[Name that cockpit]

[Name that cockpit]

[Name that cockpit]

and both apache pictures are of the rear cockpit

[Good military/aviation books]

"Flying Through Midnight" by John T Halliday LtCol (ret) USAF, about his time as a FAC in Laos in a C-123.

[Aviation Truisms]

Here's one:

The ground has a Pk of 1.0

[Lifestyle of Helicopter Pilots]

60's at Moody here. Deployments tend to be pretty short and predictable.

[MC/HC comparison questions]

Question about the reduced amount of AFSOC drops directly out of UPT. Any hint that this is going to include helos as well? They planning on going back to the go to Hueys first to get "seasoned?"

[Cool Things About Herk Flying (or your airplane)]

Flying at 50ft, 120kts on goggles while dodging trees.

[The Fastest Pilot on Baseops]

0 knots, 600 agl

[Radio etiquette]

ATC, ha. "Jolly XX cleared to land taxiway charlie, remain east of 18L cleared frequency change to ground."

[General pilot lifestyle questions]

Line pilot in the 60s:

1700 rollcall (mass brief) how much before this you show is your call

1800 crew brief

1900 go grab a bite to eat

1930-1945 suit up

2000 In seats at the aircraft

2100 take off

0200 land mx debrief immediately (ac only)

0245 debrief (time for this depends on mission complexity, average about an hout) so 0345, out the door

so call it a 11-12 hour day on average if you're flying.