busdriver

Right on Hydro, kinda like planned ditching in a helo, the AC gets to ride the bird into the water.

Actually, I do know mister Ace_Pilot, and I did think it was funny. Probably because he is not even close to the "pimp" rapper.

The best part about the two piece flight suit is not completely undressing to take drop a deuce. It also has extra pockets that are nice if you're not wearing a g-suit. I haven't deployed when it's hot yet, but soon will. I'm sure I'm gonna love taking off the top, assuming the higher ups don't get pissed and make us get rid of them.

It can help with UPT if you ask. We had a guy wash out of my UPT class at moody, he ended up getting a shit load of backseat rides in IFF 38's. Since he knew he was going to end up a WSO, the IFF instructors started him early, teaching him about what makes a good WSO.

Flying Through Midnight Story about a C-123 flying FAC over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

If we're gonna change up the uniform, can we lose the gay ass powder blue shirts?

I got issued the basic old shitty G-Shock at Moody, but lost it within a year. The thing is, it kept time like non-other; as in I was never off more than a second the entire time I owned it(never reset it). I currently own a cheap POS timex since I don't really care anymore since I tend to use the clock in the aircraft and GPS time on the off occasion I have to use timed holding, for dead reckoning I have an egg timer type clock attached to my knee board. [ 09. May 2006, 22:19: Message edited by: busdriver ]

I lived on the north end of town and it still only took about 15-20 to get to peterson, with powers open all the way now, it's very easy to get to either base. As was said, there are some very nice places off powers. Also there's some nice and inexpensive homes very close to Peterson, I lived on Lewis lane for awhile, and found the neighborhood to be very cool. We had a neighbor who would ride his dirt bike over to bullshit with us and another who's kid would hide in the bush to watch us wrench on our bikes.

The best combat pilots are the ones who can think on their feet. As was mentioned earlier, post UPT most people can handle their aircraft competently. High SA and the ability to quickly adjust to a changing situation are very important.

I've found flight time has almost equal importance to age. So the guys who went through UPT late in life, lack experience but make up for it in maturity. So the old prior types may not have quite the same level of hands, they have much better judgement.

cracking throttles in the N model is in my opinion the result of a poor governor. If the rotor spins away from the engines in the 60, the engines will just idle for you. The setup is such that the 701 aircraft respond very well to collective inputs and they spin up fast, the 700 birds require a bit of a "wakeup" meaning you give a little collective pull before you actually need it to get the motors spinning.

CWO Durant... As for what I carry? I use a camel back as my PSK, so obviously water. I'll throw some power bars or something similar in there (incidentally, don't eat lots without water, you get more dehydrated). IR chem sticks (probably 20 or so). I put my extra ammo in there, and a big ass knife as well as the IFAK they issue us (improved first aid kit). That's pretty much it, I figure if I go down, and I'm lucky/skilled enough to walk away, I won't be going far as the guys in back will most likely be messed up and we'll be staying there doing point defense until someone comes to the rescue (ala Takur Ghar).

Helodude, this fuel conservation nonsense doesn't really apply to us as 60 drivers. Fours hours training for just over 4k of gas is probably the cheapist operational aircraft in the inventory.

Why would a FAIP get to leave the school house as an AC? While you may have great air sense, you don't know the mission at all.

we always joked that the course of fire for the M9 should include a section where you run away from the target and shoot over your shoulder.

here's another idea, when you have that burger burn charge some small amount from everyone to eat, two or three bucks isn't that much but would probably pay for the damn thing. We had a problem about a year ago with people taking IOUs, basically they didn't have the cash on them so they figured they'd pay later, and of course forgot. Basically we announced that the snack bar was closed until we got our money, less than a day later all our dough was back. Figure out were all the money is going and decide what the snacko is really responsible for paying for. Set up a seperate beer fund for the keg.

We haven't actually made the switch to ACC yet, but I doubt it'll change things too much as far as homestation.

Flight time comes and goes, when I first joined my unit, co pilots were getting the bare minimum of flight time. I was lucky to get one flight a month. This past summer a new co in my squad got upset that he was only getting two flights a week, after a good deal TDY that gave him several hundred hours. That being said, you can probably expect about 200 hours a year. Generally, it takes about two years to upgrade to aircraft commander.

My point was that non-members can't really internalize (sp?)why we do what we do with a smile. Recognition is supposed to be the culmination of a year of hell (basically). In this case, it's a step in the right direction. If you look back at the POWs from Vietnam, the grads all credit their freshman year with how they managed. Every elite group in the military has a selection process that is nothing short of brutal, the SEALs have BUD/S, special forces have SFOQT, not to mention RANGER qual, INDOC, Recon Selection, etc. Nobody questions the difficult nature of these courses, but ultimately they are all hard for the same reason; so those that make it through have no doubt about what they are made of.

trying to explain recognition to non-grads is akin to explaining why we serve to non-military members. I'll say that it is not just a couple days of PT/hazing.

Don't discount the 60, while I'll admit most of the time our mission is sitting alert, when a mission does come down it's pretty damn cool.

We didn't include the beers (AOR and all) but upped the Ambien to two, don't know exactly how long I lasted, things got a bit silly tho.

I could give you a list as long as my arm of good places to eat in town. Truth be told, there are very few restaurants in Albuquerque that I don't like. There are a boatload of bars, my personal favorite is Kelly's, they have a list of 20 or so in house micro brews that are great.

Ok, after looking through my 3-3, I've been only slightly humbled, "roll" apparently doesn't exist, in it's place should be "go" that being said, push still means shush according to my pubs..................Like I said, it's different depending on the airframe. All in all, I still dont' see that it matters one damn bit though, you might as well speak fraggle, as long as your wingman knows what you're saying.

Hydro, I don't feel like looking up regs but I can say with 100% accuracy that the only two terms used at Moody are push and roll. The fisrt being what Hoser called "switch" and the second what he called "go." I remember this being an issue during UPT as well, we had a prior WSO in my class who wanted to use the terminology she was used to versus what was being taught. I won't argue that we should all just agree on something to make life easier on the youngins, but in the end it doesn't really matter, given that it's all jibber jaber between you and two anyways.