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No, that would be when they create a Chinese C-2. Of course, that might be the only COD flying in the future.

I think when most people say “NATOPS” they mean the specific operations manual for the T/M/S. My experience is that “thirty-seven ten” is much more commonly used to refer to the big NATOPS.

You mean like 3710?

We have an RNAV Visual procedure to Rwy 4, but it’s not published (anymore) in FLIP. It’s pretty trippy since it requires an RF leg and a less than standard RNP value… while maintaining a visual. Apparently the VR guys wanted an RNAV Visual similar to what they get with their airline’s special...

This tracks with my outsider experience to the financial world. Their concept of stress deals with sleepless nights, not life-or-death experiences. As for the ego part, maybe that’s why I don’t really care that they make millions more $ than me. It’s not like they’ve landed on a boat.

@miss1ng thanks for the explanation. One of the issues with alternates is that the FAA will publish what I call a contingent A NA. It will show up on a chart as a regular A but will include what otherwise is an A NA in the front matter of the FLIP/TPP book. Also, high procedures will not have an...

Thanks for the quick response. -Do they teach that the A symbol could lead to a contingent A NA (such as “NA when control tower closed.”)? -Why are Trouble Ts reviewed for a missed approach?

What is taught about the non-standard takeoff mins symbol? (i.e., the trouble T) What about the non-standard alternate symbol? I remember being taught that the Navy pretty much ignores the Trouble T that since we have our own takeoff mins. However, there is a lot more under the Non-Standard...

I still think the Army is the worst at this, at least on the training side. I remember getting a couple hours of sleep after arriving at the gun range just because we would ruck there so doggone early.

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My only counter to that logic is that you are not in the process of exercising your airman privileges when flying military. Assuming that you aren’t doing something criminal, it would be difficult for them to have the justification. I’m tempted to ask my FAA counterparts what they know about a...

If you want me to ask the guy who puts that in the GP, I can. I’m pretty sure most of that section just references the ICAO verbiage for how to file. I’m also curious to hear if anyone, ever, had their FAA airman certificates suspended/revoked while flying a DoD aircraft. I don’t see how the...

Oh great, now we’re going to have another module covering Discord and online gaming!

The mission creep idea was always coming from the folks that wanted to sell more Ospreys. Every year at Hook, the good folks at Boeing would point out all of the wonderful missions the Osprey could do that the C-2A could not. (And it’s humorous that the article claims this: “There isn’t much...

I once flew a MEDEVAC where the patient had a brain aneurysm. We let the flight doc do some flying and became wide-eyed when she suddenly noticed the altimeter. When we showed her the cabin pressure (~4K) she didn’t seem too concerned. Of course, it would have been helpful to have known of any...

Eh? What’s the background to this? Space-based lasers are a thing.

This was exactly my experience as well. Ironically, now I assist in teaching a collegiate course called Principles of Flight Instruction. It is a mix between what the FAA puts out for flight instruction and some of the research-based understanding of how teaching/learning works. I think your...

Tough to say. He had just reassembled it and presumably was going to perform a function check...with a loaded magazine. I mean, technically it functioned flawlessly.

I‘m sure you can‘t mention it here, but I would be curious to hear your take on which parts of the IC did a bit better.

The one that almost got me did. I didn’t know that. I always thought it was either safety/decocker or decocker-only. Either way, my Shipmate was doing the “cool” thing.

And that’s how I almost got shot in Afghanistan with an M9. The Second Class I was working with was pretty distraught by the fact that his thumb (covered in CLP) slipped when dropping the hammer, sending a round into the floor near my feet.

It’s not clear (no pun intended) if DoD is going to follow visibility penalties for not flying CDFA within certain countries. The only pilots that show up at these working groups are from AIS (that Chuck just went to). The other participants have varying degrees of understanding toward the...

@ChuckMK23, I didn’t see your edit until just now. The fleet of Challenger aircraft are actually FAA birds. The flight check team consists of both former/active Air Force pilots and civilians. They work for both the USAF and FAA (and “wear” whichever hat is needed for the mission). It has got to...

@ChuckMK23, it would only happen ad hoc when a flight procedure needed extensive waivers for inclusion into FLIP. It is not documented to the same extent as mentioned in the AFMAN 11-230. I don't know if we have any of those currently in DoD FLIP. I asked a former NAVFIG TERPSter and received...

Thanks Chuck for posting those (and thanks for sending them yesterday to my work account). One of the biggest cultural differences between USAF and USN (and to a lesser extent USA) is what gets emphasized for instrument navigation. In a lot of ways, the Air Force is closer to commercial...

A couple of quick sea stories: -Flying into Okinawa from USS Boat, we couldn’t get clearance because our flight plan was not in the system. When I finally made it in and went to the Kadena base ops, I was told that they didn’t put the flight plan into the system because they didn’t have a letter...

Do they give a reason as to why it’s not approved? It’s almost humorous at this point. USAF and USN do not approve. Twenty other nations do.

I love San Diego. I’m from SoCal. I was stationed there twice and still have family there. I also had a SWO friend from church there in San Diego. Her advice: “Nobody is looking out for each other. A lot of people are becoming selfish. Go Aviation, go... whatever. Go anything but SWO!” Not for...

Reservists who use Jepp plates in their civilian flying tend to like using them for military flying. I think each have advantages and disadvantages. The whole point of DoD FLIP, going back to the 1960s, is to have the same format across US government charts. The FAA produces by far the majority...

I’m curious to hear your opinion on why you think Jepp is a better option, overseas but especially domestically. “The FAA has DAFIF for everything.“ -You have it the other way around. DAFIF is a DoD product. It includes all of the FAA data. “We had to do that at Whiting at one point because...

Well you could always break it down into horizontal and vertical vectors. Unless you’re perfectly stationary, surely you’re logging horizontal flight time.

Do you log vertical time and horizontal time differently?

Only flat spins kill, obviously. Lesson learned.

The popcorn machine in the briefing room… is it VRC-30’s? That’s where these scenes were filmed and that’s where we had the popcorn machine. That was also the location of the kegerator, but I didn’t notice a beer tap handle in the movie.

I didn't do the white t-shirt, but I did wear my G-1. The guy sitting next to me was pretty excited for the movie since he had done ROTC but was medically disqualified just before commissioning. He had wanted to be a naval aviator, so I didn't have the heart to tell him why I had the G-1. Let...

We would sometimes do the same thing in the Mighty COD. Or we would just wait until we got to our hotel's wifi. Field Carrier Landing Practice is what you should google. It's already been mentioned here, but that's how pilots practice ashore for landing at the ship. It has purely to do with...

Who gets winged before CQ? Or is this referring to the RAG or Fleet quals (but is in the training thread)? Otherwise Brett's answer is the cleanest: you get lots of practice. This was true when we had a pilot joining the air wing mid-cruise. He received quite a bit of FCLPs at home to ensure we...

Haven’t figured out how they would be organized? There is already a squadron and a wing. I’m a little confused as to what the current discussion would entail. The only off-the-wall idea we considered was to have dets report to a numbered fleet rather than the CSG. The idea was that the fleet...

Nahhhh. Iceman is PACFLT. Jon Hamm is playing CNAF.

There were so many factual errors in that article it was staggering. A C-2 can take 10,000 lbs (it can’t) to 1300 NM (it can’t). That’s rich.

...And I just received an answer. The T-6B uses Jeppesen and, for whatever reason, Jeppesen does not code any step-down fixes. Apparently it has to do with the system being so old that there just isn't enough memory for the number of waypoints. So with that said, good luck to everyone in Primary!

It could be the case that the chart needs to have a "3 NM to RW14", but I have yet to determine that. I also have not heard of other approaches that have this issue, but... it could not be isolated to just this one. That's why I'm trying to find what data source the T-6B uses. I checked the...

I’m not sure if it was the A or B, but you are probably right. I tried reaching out to some of the maintenance folks, but it was second shift by the time I called. The Avionics shop would have to update the database every 28 days, so I imagine that someone there might know. This is the first...

Does anyone know what the data source is for the T-6? Does it use DAFIF? Jeppesen? I'm hearing that certain step-down fixes are not showing up on RNAV (GPS) approaches. For example, Whiting-North ILS Z or RNAV (GPS) RWY 14 does not have JOHNC in the database. Anyone care to help??

What is implied with that? Should white males be quiet about issues regarding gender? That attitude would be both sexist and racist, so I doubt you mean that.

Are there any male nurses that are campaigning to change the word nurse? It originates from the verb to suckle from the breast, as in breastfeeding a baby.

If we are serious about word meanings, then perhaps we should make it understood that “man” is just the shortened form of both were-man (male) and wif-man (female). As such, it just means a person. There, problem solved.

Will more women become interested in aviation because certain terms (including airmen) are being changed? Is there evidence of this happening in any other industry? https://www.faa.gov/podcasts/the_air_up_there/?file=2021-06-23-015.mp3&permalink

I am instructing in a collegiate aviation program now and completely agree with you. Yes, there are some things that are different between civil and naval aviation, but there are far greater similarities. For example, the Navy only takes a few exceptions to Part 91. Most of the rules are the...

Let’s also face the reality of tacticool missions: you can’t do that and succeed at the COD mission. The COD requirements already are barely met by a 3 aircraft det. To add missions, you would need more aircraft, more crews, more maintenance teams, and more space on the ship. Just because an...