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Sh!t, I've stumbled into CE's forum by mistake. Anyone know the link for the "military aviation" forum?

I was a go cart mechanic on the beach growing up. Great job!! Many new vacationing Coeds every week.

I was non prior "off the street" when I applied to my reserve unit. I had a crappy GPA, 85.1 hrs & a PPL, and a 99 PCSM. The board was concerned about my GPA and my ability to cut it in UPT. I must have done well in the interview. A Col on the board said to me, "We've never seen grades this bad with test scores this high. What happened?" I was honest. I told them (the board) that I had a lot of fun in college. I told them I was immature in college, chasing women and drinking beer and now I'm an adult. It must have worked, this was in 1998 and now I'm an instructor pilot in the unit. I've sat in on probably a dozen interviews with variors pilot applicants. We've said no to guys with who look awesome on paper-2000hrs Com MEI, this guys a stud - then he sucked in the interview and came off as an ass. We've said yes to kids with 40 hrs, look crappy on paper, and a good interview. You've got to be your own best salesman. In the guard and reserves, most board members are thinking "Could I fly with this guy or live in a tent with this guy?" Good luck.

Every airdrop pilot in the J can use PFPS/CAPS/TASM for CARP planning, it's not like it's that hard. I could show someone in 2 hours all they would need to crush a RAM in the J-model. In the E-H model what happens if the nav chokes on a chicken bone or gets sick? Do you still drop? I've seen that before- the nav filling bags on the run-in. You know something I haven't seen in 2000 hours on the J model- a computer failure that kept me from dropping. Go figure. I'm not throwing jabs at navs, some of my good friends are navs. Fill a plane with pilots- see if it can get airborne. Fill a plane with navs- you get the point.

I flew with a vietnam era guy who recently retired. During an ASEV checkride, he "wore" his gloves under his headset on top of his head. The evaluator asked him about it and he quoted the reg- gloves are required to be worn- it doesn't say how to wear them. I think he Q-1E'd the checkride. The Air Force sure knows how to sweat the small stuff.

I smell a thread lock coming.

It works still. I used it last month. The airman processing my travel voucher didn't know about the 24hr rule and wanted a non-avail. I told him to find a supervisor and ask about the 24hr rule. He came back and processed it no problem. I used to keep a copy, i'll try to find it.

I'm with b52gator on this one. Pretty soon you'll get in trouble for not wearing enough squadron "flair" at the hooch. Save the 'rita machines for a fern bar and stick with beer, bourbon, scotch, etc in the ole SQ bar.

I had an F-4 WSO say this to me the other day describing his time in the AF, "We used to drink whiskey and f#*k women, now we drink diet coke and f#$k each other (meaning-stab each other in the back- not sneaky-navy-man-love).

Southwest and Airtran have many fares for under $200.00 :D I used to wash planes for a flying club, every plane washed was a $20 credit and a C-152 cost $32.50 an hour wet (1995). Edit-spelling [ 26. April 2006, 07:23: Message edited by: slacker130 ]

why did you guys slow so early?

Expect that they hate the J model. (just kidding, but they did) Overall, great training. I thought the key to success was good CRM. They'll try to overload you with 9 lines and threats at inconvient times. If you have a good crew, it will be great training. Enjoy the LLAT course and don't puke.

I think calling the J model a C-130 was a mistake from the begining. You're trying to fit a much more capable airframe into existing regulations and procedures, therefore losing much of the gained capability. We've finally gotten away from that. I vote naming the C-130J the C-169. Because 169 is 30% more than 130 (if my math is correct), and that's about what you get. A 30% more capable airplane.

Above is the proof you need why the MPD program sucks a$$. 1/2 a TAC ride to be a good copilot? You illustrated my point perfectly. Thanks.

Huge generalizations follow- Some of MPD guys think they're better than they are, they think they know it all or can do it all. I remember being a copilot and keeping my mouth shut for the first 300 hours. I just tried to learn and that's what my peers did also. Little rock has sold these MPD guys a bad bill of goods. They don't get profiecent in any seat. They suck in the left seat and they suck in the right seat. Bring back copilots. Make a guy good at one job on the plane. Not some pilot who thinks being an A/C is just about flying in the left seat- and they can do that too.

And we care what the Navy thinks of us because why? Oh wait, we don't. Have fun on your next cruise with your 5,000 shower mates. Remember when it's your turn to drop the soap. [ 15. March 2006, 07:47: Message edited by: slacker130 ]

Rule #1- don't trust your recruiter. If all you want to do is be a pilot; don't apply for any other career field. If you can be happy being a bioenvironmental engineer or a pilot, apply for both (chances are you'll be a bioenvironmental engineer).

Well, since someone is dredging up the past, I feel inclined to post the following: The Complete Military History of France · Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. · Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." · Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. · Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots · Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. · War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. · The Dutch War - Tied. · War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. · War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. · American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome," and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting." · French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. · The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. · The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. · World War I - Tied on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." · World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. · War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu · Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. · War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?" but rather "How long until France collapses?"

Here's an article about the treadmill debate. Enjoy avweb

You're relating it to you on a treadmill, it's completely different. You produce "thrust" through your legs and feet which the treadmill works directly against. An aircraft produces thrust independent of whatever happens to the wheels. Don't get fooled into think of this relative to a car or yourself on a treadmill, it's completely different. How about this, put a car on a treadmill and tie a chain to the car and to your buddy's truck. Put the car in neutral and start the treadmill slowly, what happens, the wheels spin and the car stays in the same position. Now run the treadmill up to 100mph and have your buddy put his truck into drive. I bet he doesn't even have to press the gas pedal to pull you off the front of the treadmill, because his truck is not being effected by the treadmill except to overcome your tire/bearing friction (which is minimal). It's the same with a prop or jet, the power plant has to overcome the wheel/bearing friction and that's it, the plane moves forward. The treadmill cannot effect the thrust of power plant thru the wheels of a plane. The bigger question is if you put a plane equiped with skis on a nordic track cross country ski machine, will anyone give a f#ck?

It will fly. The wheels will spin at twice the takeoff speed but the plane will fly. Don't be confused with walking against a escalator or a car on a treadmill because your legs or the cars wheels movements are being negated by the movement of the treadmill-not so with an aircraft. Experiment 1 tie a rope to your friends truck and around your waist, put on rollerblades and stand on a treadmill. Everything is static- truck in park, treadmill off. Turn on the treadmill to 5 mph, do you go off the back? no because a force outside of your wheels is "holding" you on the treadmill. Turn the treadmill up to 20 mph, your still there with your rollerblades spinning. Have your buddy put the truck in gear and see what happens- you get pulled off the front of the treadmill. Experiment 2 Find a big ass treadmill and turn it up to 100 mph. now taxi an aircraft to the edge of the treadmill and just put the nosewheel on the treadmill and the mains on the surrounding ground. What happens? the nosewheel is spinning and the mains are sitting on the ground. push up the power and what happens when all the wheels hit the treadmill? All you have to overcome in order for the plane to fly is the wheel friction. Can you push a 152? how much force do you need to push it? 60-70lbs? so it take 60 lbs of force to overcome the wheel friction. well if a prop produces 700lbs of thrust for the 152 what happens to the other 640lbs of thrust? it generates forward movement of the airframe regardless of the wheels. So if takeoff speed was 100kts the treadmill would be spinning at 100kts the other way and your wheels would be spinning at 200kts. Thrust is independent of the force the treadmill will exert on the wheels. take a hot rod on too a frozen lake and floor it. what happens? no movement because the wheels are spinning like crazy. Take a plane on the same frozen lake and push up the power, what happens?

Wow, bragging about how fast you go in the herk? Come on, that's crazy fast. Copilot- "Wake up, put down the box lunches and hang on...I'm pushing it up to 1010!" The rest of the crew- "whatever." Don't brag about how crazy fast the herk goes in front of crews from other airframes (except T-37 FAIPS), that's just embarrasing. Even when I've seen 355 ktas, I wouldn't brag, except in front of other herk guys. Remember, slow is cool, especially on the way back to the deid from east (not really, slow sucks, especially when you miss the beer.)

What do you do when your dishwasher quits? Slap her. A rich guy and a poor guy were talking about what they got their wives for Christmas. The poor guy asked the rich guy, "What did you get your old lady for Christmas?" The rich guy said, " I got my wife a Mercedes Benz and a Mink coat." The poor guy said, "Wow! Why did you get her that?" "Well, I figured if my wife didn't like the mink coat, she could take it back in the Mercedes" the rich guy said. "What did you end up getting your wife?" asked the rich guy to the poor guy. "Well, I got my old lady a pair of socks and a dildo" said the poor guy. "Why in the world did you get her that?" asked the rich guy. To which the poor guy responded with a grin, "I figured if she didn't like the socks, she could go F#$k herself." Remember folks, take care of your bartenders and wait staff and the 730 show is not the same as the 1030 show.

The Complete Military History of France · Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. · Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." · Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. · Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots · Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. · War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. · The Dutch War - Tied. · War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. · War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. · American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome," and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting." · French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. · The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. · The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. · World War I - Tied on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." · World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. · War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu · Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. · War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?" but rather "How long until France collapses?"