The Knightserrant photo links aren't broken, they simply don't exist anymore. The actual images were removed when the website came down.

And the hits just keep on coming!

More later - I have some old pictures to review before I post another Iron Gump story. Maybe tomorrow, who knows.

Charlie Mike!

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The Final Death of the RC Program...story number two. After a full week with no RC program, Bonehead begins to test the other remaining aircraft. It needs a little work, but after a few days and a couple of test runs, it's ready for flight. For about a week, all is well. Until this. We're sitting in...

You might want to talk to Gordo - he'll have the better stories.

Possibly. At one point in time, we had a website that one of the Knights hosted with a bunch of pictures on it. Unfortunately, it became a really huge site and he took it down. Soccer, when you head back this year (I assume you are) check with the staff there (and talk with their Education Manager -...

He's kinda hard to forget....trust me. He's my best friend for more than ten years now, and we even shared an apartment without killing one another.

Yep, but it really happened. Somewhere I have the Huntsville Times edition with the story in it.

Joker had his M3 team one week in full flight gear. We have tried that with other groups, but it is tough to outfit 60 kids with all of the gear. No, no, no, no, no..... The best ever was when we graded the trainee's mission briefings for their final mission and the team dressed up in bedsheets and...

Soccer wrote:since becoming a counselor, I've realized that one of the reasons we don't do cool things is because the people that HR hires are often too special to accomplish it or not interested enough to treat it seriously.

Like Grunt used to say, let me hit the lottery and we'll make that happen.

Poor Spanky...here's a dollar, go down to the corner store and buy yourself a clue, huh? :) Anyway, you made me think of something else: In the Spring and first few weeks of summer in 1996, Aviation Challenge featured a familiarization program with remote controlled aircraft. Used on the same field ...

Spanky will be back on later, but I'm pretty sure they were still flying Kosan in 2002 and switched to Ardan 2003/2004.

Well, my sig line pretty much details who I am. :) I moved from AC to Space Camp in the spring of 1999 as the Space Camp Manager. Our titles were changed to Aerospace Programs Manager in late 1999 / 2000, and I left with the title (I'm still not sure how it happened) as the Associate Director of Spa...

Well, stories tend to accumulate after five or six years. We could probably go on and on about some of the things that happened there at AC during our time. I just hope you enjoy what we're sharing.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrinal Command "For training purposes, all chickens conducting road crossings must be clothed in full protective gear, MOPP level zero as a minimum, with the requirements of a standard combat load. It is the responsibility of the senior chicken to file all training re...

M3 Counselor: "Um, there is a water leak in the bubble." M3 Manager: "In the bathroom in the bubble?" M3 Counselor: "Um, no. In the bubble. You really need to come down here." Arriving on scene, there are trainees still in cockpits, flying their missions and nearly an i...

Umm, I seem to remember swimming that raft out in the middle of lake with your assistance......

And if I remember right, the whole thing was your idea, Spanky!

Author's Note: All comments from former Counselors who remember this situation are invited. This was a classic example of an adult who so firmly believed they had "The Right Stuff" that they lied and lied and lied about it. His name (changed to protect the guilty as usual) was John. He att...

Sleep whenever you can, however you can. (Gordo's Rule)

Sad day for the Navy - probably the saddest since the full retirement of the A-4 Skyhawk.

We can only hope that the Hornets and future strike aircraft can try to continue this proud lineage.

"Fighter pilots makes movies, bomber pilots make history!"

Back To Iron Gump, Stories from the Front: AC Lead Counselor for Training: It's a beautiful Sunday morning. What the hell!? Out in the lake is one of the 15-20 passenger hexagonal rafts, fully inflated with what appears to be a figure sitting in it, relaxing. AC LCT: Who is that? Get them out of the...