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    T-38 grounding

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    They must have grounded the Talon fleet. There has not been one up here at Randolph since this morning.

    Air Force Suspends Training Jet Following 2nd Fatal Crash

    Thursday, May 01, 2008

    WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The Air Force grounded all T-38C training jets on Thursday, following the second fatal crash involving the aircraft in eight days, officials said.

    Two airmen were killed when their T-38C Talon went down during a routine training mission about 7:55 a.m., according a statement issued by Sheppard Air Force Base.

    The two-seater, high-altitude supersonic plane was assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing, a multinational organization that produces future combat pilots for NATO.

    The pilots' names were not immediately released.

    Two pilots died April 23 when their training jet crashed at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.

    Investigators are trying to determine what caused both crashes.

    "At this point we have no indication that there was any tie between the two," said Capt. John Severns, Chief of Media Relations for Air Education Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.

    Nonetheless, the Air Force suspended all T-38 flights pending the investigation. The planes are used to prepare student pilots to fly fighters and bombers.

    "Until we have more complete understanding of the causes of both accidents, it's prudent to stand down the T-38s" said General William R. Looney III, the commander who issued the order.

    The Air Force has about 500 of the aircraft in its inventory.

    First deployed in 1959, the jet has been linked to 138 fatalities and some 189 crashes, according to the Air Force Safety Center.

    Of 16 fatalities related to crashes at Sheppard Air Force Base since 1967, all but six involved T-38s.

    Pilots from 13 NATO countries train through Sheppard's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program.

    The T-38's crew normally consists of a student pilot and instructor seated in tandem. Student pilots learn aerobatics, formation flying, night and instrument flying, cross-country awareness, general maintenance awareness and supersonic techniques.

    All Thursday flights at Wichita Falls' Municipal Airport, which shares runways with Sheppard, were canceled.

    Wichita Falls is about 135 miles northwest of Dallas.

    Them Them :salut:

    Remote Controlled Airplane

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    I've got a Great Planes PT-40 that was my first trainer. It's not an ARF (Almost Ready-to-Fly) so it requires a bit of work to get it in the air. I'd recommend getting hooked up with one of the R/C computer simulators (Great Planes Real Flight G3 or Hangar 9 FS One). It's a great way to learn, IMHO. No worries if you crash, you're not out $150 or whatever you spent. Obviously getting hooked up with someone who knows what they're doing would be ideal, but the simulators are definitely a way you can learn on your own. I flew on Real Flight for a year or so before I actually flew my PT-40, the sim and the real thing were amazingly similar. Now I've got a Hangar-9 Tribute .36. It'll hover at half throttle. Not bad for $175 with an engine and servos (already installed).

    Good luck. :salut:

    Oshkosh, b'gosh!

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by flynhigh

    Were you there?

    Is their footage anywhere to see what happened?

    Unfortunately, I was there. Sad day... It appeared they were landing in formation and the guy on the wing (Gerard S. Beck of Wahpeton, ND) didn't slow down in time, or the lead (Casey Odegaard) slowed too quickly. Beck then contacted the rear half of Odegaard's aircraft and then rolled and cartwheeled.

    Footage here... P-51 collision

    :beer:

    Side stick

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    Originally posted by Fury220:

    Does that thing get SportCenter? I've been trying to get that on the color MFD in the T-38C, but I've yet to figure it out. I figure that maybe it would be nice to update my fantasy football team while Stanley is doing loops or flying localizers...

    ...yeah, that WOULD be a good use of the avionics.

    It does get XM WX/Radio... Kinda nice for those flights across the wide open nothing. (plus I suppose it [XM WX] is a nice little "safety" feature)

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    RIF Beginning

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    Originally posted by Pike:

    Ha, no, just restating my original point. That the way I saw this process performed sucked...and quite a few staying are tools...

    Sucked to say the least. It is purely a numbers game, of which I am one. There has been no apparent logic behind who stays and who goes, other than luck of the draw. I was among a board of ~10 of which all of us were INVOLUNTARILY separated. Not more than a month later another board of approximatley the same number went up, and everyone was retained? Talk about bad timing!

    Originally posted by Bender:

    I feel sympathy for all of you that got bad news yesterday. It's tough enough making changes that big in your life when you choose to do it in advance. Doing it on short notice when you didn't choose it, that has to be stressful.

    I wish you the best.

    I don't think for a bloddy second that what happened was the AF removing the tools from our LT force. That would be idealistic, I'm well past that point.

    I can deal with the separation, but as Bender said, it is a huge pain in the @ss to try and turn your life in a new direction, especially with a family.

    Hopefully these INVOLUNTARY separations prove to be beneficial to the AF and increase our war fighting capability.

    CV-22 Osprey info

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    I can't speak from experience, but a buddy of mine is a flight test engineer out at Pax River on the V-22 and he has flown the sim a few times. He only has his private with like 100 hours and has said that the thing flies pretty easily... Take that as you will. Obviously the thing has it's "tricks" to flying safely.

    Majoring in Aero Engineering

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    Originally posted by my_daddy_is_not_connected:

    Listen, I never wanted to be an engineer to begin with

    I think that sums up the post quite well. As you can probably tell, engineering is not for everyone. Or should I say Aerospace Engineering? Obviously there are some issues here. I guess my minor is coming in useful here... Any academic degree is what YOU make of it. There is going to be bull**** everywhere you go, learn to deal with it. But don't be the one dishing it out. As far as getting a pilot slot with an Aero degree, 3 of the last 5 guys at our det that graduated in Aero E got selected. I'm not sure if Reserves/National Guard is the topic of choice above but my point is that your degree has nothing to do with it. There is more to obtaining a pilot slot than just GPA, go look in the Pilot Selection Process forum.

    There have been some other good points brought up in the posts above.

    Originally posted by my_daddy_is_not_connected:

    If you THINK this shit is remotely your passion, aviation technology and an MBA with aviation concentration will put you closer to being happy around airplanes.

    If you want to be an engineer around airplanes, then do Aero E, if you just want to be around airplanes, take daddy's advice!

    [ 14. December 2004, 08:11: Message edited by: flynhigh ]

    Majoring in Aero Engineering

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    Posted

    What?,

    I had a summer internship at Cessna Aircraft during the summer of 2001 and got mixed comments from coworkers. I think it totally depends on what area you work in. I worked in the Production Support Engineering department and a lot of those guys seemed to have bigger goals, I guess it was more of an entry level type job. My roommate at the time worked in Product Engineering, or sustaining current products. He seemed to enjoy his work, worked a normal 8 hour day, and got along with his co-workers. He now is a flight test engineer on the V-22 out at NAVAIR in Patuxent River, MD, and loves his job. He travels alot, but for the most part I believe he works a normal 8 hour day.

    Hope that helps.

    Majoring in Aero Engineering

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    I'll second everything Sundowner said. I just graduated, in May, with an Aero E degree and as he said, you WILL have to sacrifice alot! Depending on your university that you attend, you probably will also have other "Technical Electives" that you can take to tailor your degree to your specific interests. Iowa State offered an occasional class on V/STOL, always had an Advanced Astrodynamics class (the basic Astro class was required for your degree), there was also Composites, Vibrations, etc... Keep in mind your area of interest will probably change throughout your years of college. You may think you want to get into Structures, but after you take one or maybe even two classes (two were required for us) your outlook may change.

    For me the hardest part of the process was studying every night of the week while my friends/roommates were partying it up. As far as the math, if you devote enough time to studying your Calc or Diff Eq then you'll be fine. Math is only hard if you don't study.

    Good luck!

    One more thing, when you earn your degree you can actually say that you're a rocket scientist...

    [ 13. December 2004, 08:20: Message edited by: flynhigh ]

    Vehicles while at UPT

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    I'll be heading to Laughlin for UPT in Feb and am married w/2 kids. My question is does anyone have any insight into whether or not a family of four would be able to get by with one vehicle while a UPT stud? I've been contemplating whether or not an extra payment of $350/month is really going to be worth it while at UPT.

    Any comments appreciated! Thanks!

    Seymour-Johnson and F-15E (Strike Eagle) info

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    Posted

    Originally posted by Toro:

    Sort of. As described, the intakes vary to optimize the airflow. As the aircraft approaches Mach, there is a diffuser ramp inside the intakes that programs down to prevent a shock wave from forming in the intake.

    Actually, shocks inside the intake is SOMETIMES desirable. In MOST cases, like you said, the shock is outside of the intake. A shock is purposely introduced at the intake during supersonic flight to slow the airflow going into the intake to subsonic speeds. When supersonic flow enters a nozzle (i.e. intake) it becomes choked, or the air flow is unable to accelerate past Mach 1. The SR-71 intake cones were designed for just this. The pilot even had to adjust the position of the "spikes" while the airspeed changed to maintain the proper shock system, if he didn't the engine could unstart (where shocks inside the inlet cause a loss of airflow).

    Check this site out, Supersonic Engine Inlets, I know its not a well known source... but from what I know it seems to be accurate.

    And I thought all that stuff I learned in my propulsion class would be useless. I guess I was wrong?!

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