sky_king

Do any of you guys know where one can find the AETC patch with the ice cream cone?

As a LT, I'm thinking about telling a CMSgt to do pushups for taking the last Mt. Dew out of the snack bar just to get this thread back on it's original topic.

I'm still in UPT but I've already seen a few good ones. Obviously the standard 'test the pitot tube' gag is always good. Others I've seen/heard. We had a reservist tell a brand new student that Life Support needed him to pressure test his G-Suit. To do this, before you shut down the airplane, press the G-Suit test button until the G-Suit is completely full. Then wear it into Life Support for them to check for leaks. Makes for an interesting sight. The second prank usually happens when testing the microphone in the Scott Tester. The new guy is either told they should be hearing the Air Force song when they plug in or they need to call for the crew bus to come pick them up.

The sims are pretty worthless in my humble opinion for Contact stuff. I'd say the best way to utilize them would be to get ahold of the checklists and get good at those. If you get out there on your dollar ride and you get the jet running before the FUEL BAL light comes on (two minutes), the IP will probably be impressed. Other than that, the sim is awesome for instruments and emergency procedures practice.

Ask your leadership about it. I was casual at Moody. Now I'm in UPT at Laughlin and they let me pick the day I wanted to leave from 60 days prior to 14 days prior to my start date.

And to top it off, Jane Fonda ain't got junk in the back of that Honda.

I've got a 2880x2304 jpeg of the cockpit. If you have access to a plotter you can just print it out. If you want it, PM me an email address and I'll send it to you.

All I'm asking is the following. Will $1 invested from flight pay will give me the same amount of cash as $1 invested from my basic pay? I was just curious as to why we have the option of putting percentage of each Basic Pay, Special Pay, Incentive Pay and Bonuses and not just a set amount from our check.

Stupid question for you all. Do those B787 chairs slide back enough to walk in front of them and sit normally or does one have to climb over the center console?

Is there any benefit to investing flight pay over investing the same amount of money from your base pay into TSP?

foreign cars? bah, get some good ol' American Muscle

^^^ Drops to floor ^^^ [ 04. December 2006, 20:19: Message edited by: sky_king ]

I've flown 6 rides now in my pilot training career so far and I haven't crashed yet. So by my math, I have saved the AF $30,000,000. (six T^'s) I think that qualifies me for something right?

My dollar ride is today so any bets on how long I have until my first UPT buffoonery story? I'm going to stay about 6-9 seconds after the IP says "OK, go ahead and take the plane for a little bit." Update: It was about 6-9 seconds actually. My first military radio call ever, I use the wrong call sign. Dammit! [ 16. November 2006, 18:04: Message edited by: sky_king ]

Apparently, there was a guy here at Laughlin that just graduated that had a little buffoonery in the T-6. From what I hear, he forgot to attach his parachute risers to his harness the entire mission. That would have been an interesting dilema if he would have had to eject. At least he would have had his SSK all the way down to the ground... no parachute though.

Thumbs up, Lets do this!

I triple dog dare you!

Also, that may be the way the Hobbs "should" be connected, but when have you ever seen a rental airplane maintained to original standards? I got my PPL in a 1966 C-172 and I was just happy the thing got off the ground.

Some of my best hours were those spent just sitting on the ground with the master switch on. ;)

How many hours does a FAIP end up with when it's all said and done for both T-6 and T-1 FAIPs? I'm interested how FAIPs do with their number one choices after FAIPing as well.

... the term firewall would take on a whole new meaning.

From my experience, it's pretty hard to find a scholarship to fly. The best thing I tell people to do is to hang out at the airport and find that guy that loves to fly but doesn't care about logging the hours. Every airport has one and a lot of times, you can fly while that 'guy' sits there. I worked for a guy who sold airplanes. I would wax them for him and he would let me fly a C-150 for $15/hr (about 8 years ago). We'd also go to several fly-in breakfasts and he'd foot the enire bill. I'd log all the time.

When I saw the title of this thread, I was hoping for a completely different discussion topic. <pulls cranium from gutter>

I'm not Nightrider, but yes Ms. Patty is still the registrar...

The Army is a fighting corps, Fightings what they're training for. The Navy is a sailing corps, Sailings what they're training for. The Marines are a killing corps, Killings what they're training for. The Air Force is a flying corps, So what the hell we running for?