TOPIC: Life before HI

Another cool pix--solo high flight

That's so awesome! You're very lucky to have had those experiences!

Greg - that had to be fascinating, if not fun (minus the schedule, which was probably grueling).  Can I say to you and John Sopher that I for one appreciate very much your service.  So thank you.  I understand that 70,000 feet is quite the view! 

Great helmet by the way - goes with your outfit...  What did you breath?  O2 or a mix?  What's the outside temperature at that height?

Hey thanks Jay.  I didn't go in to serving my country, but I sure came out having served!  If there is one thing I think the military gave me, it was a pride of having done something bigger than myself!

Oh and Greg, I'm soooo jealous, I want a cool lookin helmet like that!  lol

Hey thanks Jay.  I didn't go in to serving my country, but I sure came out having served!  If there is one thing I think the military gave me, it was a pride of having done something bigger than myself!

Oh and Greg, I'm soooo jealous, I want a cool lookin helmet like that!  lol

John,
Use your serve and the pride that you exhibit to your advantage as to why people should hire you. I added a Why Hire a Vet link to my site.  It may bring more calls--I've received one call purely based upon my service.    The helmet was like a fish bowl on my nugget--never suppose to "open up" at altitude but sometimes the nose itch is incredible, and one time I had a spider in there with me--no choice.

Jay, 100%.  We had to pre-breathe for an hour minimum (I liked 1:15) before takeoff to get the nitrogen levels in our body lower (preventing the bends when we ascended).  I sure do miss it.  I have some other pictures I'll post.  My call sign is Bubba-J (nickname I received from my fighter pilot brethren while stationed in Korea on the staff) and I have a Bubba-j.com web site.  It was vast a couple years ago but I took everything off but the home page--I'll add on again soon.

OAT was about -63C though in the desert it's really cold around 47,000 feet (-83C) and but the standard lapse rate doesn't apply as high as we fly.

Ahh, the life--I miss getting paid for sitting on my bum doing that.  Plus U-2 bubbas fly the T-38 nearly daily while back at the mother ship in CA.  And we drove fast cars (chase)!  But now is chapter two, and the story continues.

John, try to get into a realtor agency meeting as a guest speaker--most agencies have a meeting once a week where the broker/owner passes on info.  Take the time they give you and sell yourself--tell about your submariner days--you'll fascinate them and capture their business, or at least make them want to give you a chance.  Right now, without a referral database, I found the realtors give me business and the business they give me leads to more business (I'm still at the realtors give business stage myself).

I like the vet page idea!  I will look into that further.  And its free!!! 

About the presentation idea, I've already been gathering info.  I still need to spend time and put a presentation together.  But its in the works. 

Keeps these idea's coming,  I may have already thought about them, but you guys keep the fire lit under them!!!