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This guy is in my B Course right now. Awesome to hear his story and he is a kick ass dude
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XL 14-03 T-38 Drop:
F-22
F-16
F-15C (Louisiana Guard)
T-38 ADAIR (Langley)
AC-130W
T-6 FAIP
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I did the dorms for the first half of my time here then moved in with a buddy from the Zoo (that's pretty rare though, there were extenuating circumstances. Mostly it just depends on what you prefer. Obviously in a dorm, everything is yours, you don't worry about splitting the cable bill, etc. but having a roommate (and house for that matter) is nice. I much prefer the duplex. Either way I would definitely recommend on base. The few guys in my class who live off base love it, but they don't love the extra 40 min of driving they do every day. And you can walk almost anywhere on base, makes it nice for drop nights and class parties. If you can find a guy you would want to live with for the next year and change, duplex is the way to go.
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When I left the Academy I remember seeing a flyer offering a DA-40 for just under $200,000 in the Aero Club building. Not sure if they ever sold one.
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Headed to Laughlin this week. Can anyone provide an update on the housing situation (is anyone being given a duplex straight away)? Also, I've heard that in the past your duplex-mate had to be within one pilot training class. Anyone know if that is still the case?
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As far as how much fabric to get, I was told to buy two yards for the sleeves and back and it was just right.
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Regarding the aircraft similarities, there are many. And, yes, having experience in the 40 can help you in the 20. The real question comes down to what you were taught in the 40 and what you were expected to do. If the experience came from Powered Flight at the Academy or anywhere else, realize we are going to ask you to fly the 20 in a specific manner....consistently....rather than some type of program that is more "orientation" in nature. Not a hit on the Powered Flight Program if that applies. Rather, a statement of fact that the two are not equal and have totally different mission objectives. Smokey
Yes my DA-40 experience (about 10 hours and some solo) came from USAFA and I also have about 30 hours in 172s. I agree that PFP seems more orientation, as it is offered to almost anyone here.
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Been quite a while since I've flown either, but from what I remember they're very similar to fly besides the obvious (DA-40 is a bit larger, has higher V speeds (not by much), etc). Either way, if you have DA-40 time, the "transition" will be relatively seemless.
Thanks. And yes Miles and HiFlyer I meant Private Pilot's License
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Good deal, seems like a beast to fly but I have always held an interest due to growing up near Dover. Sad that those engines are on the way out though.
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A couple of guys from IFS came to the Zoo the other day and briefed those of us headed to UPT. They talked a lot about how the program will be tough and really emphasized not falling in to the "PPL trap" as they called it. Good info to hear. Anyone know how the DA-20 compares to the DA-40? Other than two fewer seats of course.
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I saw that on this thread in 2007 guys were saying C-5s dropped about once every few classes. Anyone know if that is still true, or is it more/less?
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As far as drinking on orders, when we go home on break etc, we typically cannot drink enroute but can once you reach the destination. It is considered leave at the Academies and thus the orders come in to play. Its unreasonable to expect no drinking during a 3 week summer vacation. But if you get in trouble with alcohol while home or on vacation that stuff will get back really fast.
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I also know a few people who have had considerable amounts of flight time lost. It takes less than a minute to log each flight in your own logbook, so why not? I also recommend getting printouts of your flight time every few months or so. Some people consider this overkill, but like I said, what's a few minutes of your time to make sure your records are straight. Plus, the yearly records review is a joke...anyone who says they're going to catch missing flight time with that is full of shit (unless it's a large chunk). There's no way by looking at that stack of papers I'll catch a missed flight from back in June...and those missed flights add up. I personally have not had too much of a problem so far (only a few missed flights), but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
When the time is logged in a personal logbook, would it be best to do military way (flight time plus 5 min for taxi ,or whatever it is) or the civilian way and count all the time the engine is running. It seems like the military really screws a lot of people out of what would be considered flight time in the civilian world.
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Does the military track your time for you? I know that you can keep your own logbook through IFS/UPT and beyond but is it worth it? I have heard the they sometimes screw it up so it is good to have your own.
?s on logging flight time
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ZuluLog is a pretty sweet website with quite a bit you can do for free. The paid stuff is even better and is somewhere around $60 a year I think.
Question on logging instrument time...
I heard the technique that when shooting approaches, even if in VMC, some guys will log instrument time. You can debate all day whether that qualifies as "operating the aircraft solely by reference to instruments." Can I see the ground? Yes. But am I navigating based on what I see on the ground? Not at all. I am flying solely based on what I see in the HUD, so IMO I am flying only on the instruments.
I log about .2 per approach and the SARMs folks don't seem to have an issue with it.
Anyone have any words on this?