Thanks for the encouragement Chuck!
I am a little frustrated that the information I'm trying to share is not readily available without spending hours reading through multiple threads. This thread will soon get buried here in this forum but maybe it will help somebody before it does. I know there are folks here with much more knowledge and experience who could do a much better job at what I've attempted, but I've been on this site for several years now and nothing has surfaced yet. I'll just keep printed copies of my article to give to my "students" until someone here gets off their can.

I enjoyed the pics and thank you for your service! Must have been cool to fly those jets, I'm envious! I tried to enter the Marines and the Navy after high school to fly anything they would let me, but at that time, the stigmatism in my right eye was just enough they wouldn't take me as a pilot. I still have nearly 20/20 vision and great depth perception, just wasn't good enough for Uncle Sam.

By the way, is that a Sig Komet you're holding in front of that 106?<br type="_moz" />