Toasty Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Here's a couple more... Is there any sandbagging on the 43? Just curiosity. What's the setup onboard like? Facing forward, facing the wall, windows/no windows, that sorta thing. Any good nearby housing developments? Might be interested in getting a real house, not an apartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasty Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Check it out- The 562nd added a new page to their website with a BUNCH of great FAQ for us. Cheers to whoever put that together http://www.randolph.af.mil/12ftw/12og/562fts/inbound.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gonads Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 No sandbagging since all flights start and finish at Randolph. There used to be cross countries, but I think they are gone now. As for the mighty A/F/B/W/U/H/OA/T-43A, its a gutted 737 with three stations each with four students. Two facing forward, two facing aft with an instructor in the middle and a hallway on one side. Windows are still there which are nice when you have enough time to look outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wxpunk Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Cross countries are back. I think they went away for about a year. The flights are cake, even the IM flights. Which brings me to another good point: IM sucks a$$. All the rumors you have or will hear about IM are true. Buckle down and you'll be fine...at least 85% of you will (we dropped three from our class of 21 in IM). Gonads has some great points. Good Luck! ------------- Wxpunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasty Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 And IM is...what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elroy Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Intermediate. It follows Intro to Nav, FUNdamentals of Nav, and Systems Navigation. I just had my first flight this afternoon. Not really that bad. Alot different from GS zero though. [ 20. April 2006, 16:47: Message edited by: ElRoy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Crow Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Originally posted by Wxpunk: Cross countries are back. I think they went away for about a year. The flights are cake, even the IM flights. Which brings me to another good point: IM sucks a$$. All the rumors you have or will hear about IM are true. Buckle down and you'll be fine...at least 85% of you will (we dropped three from our class of 21 in IM). What're you talking about? IM was great fun. Burning pencils, helmets and foot-switch. Besides getting my wings, the hour after my IM check was probably the happiest moment of nav training. It was finally over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saluki CSO Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 That was the greatest post I have read yet! I have a 11 June report date and a class start of 29 Sept for Randolph...and I am def looking forward to it...well and the paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Cross countries never went away, they just went from 3 days to 2 days. Which had a huge impact because you couldn't drink on the last night (bottle to throttle) meaning you only had one night to hit the town. They are going back to three days now, however...apparently we are being let out of the penalty box early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirjrod00 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 We went to Key West in February...left on Thursday, came back on Saturday. Things were pretty strict...students couldn't rent cars and had to ride with the instructors. There were some events that led to this, so maybe now things have calmed down a little bit since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 We went to Key West in February...left on Thursday, came back on Saturday.Yeah, you're right...my basic math skills are apparently non-existent. I meant they went from 4 days to 3 days. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Crow Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Originally posted by Mark1: Yeah, you're right...my basic math skills are apparently non-existent. I meant they went from 4 days to 3 days. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Navtastic Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Originally posted by sirjrod00: We went to Key West in February...left on Thursday, came back on Saturday. Things were pretty strict...students couldn't rent cars and had to ride with the instructors. There were some events that led to this, so maybe now things have calmed down a little bit since then. We went to Key West in Feb of last year. I rented the ride. We got an extra day of fun in the sun due to icing and turbulence along our route the day we were supposed to leave. Awesome. Have y'all thrown a blanket party for the j_ck_ss that created all the drama yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikedjp Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Originally posted by Navtastic: Have y'all thrown a blanket party for the j_ck_ss that created all the drama yet? The main culprit isn't even in the air force anymore, at least for the last incident. the accomplices all got LORs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Mikedjp, the cross countries being shorter has nothing to do with that incident...and the man you speak of is still in the 562nd (busted down to 0-1), however soon to be outprocessed. The cross countries were reduced to 3 days after somebody "fell" through a storefront window and the plate glass came down on top of them doing some damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirjrod00 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Originally posted by Mark1: Mikedjp, the cross countries being shorter has nothing to do with that incident...and the man you speak of is still in the 562nd (busted down to 0-1), however soon to be outprocessed. The cross countries were reduced to 3 days after somebody "fell" through a storefront window and the plate glass came down on top of them doing some damage. Yea that's right...my class's first cross country was canceled because of this, then our second one was made even more fun because of those guys that went on that little car ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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