D-ron

Well, I'm not sure where you got your info from, but that webpage isn't updated. It says packages are due in 15 Dec 2006. If you got your info from somewhere other than that webpage, then I apologize. If anyone finds out anything more, please post. I'm thinking about applying to this unit, but I already have an OTS application in for 08OT01, so I haven't 100% decided if I want to go ANG yet Darin

Damn straight!

God Bless

Which, btw, is simulated in FSX and FS2004 along with torque effects.

That's fun to watch. It looks like both front wheels go flying off in different directions. As far as the people not stopping to help - 1. I'm 90% certain he was killed on impact, and if he wasn't he was burned to death within 10 seconds anyway. 2. The retard was running from the police so perhaps he deserved what he got... but maybe I'm just a standard American, hehe.

In my opinion the best practice is MS flight simulator and fly a helo. Buy a cheap joystick and some CH rudder pedals and your good to go. The good thing about flying a helo is that it forces you to track two things independently (2 dimensions with cyclic, 1 dimension with tail rotor) just like in the TBAS. Make sure you practice hovering because that's where you are really working. Flying a fixed wing a/c is ok too, but you're not forced to fly coordinated especially since in a simulator where you don't have that seat of the pants feeling. ymmv -Darin

Reminds me of a book I read called "Blue Skies" an autobiography of a Spitfire pilot. here's a copy and paste.... ... "My first view of the tiny island of Malta is still a vivid memory. Through the mid-morning haze, it looked like a small golden leaf floating on the sea. I thought it looked ridiculously small, measuring roughly seven miles by fourteen miles, and our new airdrome, Takali, stood out as obvious and exposed. "Gonda control," called Duke (Arthur), "Tampax squadron requesting landing instructions." The reply came from Malta control: "Say again." Duke returned, "Tampax leader requesting landing permission." Gonda control again asked, "Say again, please. What call sign?" Duke, now impatient, "Tampax leader." "Please repeat call sign," intoned Gonda control. By now Duke was obviously exasperated and certainly still seething over the loss of Cam. He roared into the radio, "Tampax leader. Tampax! Tampax! The stuff you shove up your snatch." I could visualize the horror, the giggles, and the consternation that must have swept through the operations room. After another delay we finally received a polite and quiet reply instructing us to land at Takali airfield."