tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post2226650311253576814..comments2024-03-25T10:30:24.579-07:00Comments on Dan The Navy Man: 'The Cost Of The Cost Of The Cost'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-65221263399066601812019-10-31T06:19:08.085-07:002019-10-31T06:19:08.085-07:00I have 500 hours on an EA3B, and didn't really...I have 500 hours on an EA3B, and didn't really care how much anything cost for that whale as long as I could fly my mission and crash without having one of our pilots approach too low and grab the back of the boat with the tailhook, which actually happened on a mission of which I was not a part!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937674745524829159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-62728154100357120082016-03-24T09:25:32.509-07:002016-03-24T09:25:32.509-07:00I for one don't have a problem with $170 dolla...I for one don't have a problem with $170 dollar bolts. In 1990 on the USS IwoJima 10 sailors died in the boiler room pulling out of Bahrain. Failure of cheap "Wrong missmarked" bolts on a main steam valve failed causing 850deg superheated stsam to kill the ten on duty at the time...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350716352698635599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-9467092353977821582016-03-09T15:42:17.012-08:002016-03-09T15:42:17.012-08:00And I lost a shipmate down in "the hole"...And I lost a shipmate down in "the hole" when they used the "hardware store" style bolt instead of the proper bolt and the flange burst on a 600 lb steam line.DJBarney99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-27485934398122162652016-03-09T13:23:08.419-08:002016-03-09T13:23:08.419-08:00It's all about Supply and Demand!It's all about Supply and Demand! dswing1999https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221419340182626328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-761891943052826012016-03-09T13:17:52.857-08:002016-03-09T13:17:52.857-08:00I doubt very much that you can buy a certified avi...I doubt very much that you can buy a certified aviation type AIMD quality assurance ok'd bolt for any landing gear for a buck each....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com