????...guess that means yer nuts haven't dropped yet

Mine were clanging around like cowbells at 12.
At least that’s what I told the girls.

 

[Bowlerguy92]

Bought my Redeye at 29

 

[1971demon]

Bought my Redeye at 29

I feel bad for you...in fifteen years...there aint gonna be any cool cars left for you to buy

 

[Bowlerguy92]

I feel bad for you...in fifteen years...there aint gonna be any cool cars left for you to buy

Unfortunately true. I figure the Redeye will probably be my last gasser. I plan on keeping it on the road for as long as I can and handing it down to my daughter or son if I ever have one.

 

[1971demon]

Unfortunately true. I figure the Redeye will probably be my last gasser. I plan on keeping it on the road for as long as I can and handing it down to my daughter or son if I ever have one.

@ soon to be 70 in a couple of days...I was fortunate to live through the late 60's early 70's muscle car era...and the present day offerings...and lived through the dark days in between...my 2 grandkids are already puttin dibbs on which of my cars they want...

 

[Smitty]

@ soon to be 70 in a couple of days...I was fortunate to live through the late 60's early 70's muscle car era...and the present day offerings...and lived through the dark days in between...my 2 grandkids are already puttin dibbs on which of my cars they want...

Happy early birthday @1971demon 👍

 

[recurveman]

Welcome to the seventies @1971demon!!

 

[Unholy707]

Birth age or sciatica/back age?

 

[Paladin06]

Birth age or sciatica/back age?

Yeah I know what you mean. I've had 5 back operations.