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Grrl Power #1308 - Gold plated lining
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The military is probably not great for disability inclusion. Not for field work anyway. I mean, battleships don't have accessibility ramps, and the control panel of a Blackhawk probably doesn't have braille anywhere on it, and there's no spot in a submarine next to the sonar station for an ASL Interpreter. (Cause the sonar guy is deaf, see... and the ASL guy has to listen to the returns and sign "PING" cause that was an even dumber example than braille in a gunship*.) They've got really specific ways of doing things because if you tell a bunch of 18 year olds to put away the explodey things, you want to be pretty sure they did it right. That almost definitely means they don't have a lot of accommodations for one-legged pilots. It's probably totally possible to pilot most helicopters with one leg, but that doesn't mean the military wants to add that complication when a bunch soldiers' lives and a $10 million Blackhawk is at stake. So, Peggy assumes that her career as a pilot are over. At least flying for the Air Force. And she actually is right. But not for the reasons she thinks.
Maxima obviously has other ideas. And if anyone tells Max that a one-legged pilot shouldn't be allowed to fly an Osprey, Max is just like, "Come at me, bro."
*I originally mistyped gunship as bunship and I almost left it because the idea of bunnies piloting an Apache and fluffy bunny paratroopers amuses me.
Oh, and happy Thanksgiving to those of you who partake.
Comments
Jared Juetten
I like that Max is in the Air Force because, you know, she flies! :D
John Anderson
The expressions in this are outstanding. IMHO some of Dave's best work to date.
Reigys
I mean... technically... maybe she came from a jungle. Totally possible with her speed, lol.
Christopher Upton
Just remember that USA GI is the same as Usagi, which is Japanese for rabbit
John Van Stry
For experienced people, allowances can be made. Missing a leg beneath the knee isn't as great a disability as one might think in flying. The only really 'odd' thing is she's both a pilot AND a sniper. Typically (okay, realistically) you'd be trained for one or the other, not both, but this is a story with superheros so insisting on such things is kind of dumb. But it costs a lot of money to train a pilot, so if you can get them back in the air, you do.
Kevin Wright
It’s not buns in a gunship, but check out Cat Shit One (no, really. No idea why they called it that) for buns in combat. It’s a Japanese CGI short.
eddi_TBH
Max is top secret. No name tag.
eddi_TBH
We need to make Canada Goose the go-to holiday treat then.
eddi_TBH
ARC-SWAT Kats forever!
eddi_TBH
Reflexes were "sir" for the most part. Probably still are.
eddi_TBH
The general's camo has been to the Mideast. That's why it's so bleached out. But you can see the pattern. Standard issue. Max's will look like that in a few months. The Army had the desert camo. https://media.defense.gov/2007/Mar/01/2000511292/2000/2000/0/070226-F-3798Y-037.JPG
John C Brobston
Couple of names you might want to look up--"Douglas Bader" and "Christie Wise". Bader was a double-amputee who flew a Hurricane in the Battle of Britain and later gave the Germans no end of annoyance as a POW. Wise is a single-amputee who is currently on flying status with the US Air Force. Happy Turkey Appreciation Day.
Mark Magagna
He died in 1935. Not a combat pilot. Not in helicopters. Back then, probably not even licensed as such. Though now I'm confused as to what types Peggy has certified in. My understanding is that you can only be certified in limited (small) number of types, probably due to the number of flying hours you need every month. I've heard that the number is something like three types. Are there actually pilots who can keep up their hours in both fixed and rotary? And also keep their hands in for sniping? When does Peggy sleep?
Noise
KA-CLICK!
Opus the Poet
Wiley Post was a famous pilot with only one eye. Binocular vision is really only needed for formation flying.
Opus the Poet
Something I noticed that bothers me, why is Max wearing jungle camo in a desert theater of operations?
KnightRider007
“I’m surrounded by Assholes!” I love that movie.
Eric Loken
I want to see the warrior bunnies!
Daniel Furrow
Bunship makes me think of a Chinook used to deliver bakery goods to the front areas.
Stephen Gilberg
Lowkhi? She's burdened with glorious purpose.
Aaron Mauthe
Pretty sure that would be “I can still serve, sir!” Given the military’s at least then (not sure about now) preferences on honorifics.
BJ
Radical? You mean, she's part of the Radical Squadron aka The Swat Kats?
Otoger
if you like the idea of bunnys in an Apache, i got a webnovel for you XD Grass Eaters [HFY] https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/82044/grass-eaters-hfy
Person
The horror... the horror...
Anton Schleef
Your link works. After watching it I can see why the thought of a Bunship made you think of it. I do have one small nitpick, though. In the slow-mo scenes they never showed the bullets. It doesn't matter that they'd still be moving really fast, it'd still be reasonably possible to show them in some limited manner. Aside from that, it was rather well made.
Hugh Eckert
A bunship sounds like something that would show up in Sluggy Freelance.
Kile Mullen
In WW2 there was a British pilot, Doug Bader, who was missing both legs and still flew fighters. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader
Dave Barrack
That's what I get for editing in the page instead of my thingy with the auto misspelling underline thingy.
Marc Vun Kannon
At the risk of making a bad pun, Peggy's got a gold-plated resume right there.
Christopher Upton
This is 100% Dave's fault, but Bunship reminded me of a video and now you all get it. It's called Cat Shit One and is based on a 4-part manga of the same name. Link attempted below: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mzewj
Christopher Upton
This is 100% Dave's fault, but Bunship reminded me of a video and now you all get it. It's called Cat Shit One and is based on a 4-part manga of the same name. Link attempted below: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mzewj
Tie Toter
Happy Thanksgiving!
Justaguy
Various SpaceBalls jokes regarding "who made that man a gunner" come to mind.
gaijin 99
WITNESS ME! She's already shiny and chrome, so she's guaranteed a place in Valhalla
Gullindjemprins
Maxima is channeling Kevin James in that bottom panel. And it’s really weirding me out.
M. Lampi
"Witnesing"?
Michael Obert
Happy thanksgiving to all that celebrate and a happy (ish) ending to Peggy's flashback 😊
Mark Magagna
I assume they've told her that the eye will recover as otherwise that would be more of a problem. Piloting requires really good binocular vision. Apparently (from the comments) sniping does as well.
fiun dagner
I am not a pilot and I don't play one on TV. I do know a couple guys in civilian Aviation, one of which is missing a leg and is Helo certified. He flies medivac/air ambulance. The civilian bird he flies is a standard model with no accommodations.
Woodrobin
I was going a different direction with bunships. My first thought was that submarines and guns and missiles all seem to evoke a certain body part. I was thinking that bunships would exist in an alternate universe navy where ship design skewed away from the phallic and toward the callipygian. Rear Admiral would, of course, be the highest ranking officer.
Daniel Jarrett
Hey those f-ers deserve a yearly genocide
Thomas Dorner
Peggy - de-inked ... ;-)
A Patreon of the Ahts
Happy Thanksgiving Dave
Playwars
You know this puts a lot of Maxima's early comic interactions with her colleagues into perspective. And thank you ! I do not partake in the great turkey genocide but it is a fun time to tease my US friends and readers about it.
