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  1. some of the DUSTOFF birds have a FLIR now, yes, but it's not integrated like ours, and there are still limits imposed upon the Army crews about how low they can fly in low illum situations, which in turn mitigates some of the benefits of the FLIR. Theirs is mounted on the side of the nose, with an additional viewing screen mounted on the side of the center console (in front of the pedal adjust lever). It's an improvement, but not as capable as our system.
  2. PIO - Pilot Induced Oscillations PIS - Pilot Induced Shittiness
  3. which still didn't answer his question.
  4. bingo.
  5. stract

    NASA911

    the shuttle falls like a brick, so I wouldn't exactly call it a lifting body...
  6. The USAF uses the UH-1H and the TH-1H (rebuilt UHs with upgrades) as the primary helicopter trainer at Mother Rucker. Since you asked.
  7. which I would have done for you if only you'd posted 2 weeks ago...
  8. I was just there last week, and they do advertise having a website...
  9. negatory. Some of the buildings have a community kitchen in the basement. I was in the "new" building 22018 and the stove/oven was not usable due to fire code issues...so it may be the same in the other buildings as well. FYI, they (Lodging) aren't very friendly to having kids in the rooms due to the high number of aircrew there with crew rest issues. My class had a lot of feedback for Lodging on that one, so I recommend e-mailing the Safety School folks ASAP to get the ball rolling. Or, refuse lodging and find a place off base that the $39 a day (lodging cost) will cover (like Southwest Suites). They won't give you a non-A since it's an AETC/AFIT funded school blah blah blah.
  10. no, it's another dude, who spent no shit 30 minutes going over his resume with us.
  11. yes bring blues. Not much work required, took me about an hour to type out my article at most. Day goes from 0800-1600 then have a good time out on the town...I had a good time and found a lot of the information to be interesting. Not so much the metallurgic analysis, tho.
  12. or, a CSAR and a MEDEVAC roll down at the same time, and the Army takes the CSAR and we get the MEDEVAC (happened to us on this last deployment).
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93d_Air-Ground_Operations_Wing the 93d AGOW is the parent wing for all non-SOF ASOGs and their ASOSs.
  14. sorry, I got having AOs for it mixed up with it being an aeronautical badge. My bad. What they said above.
  15. all aeronautical badges are required to be worn, per 36-chow my hog. Parachutist badge is an aeronautical badge. I'll let you make the logical leap...
  16. I count 2 flight suits in the pic. Play a little Where's Waldo. Donk's not wearing his, either (only other person I can pick out). So obviously all who participated were told to wear ABUs, and those 2 other peeps I bet had really good reasons to be in flight suits. Whatever.
  17. at least Bagram calls it Combat Orientation and Combat Finish. And you don't have to wear a reflective belt in PT gear. Unless the new Wing King there has made some drastic changes, Bagram is the least Big Blue-feeling place of the deployed locations I've been to, considering there's a Wing there. The CCC is a great dude.
  18. the Japanese gate guards salute us, so I salute back. FlyinGrunt is spot on.
  19. I've already taken a fair number of ERAU classes online. I'm already down that road. All I want to know is about that SPECIFIC class. Was my request ambiguous in my original post?
  20. I don't have a choice. There's not an ERAU campus here. So I do the online gig. Do you have relevant info to add about the specific class I'm asking about?
  21. thread revival... I'm doing my masters through ERAU (MAS in Aviation Safety) for those playing at home...I'm interested in taking ASCI 516 "Applications in CRM", but I'm curious how time-consuming the online course is...I've taken a couple online classes that had a 3-page paper due almost every week, and I've had others where there's been much less active participation required. So who here's taken it within the last year or so and can shed some light?
  22. stract

    TCAS

    helicopters.
  23. ah, must have gotten them mixed up. Thanks for the clarification.
  24. the MGWT of the M is 24,000. That's 2 grand difference. Obviously that won't matter worth a shit if you don't have more powerful engines to offset. But the skin is thicker, it has fly-by-wire controls, glass cockpit, etc, so it would be leaps and bounds better than our current ride. Plus, all those upgrades weigh less...so maybe our zero-fuel weight would actually be reduced...plus the M has wide-chord blades, which would give us more lifties.
  25. you apply for TA electronically (AF Portal). When you apply, you choose the Ed office to send the TA request to. Since you'll be at Maxwell, recommend you call them up or see them face-to-face and you will most likely send your TA request to either them or your gaining base.
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