Steeljaw Scribe http://steeljawscribe.com Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/http://steeljawscribe.comhttp://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifSteeljaw Scribe feedsteeljawscribe/Cxzghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation “Commander’s Moon” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steeljawscribe/Cxzg/~3/gZnoUCaLW9s/commanders-moon http://steeljawscribe.com/2012/02/07/commanders-moon#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:55 +0000 Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/?p=6994 Easy folks — completely SFW here ;)

So Scribe — what exactly do they mean by a “Commander’s Moon” ?

Well, strictly defined, a “commander’s moon” is:

“A night lighting condition with clear skies and a large (late phase) moon, to provide optimum lighting condition for night flights, and especially night traps. Favored by, and planned for by, O-4s and above to get their night requirements ‘X.’”

Yet, as they say, a picture (or two) is worth a thousand words:

No fancy exposure tricks or anything like that — you can clearly see your shadow tonight with a full moon that by all accounts, might even coax a 2- or 3-star back into the cockpit.  Maybe.  That far horizon is 30+ miles away and the lights of DC are well off the frame to the left – you are looking off to the vast, semi-habitable spaces of Prince William Forest and Quantico (and across one of the several Civil War era battlefields in the area, this one just happens to be a few steps from our front porch):

Somewhere, someone may actually be enjoying night CQ (or not) — me?

Had enough practice bleeding for one lifetime, but I’m still game for a day BAGEX… ;)

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