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I'll caveat what I'm about to say by seconding that any and all preparation will only serve to help and not hinder you at IFS and anywhere down the line.
Disclaimer aside, I finished IFS within the last few months and aside from the initial academics and the first few flights, the supposed "fire hose" was not that challenging. There were plenty of those work load "valleys" at Doss as well. I was a zero-hour guy coming in, but pretty much breezed through the program and got seriously bored throughout the last two thirds of it. By that point I was spending about an hour a day doing mission planning and maybe another 30 minutes studying General Knowledge. The rest of your days you can pretty much plan on watching a lot of Hulu and playing volleyball with the other studs.
I'm not god's gift to aviation by any means, but I didn't come close to hooking any rides either. My suggestion to all is to simply chill out, and don't fret about studying anything but Boldface/OL before you arrive. You will have ample opportunity to learn everything by heart when you are there.
Do you give autographs?
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You can always go the "lab-mix" route, saw this pups twin on base yesterday...pretty sure no one from housing saw the actual dog! Not really sure how no one has freaked out yet.
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I predict that the Redskins will pull a classic Dan Snyder and mortgage the entire District of Columbia, sell half the team, and bring Steve Largent out of retirement to be Peyton's "deep threat".
depressing, and true. The only other option Dan Snyder is capable of imagining is trading away every draft pick for the next 3 years to get the Rams #2 pick and Robert Griffin. Either way the team and fans are ######ed.
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Unfortunately, the mug along with the owner have since retired as of January of this year.
That sucks, lot of good IPs there, but he was among the best.
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Take this hostage...you'll know when you get there
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the DOSS aircraft have the panels swapped, you'll sit on the right, with the instruments in front of you
I had 85 hours in the left seat of a DA-20 before i attended IFS...it took about 10 minutes to get used to flying from the other side. Flying the DA20 would be pretty helpful, IMO seat doesn't matter
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intense and impressive, great show
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for those who are racers or follow racing
Marco Simoncelli was killed shortly after the start of the Sepang GP...low sided in front of Rossi and Edwards, both hit him square on, impact was so bad his helmet was torn off. I saw a young rider hit and killed on the racetrack when i was still racing, and this crash was far worse. RIP 58
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*loosely related revival*
What is the range of an F-4D and F-4E point to point? Loiter time? Anyone?
Depends a lot on configuration? Clean? Two wing bags? Centerline? Wings and centerline? Loaded with stuff on the other hardpoints? Very hard to say without a lot of assumptions about configurations.
Loiter time varies with load and distance to-from base, but maybe 45 minutes at 200NM from base with a nominal load.. However, basic ferry range for the F-4E would be about 1000 NM. with internal and wing tanks only...maybe 1200 miles with a centerline tank added.
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Partners in an old T-6/SNJ. It has averaged a total of $18-21K a year based on a 100hr yr. This doesn't include hangar or initial purchase investment. Not exactly cheap, but it's standard category (you can charge for rides), aerobatic, and makes those cool radial sounds. We do a few mil airshows a year and they usually kick in fuel, oil, smoke oil which helps out a bit. Partnerships are great if you have some buds you trust that might want to go in on a bird with ya.
hangered at JYO?
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A true WTF? if you ask me (I apologize you have to watch the 15" commercial in advance):
http://xfinity.comca...mcast/14848679/
He hit the "full rudder deflection button"? Located right next to the door open button? Bullsh!t.
Barney
here's a pic of the panel...interesting configuration, especially if it isn't mounted upside down.
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Is TBs still around? Loved that place.
Oh yes, still rockin...if old people in shitty western gear is rockin
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yep, def should have mentioned that...I will be a student, with wife.
appreciate the input.
As a student you won't have a choice, you'll be on base. If for some reason they don't have housing (they had plenty as of several months ago), move on as soon as possible. You want to be close to your class for studying/partying, and being 1/4 of a mile from the flight line makes life easy. The only folks I knew who lived off base either moved on as soon as they could, or washed out.
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XL 11-08
T-1
T-6
T-1
M-28 - Cannon
NSA x3 - Cannon (all in their top 5 choices)
C-17 - McChord
C-17 - Charleston
KC-135 - MacDill
KC-135 - McConnell
C-5 - Travis
C-130 - Yokota (ME!)
C-130 - the Rock
C-130J - Dyess
T-38
F-15C - Klamath Falls (AD)
F-16 - Luke
T-6
NSA - Cannon
KC-10 - Travis
KC-135 - MacDill
I'm missing one T-38, I'm sorry, I'm hammered and I can't remember it, so if someone will fill it in, much appreciated!
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I bought my bike in 2003 and have PCS'd (changed addresses) 4 times since then and I still have my bike insurance through USAA. Maybe I'm just one of the lucky few.
lucky I guess. I changed bikes and they farmed me to progressive years ago. The initial rates progressive was quoting were actually really good compared to what they quoted if you didn't get referred by USAA, but within a couple years they were quoting me ridiculous prices.
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very nice!! I tried to find a superduke that wouldn't break the bank, the Zed was just too good a deal to pass up.
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finally got a new scooter, too bad the roads around hell rio turned out to be terrifying and boring to boot, counting the days until I get to leave
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That's great news, I just hope the local media didn't dork it!
Confirmed on the base. Both alive, no word on condition one way or the other.
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the posters have some differences from the actual aircraft, but its close enough, all the training posters in the Doss facility are different from the aircraft anyway
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from the article
"This is not a graceful or elegant creature. It's a ######ing angry pig that roots around in shit all day and gores lesser creatures to death with it's giant goddamned awkward tusks."
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Fellow Baseopers. I have been nearly driven off the road once again today by a fat chick on her cell phone headed to the Chick-Fil-A drive through (same place I was headed minus the drive through). My puny horn did no good as she was coming into my lane and I had to back off before I ended up eating pavement.
Does anyone have a suggestion for an aftermarket horn for my V-Star 650cc? I've been looking at electric horns and air horns. I need something loud, but also a type of sound that you can really hear. The Fire truck that I almost T-boned as he ran through a light on my way back to work has the type of sound that I'm looking for. I also don't want to spend a whole lot of money on, no more than probably $50-$60.
This is the type of thing I'm after. I just wanted some suggestions before I made a purchase.
Thanks folks.
I suggest a boot to the door, I kicked the living hell out of more than a few cars trying to merge into me, works wonders.
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Shorter? Really? I didn't think it was possible to make these crappy shorts any shorter.
sorry, I wasn't clear, I don't think they are any shorter, however they aren't 5x too wide anymore so you don't look like you're carrying a giant steamer in back, these actually fit
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you'd be wagering a lot on pure luck concerning timing. When I was there students lived on base, period. I left 10 months ago, might have changed, but if there is room on base in housing, plan on living in housing. The policy changed at least twice while I was there just based on how much room they had.