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Here is the link for COS off of Airnav.com, it doesn't list the Aero Club, but i'll PM it to you when I find the link. KCOS

Merqutio, have you looked at the Peterson AFB flying club? My uncle instructs there, and I felw out of there once. Good planes and good people.

Wow, I must say I wasn't sure whether or not I should barf or laugh during that ordeal. My DE for my intsrument ride actually told me that diarrhea constitutes an emergency and you should declare it accordingly. He told me that you never know how bad it'll get and he's seen accident reports describing the "mess" that ensued after such "accidents."

I knew the T-1 wasn't because it is a Beech 400 and I have been in one of those. But he adamantly swore that several IPs told him they both were. Oh well, good to know that the T-38 is. Thanks guys.

I was talking to a cadet today and he insisted that both the T-1 and T-38 are multi-engine centerline thrust. Is this true? I have always thought that the Tweet was the only centerline thrust trainer.

HD- The newest BDUs look pretty good imho. The blueberry suits were oberwhelmingly denied. Agreed on #2 though(like I have any room to agree).

To act as PIC, you must be instrument rated and have 250 hours logged. I can't find the co-pilot requirements, but I believe they are PPL and 200 hours. The best way to get started with them is to find people at your airport that fly these missions, and ask them if you can ride with them if they aren't full. The parent has to be in the back with the patient, so the front seat is usually open.

Have you ever done an Angel Flight? That is a great program for volunteer work, plus you still get to fly. You can be a pilot if you have your own plane or want to rent. Or you can co-pilot and fly with other people. I know of co-pilots that have gotten rides in sweeeet planes. Angel Flight America . You should check it out.

Oops! I have been getting free catalogs for years from Sporty's in hopes of winning a Skyhawk. I retract my previous post. I recomend Best Pilot Shop Ever! :D Well there's 2 of 5000.

Try out the sporty's Wright Brother's collection too. Sporty's Wright Brothers

The people that posted comments on that site are freakin idiots. Thank God for baseops! BTW- When did the Air Force acquire Harriers?

I can't believe this thread has continued for so long. But on a side note: I know an NTSB investigator, and SHE loves to take the Decathlon out and do aerobatics. It's kinda scary when she talks about every fatal Decathlon accident ever and how it happened as she finishes a loop. Maybe I'll get her to sweep up my ashes after finishing this video. You just gotta remember to toss the logbooks into the flames. :D

Alls you have to do is take some time to carefully plan your flight with your wingman ahead of time. You can then call tower as a flight of however many and be on your merry way. You don't have to be that close to get good footage in a 172. I am gonna make a video pretty soon and I bet you guys will be impressed. No offense to the T-37 guys, but the Tweet Rage video didn't feature anything "difficult." In fact, I think that was the point. We should be able to mimc the flight pretty closely.

I also work at my local airport. I am a Gulfstream detailer. Some of the advantages of my job are good pay, extremely flexible hours, and best of all, you meet a lot of cool people with really cool planes that are happy to take you up and give you safety pilot time. I used to work 30-40 hours a week at Target while taking 16 hours of school. That was definitely not the best choice to make. My advice is to find something that is flexible above all else. That way you don't have to miss activities and important stuff because of work.

I am gonna take up the Grumman Tiger and make a good video. It has awesome visibility, so it should be sweet. Either that or use the Decathlon and actually do some aerobatics.

No. You must either be with a CFI, have your PPL, or have a sign-off to solo. There is no limit to the number of solo hours you can earn. Solo hours are counted as Pilot in Command (PIC) time which are very valuable for later ratings. If you solo in like 10 hours, you could spend close to nothing if all you want is to build time. From there, rent a plane for ~$50/hr. and knock yourself out.

Cool video, music.

Check out the FARs. If you thought recreational pilot is gay (it is), the limitations of sport pilot will astonish you. All you have to do anyways is solo the crap out of a 152. You don't need a PPL to log time, and you should be able to solo within 15 hours or so, so you can't beat that for cheap.

Wow, if any more of these videos come out, I'm gonna have to change my callsign to f15wannabe.

Hey, I was approached by a Marine recruiter about their guaranteed aviaiton program and it sounds like a sweet deal. Anyone have stories or advice about how the Marines do things; flying in particular. I know they train with the Navy guys, but what kind of crap do they do after that? Any comments good or bad are aprreciated.

Wnanna- The Navy version of the DP test was a big computer with 6 sections of three lines of dots. These sections are lettered A-F. You need to get to D to pass.(which I did) The DoDMERB folks said that they didn't understand the results, so now I am on to my 5th test for DP. CrewDawg1- The "Magic Eye Method" is just a term for the 3-D picture method. If you apply the same stereo vision principles to the DP test, you'll pass. Search for "Magic Eye" on Google and practice thoe images.

I used the "Magic Eye Method" and it worked for me on the Navy version of the test. Now, I have to go try it for the AF again. Good Luck!

"I like it black, like my men." :D

In addition to the previous joke. Pilot: Well, I've been here once before, but it was in a different kind of Boeing, and I only dropped something off. :D

Hopeful_Pilot, there used to be a radio DJ that would open his show with a joke like that. DJ: "It's 4 pm for all you civilians, 1600 for the AF and Army folks, 4 bells for the Navy guys, and for the Marines, Mickey's big hand is on the twelve and the little hand is on the four." Here's one I heard when I was younger. It's set in a school and a former RAF fighter pilot is talking about his WWII career. RAF pilot: So these Fokkers would group up and try to shoot us down one by one. These Fokkers didn't quit either. I'm tellin you the Fokker's were brutal. I shot several of the Fokkers... Teacher: Now kids, the Fokker was the name of the German's planes. RAF pilot: Hell no, these Fokkers were flying Messershmits. BTW- What do you tell a woman with two black eyes? Nothing, you already told her twice! What's the first thing a woman does when she gets home from a battered wives meeting? The laundry if she knows what's good for her. A pilot informs the crew that the plane is going down and everyone will die. The stewardess runs to the cockpit and says to the pilot... "make me feel like a woman one last time before we die." The pilot takes off his shirt, throws it on the ground and says "fold it *****." :D [ 21. October 2004, 18:52: Message edited by: c17wannabe ]