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Springer replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Thanks for the -135 write up...I can see it was a handful especially after it was reengined. Ha, let me know if you are flying a squirrely tail dragger at 76. Fighter (RF-4C) was easy to fly/formate/land after the lightweight -38 in UPT. Employing it was a different matter. Have a lot of time in the B-727 (same cockpit as -135). Still one of my favorites to have flown. How did you get 3 flights in the U-2? I applied to the SR-71 and the most I got was a ride in the chase car during a launch. At least Huggy let me peek in the cockpit of the U-2 at OSH. WRT UPT we had a class of approx 50 with not that many SIE's or washouts. We were one of the first classes that implemented the bottom 10% rule with a mix of a/c because of SAC complaints. Hard to believe we can't come up with a better training a/c after 50+ years with the -38. - Today
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I thought about cropping the dudes out of the picture in my reply, but then thought, nah, we'll see where they take this.
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I don't know and certainly more to the story. I thought the white and also by all appearances unmarked vehicle moved into her. Normally an accident no more severe than this would be investigated by local PD. Take her information and let local PD take her into custody since she was a US Citizen. I'm curious why it appears all charges were dropped as well. https://www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-dragged-car-border-patrol-chicago-10924948
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I'm willing to review your package if you send me a message
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I didn’t want ENJJPT. I only want heavies. So I didn’t volunteer for ENJJPT. I've been on heavies my entire career. Other than now flying RPA's but Fighters aren't for me and I know I can go to ENJJPT and potentially drop a heavy, but ENJJPT is geared towards fighters. I'm in my early 30's and just want to fly heavies to finish out my career. When I first joined, I worked on MC-130Js then cross trained and became a flight engineer on KC-10's.
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Almost looks like she tried to cut off the LEO’s vehicle.
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lol unfortunately i had a 3 star LOR and didn't get picked up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Assuming the situation started as soon as the video started? I'm the first to say there are ALOT of un-educated best case/worst case there are A LOT of LE that shouldn't be LE but to take this video and make any judgement is comical.
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Pretty shocked these stats didn't land you an ENJJPT slot. Must be some insane studs out there (who know a 3-star)
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What is this fascination with Mussolini (an actual fascist) all about?
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This has a Nexus to a whole lot of threads and discussions on BO. Assuming events occurred as they appear I admit I find it disturbing to say the least. Had it been my family member I can't use the words I would like on a public forum.
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You were referring to Mrs Muschamp, right?
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Just got told by my CC i didn’t get picked up. 99pilot, 98pcsm, 75flying hours. very curios to get feedback and see what the issue was.
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Whitemeddler joined the community
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Selected for UPT! 95 PCSM/99 Pilot/30 Hours no PPL.
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Captainteej joined the community
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This popped up on the FB and I was like WTF? I flew with that guy. Early 80s. No idea of his political leanings.
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Cruiser was confirmed today...god help those still on active duty.
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It was said that Ol' Fisher DeBerry was the highest paid person in the federal government.
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Initial Pilot Training and Future Pilot Training
Lord Ratner replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
U-2, as far as I know. I only flew it three times, but holy shit, it's... different. On the KC it was the combination of low engines, fast approach speeds, and the cable driven ailerons and elevators delaying all the inputs. Then you had a huge hydraulic rudder that would throw the plane around much faster than the cable driven surfaces. It had so much inertia that if you didn't pull the power at the right point, you couldn't slow down. If I remember correctly we went to idle at 200-300 feet for the flaps 30 (engine out) approach when heavy. I also can't compare it to the fighters that were around in your day, because they only keep the planes, not the pilots in the museums 😂🤣. I suspect some of those rocket ships with stubby little wings were an absolute monster to fly, but everything we have now is so much more advanced. The difference between the U2 and the kc-135 was not close, I don't want to make it sound like the kc-135 was unmanageable. After all, many of the world pilot training students flew it just fine. But when I talked to pilots who had flown both fighter aircraft and the kc-135, the raw stick and rudder of the kc-135 was more to manage. It was just really sloppy. You made up for it with probably the easiest combat mission in the AF. I taught many many KC135 pilots that were barely able to fly the plane, much less handle a more complicated mission. Honestly the biggest argument I have in support of the kc-135 being harder to land than a fighter is that the fighters weren't doing touch and gos when I was in. That blew my mind. There's no way you could get proficient at flying the kc-135 without doing pattern only flights. But you also have the better pilot factor to deal with, for whatever that equalizes. -
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Private sale up in Austin. I was surprised it didn't get snapped up before I got there. Six 200 round boxes of .223 and four in 5.56, and Winchester white box. I've got enough good ammo to cover any non-range needs, this will mainly be range use. 7.62x39 has always hovered around 40₵ a round, and of course I've loaded up on the stuff over the years. I see it now can go for 90₵ upwards which is ridiculous. You'd think with the hundreds of billions or more rounds (300B+ according to some estimates) made since 1944, it'd be as cheap and easy to find as water. 5.45×39 started replacing it in the early 1970s although many of the old caliber rifles are still in use. Global conflicts are still a factor, but I think it's more to do on the 2021 US import ban on Russian ammo (thanks Uncle Joe!!), nitrocellulose and antimony shortages and remnants of the COVID-19 manufacturing and logistics disruptions which still haven't caught back up.
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Initial Pilot Training and Future Pilot Training
TreeA10 replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
I was A FAIP and instructed in the T-38 from 85-88 at Columbus. Most loses in a UPT class occurred in the T-37 with a wash out rate around 30%, IIRC. We would usually lose 2 or 3 students in the T-38 in the contract or instrument phase. I don't remember anyone washed out in the formation phase. There was a change in the syllabus after a mid-air during a 4 ship rejoin. Those going to heavies got more nav and instrument rides and the guys going to fighters did more 4 ship. Worst class I saw in the 38 was when the AF decided to push more students through and limited wash outs. We had a class come to us in the T-38 that lost students in the T-37 for medical or SIE but not much else. It was a blood bath and we washed out half the class. -
Where? Always looking for cheap .223. Also, just bought my first AK...had no idea 7.62 ammo was so expensive these days, I always thought it was cheaper than .223. War in Ukraine?
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As I expected…
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Damn man those are great scores… sorry to hear. I read on another year’s thread that someone from the board will reach out to you if you’re next in line should a spot come open. I don’t think they release the rankings but I’m sure they have alternates listed 1 - n. In terms of spots opening up, main example I heard of was a few selectees getting accepted into reserve flying units turning down their active duty spot. MFS-N could be another way but with most people having the stamped FC1 already a MFS-N failure seems pretty unlikely.
