HuggyU2

There's a reason you don't see near as many aircraft with the tail wheel mounted on the front end, doing back country flying.

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And they were taking ~11 months to get a new co-pilot through the syllabus. Unsat.

Well, I stand corrected. I had comms with AFPC and there is a meeting with OPM next month to discuss the program. More to follow.

2.5 years later, it appears they have quietly walked away from this idea. .

No. It's Pennsylvania.

Haha, yeah, right. Total pipe dream. You're probably one of those guys that thinks a spaceship can fly itself back to the launchpad and land in a pair of "chopsticks". Ridiculous.

Money for new programs: its why SecAF is trying to kill the U-2.

I'll see if I can contact the Lieutenant and get the details (and will post if I do), but around March we sent a casual LT to one of these flight schools to get some ratings, Enroute to UPT.

I bought MiG Pilot that night.

Definitely bring it back. I was a FAIP during Project Warrior's years, and at Laughlin, we used that to go pick up guest speakers in the T-38 to bring them out to talk to the Wing... usually done so they could go to the monthly Daedalians meeting that night. I flew to Oklahoma Cuty and picked up Bob Anderson, MiG killer and early Thunderbird. "Here's a helmet... unpin the ejection seat when I tell you. Questions?" Also got to fly back from Phoenix with X-15 pilot Pete Knight on my wing. Another FAIP got to pick up Victor Belenko. That was cool. After the Daedalian meeting, he wanted to hang out but most everyone left. So myself and 2 other FAIPs sat in the OClub bar and drank with him. Surreal. Project Warrior was a huge positive. But I seriously doubt our risk-averse culture would allow it to happen again like it did.

Tim Walz? Assuming he can load it.