Grrl Power #1308 - Gold plated lining
Added 2024-11-28 11:00:13 +0000 UTCThank you for the support! You guys are awesome!
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
I like that Max is in the Air Force because, you know, she flies! :D
Jared Juetten
2024-12-06 17:43:15 +0000 UTCThe expressions in this are outstanding. IMHO some of Dave's best work to date.
John Anderson
2024-12-06 07:12:57 +0000 UTCI mean... technically... maybe she came from a jungle. Totally possible with her speed, lol.
Reigys
2024-11-30 21:12:47 +0000 UTCJust remember that USA GI is the same as Usagi, which is Japanese for rabbit
Christopher Upton
2024-11-30 15:03:21 +0000 UTCFor 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.
John Van Stry
2024-11-29 18:02:39 +0000 UTCIt’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.
Kevin Wright
2024-11-29 15:39:57 +0000 UTCMax is top secret. No name tag.
eddi_TBH
2024-11-29 04:04:27 +0000 UTCWe need to make Canada Goose the go-to holiday treat then.
eddi_TBH
2024-11-29 04:02:59 +0000 UTCARC-SWAT Kats forever!
eddi_TBH
2024-11-29 03:58:39 +0000 UTCReflexes were "sir" for the most part. Probably still are.
eddi_TBH
2024-11-29 03:58:05 +0000 UTCThe 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
eddi_TBH
2024-11-29 03:56:58 +0000 UTCCouple 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.
John C Brobston
2024-11-29 03:21:18 +0000 UTCHe 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?
Mark Magagna
2024-11-29 01:18:52 +0000 UTCKA-CLICK!
Noise
2024-11-29 00:59:20 +0000 UTCWiley Post was a famous pilot with only one eye. Binocular vision is really only needed for formation flying.
Opus the Poet
2024-11-28 22:18:02 +0000 UTCSomething I noticed that bothers me, why is Max wearing jungle camo in a desert theater of operations?
Opus the Poet
2024-11-28 22:07:20 +0000 UTC“I’m surrounded by Assholes!” I love that movie.
KnightRider007
2024-11-28 20:30:09 +0000 UTCI want to see the warrior bunnies!
Eric Loken
2024-11-28 19:39:03 +0000 UTCBunship makes me think of a Chinook used to deliver bakery goods to the front areas.
Daniel Furrow
2024-11-28 19:22:46 +0000 UTCLowkhi? She's burdened with glorious purpose.
Stephen Gilberg
2024-11-28 18:35:26 +0000 UTCPretty sure that would be “I can still serve, sir!” Given the military’s at least then (not sure about now) preferences on honorifics.
Aaron Mauthe
2024-11-28 18:06:04 +0000 UTCRadical? You mean, she's part of the Radical Squadron aka The Swat Kats?
BJ
2024-11-28 17:41:06 +0000 UTCif 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
Otoger
2024-11-28 17:33:09 +0000 UTCThe horror... the horror...
Person
2024-11-28 17:30:05 +0000 UTCYour 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.
Anton Schleef
2024-11-28 17:25:10 +0000 UTCA bunship sounds like something that would show up in Sluggy Freelance.
Hugh Eckert
2024-11-28 15:58:23 +0000 UTCIn 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
Kile Mullen
2024-11-28 14:35:48 +0000 UTCThat's what I get for editing in the page instead of my thingy with the auto misspelling underline thingy.
Dave Barrack
2024-11-28 14:22:15 +0000 UTCAt the risk of making a bad pun, Peggy's got a gold-plated resume right there.
Marc Vun Kannon
2024-11-28 14:13:04 +0000 UTCThis 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
2024-11-28 14:12:47 +0000 UTCThis 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
2024-11-28 14:12:34 +0000 UTCHappy Thanksgiving!
Tie Toter
2024-11-28 14:00:29 +0000 UTCVarious SpaceBalls jokes regarding "who made that man a gunner" come to mind.
Justaguy
2024-11-28 13:50:03 +0000 UTCWITNESS ME! She's already shiny and chrome, so she's guaranteed a place in Valhalla
gaijin 99
2024-11-28 13:45:04 +0000 UTCMaxima is channeling Kevin James in that bottom panel. And it’s really weirding me out.
Gullindjemprins
2024-11-28 13:00:23 +0000 UTC"Witnesing"?
M. Lampi
2024-11-28 12:51:34 +0000 UTCHappy thanksgiving to all that celebrate and a happy (ish) ending to Peggy's flashback 😊
Michael Obert
2024-11-28 12:25:31 +0000 UTCI 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.
Mark Magagna
2024-11-28 12:02:55 +0000 UTCI 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.
fiun dagner
2024-11-28 11:51:43 +0000 UTCI 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.
Woodrobin
2024-11-28 11:32:23 +0000 UTCHey those f-ers deserve a yearly genocide
Daniel Jarrett
2024-11-28 11:27:22 +0000 UTCPeggy - de-inked ... ;-)
Thomas Dorner
2024-11-28 11:17:30 +0000 UTCHappy Thanksgiving Dave
A Patreon of the Ahts
2024-11-28 11:16:47 +0000 UTCYou 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.
Playwars
2024-11-28 11:13:24 +0000 UTC
