Seriously

Clearly the reason for his success.

If you went through UPT at Columbus, I think I know who you speak of.

To have to go through something so devastating twice... unfathomable.

Any plans to visit Columbus again in the near future?

A proud day for all of those fighting the Germans.

One of the reasons I wanted to become a pilot when I was young.

Whoever the controller was should be fired.

100% O2 always seemed more enjoyable to breath than OBOGS at MAX. That's probably just me though.

Most accounts say either a back up helicopter was used when the first went down or there were more than two helicopters to begin with.

UPT students have been doing this for years.

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What do you expect us to do, build more nuclear powerplants? That's crazy...

Boyd is rolling over in his grave.

Apparently, walking 5 feet from my car to the door of the barbershop with my hat not on might be part of the problem chain.

Oh Bollywood... you're so crazy..

38s are 300 in the pattern. Speeds are relative. You get used to it.

You'll find very few people who don't like the airframe they're flying. Pros and Cons to everything. As was said earlier, go into UPT knowing that you could get anything no matter where you place in the class and put forth your best effort. God will take care of the rest and put you exactly where you need to be.

Maybe that's how it was in the early 2000s when a typical 38 drop was almost all fighters. These days, FAIP is a good deal.

Caveat to this: If someone asks you what you want to fly, tell them straight up. There's no shame in wanting a T-38 at track select. During academics, study the CAI courseware AND the -1. Most dudes won't touch the -1 before hitting the flightline, but they're doing a disservice to themselves. The -1 is the source document. Reading it along with the CAIs will give you a much more thorough understanding of the aircraft. And read the threads Toro posted. That info is golden (especially the posts by Beerman and Danny Noonin).

Congrats Steve, well done!

Him him

I did that once and my voucher was still rejected... I wish I were making that up.

... The T-38 just got a new seat and there are excel programs that can calculate the TOLD faster than you can type in the parameters.

Somebody's been watching "Catch Me If You Can" a few too many times.

I don't know... That's not what CAPSoftSandy or Justin Dithmur said.