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  1. heynowlookout

    C130 Selection

    I've heard nothing about us taking Cat 1 guys into the reserves again. TACAMO supposedly going back to C-130's in the future. Maybe that's what the rumor mill is about. From this article still seems a couple years away...
  2. heynowlookout

    Big Wing to T-45 IP?

    Over a decade ago I inquired with my xo whether it it was possible for me. His first question was if I had jet grades in primary. I fought through the urge to tell him I wouldn't be flying a useless window licking POS like him around if I had and kept it to a simple no. He said they wouldn't...
  3. heynowlookout

    Question about Aviation quals

    Simple answer, no don't pay out of pocket for civilian ratings now if the intent is they are for future employment after the Navy. It is much easier and cheaper to take multiple choice FAA tests and pay a small fee after winging or after an instructor tour. Sheppard Air used to be the gold...
  4. heynowlookout

    Which watch?

    I wish they had done a simple silhouette like that on the P-3 watch. I like all the other creative details but the aircraft looks cartoony and like shit to me. Had the watch for 4 years, I've worn it once because I don't like how it turned out.
  5. heynowlookout

    SWA: Sick out? Work stoppage? ATC? WX? Oppression? Violation of rights? Tantrum?

    No aircraft swap training issues for SW, they just allowed too many instructors to take a retirement. When demand came back there was no one to train all the guys on paid leave who lost currency. They scrambled to hire instructors and train them but that takes months. The company would love to...
  6. heynowlookout

    Does the Navy have a shiny pilot training program like USAF's UPT 2.5?

    Did the Navy long term loan some Bravos for this? Looked like all the training aids had simulated B cockpits. Is the AF upgrading A avionics to match? If not how does this program continue without Navy airplanes?
  7. heynowlookout

    Marine F-35 Down

    In general, with sufficient airspeed and thus rudder authority it's manageable. With unknown structural damage and potential fuel leaks causing weight imbalances and other unknown issues I don't hazard a guess. Absolutely no room to second guess the guys who put it down in a field if that's what...
  8. heynowlookout

    FY-21 CDR Board

    At least one questionable choice on the SELRES list...
  9. heynowlookout

    FY19 FTS Aviation Department Head Retention Bonus (ADHRB)

    Please no. We have enough work training the ones we already have.
  10. heynowlookout

    Reagan F-18 down in Philippine sea

    Marines synching up and wearing red shirts at a certain time of the month, sounds legit?
  11. heynowlookout

    NEWS Fuck You United Airlines

    Sounds awful.
  12. heynowlookout

    USS Fitzgerald collision in C7F

    I know at least two wearing hats and double breasted jackets flying out of Atlanta. Who says getting hired by a major airline is tough?
  13. heynowlookout

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    It also doesn't help that half of Navy VR(C-130's) is broke dick and not hiring. Unless that's changed that I haven't heard about, with no planes to fly I don't go in to drill that often.
  14. heynowlookout

    NEWS VFA-213 Super Hornet mishap in Key West

    Fuck. You read they both punched and were recovered and then you go out for the evening feeling ok. Then you come home and see this shit.
  15. heynowlookout

    IFR Flying in Different Platforms

    Yes, it is that bad and no, no real answer on when we get healthy.
  16. heynowlookout

    Aviators/NFO here, why did you choose the Navy over the Air Force?

    So your vast experience is an overseas squadron where it would be logistically very difficult to send you to IGS and a VR squadron. A VR squadron has 5 maybe 10 FTS pilots and many aren't located at a base with a large Navy presence, so you'd like to hold an IGS class just for you. Most of the...
  17. heynowlookout

    How about that North Korea?

    And where will VR crews get Thai food if Ban Thai is destroyed. Go to actual Thailand you say...Oh Ok, I can do that.
  18. heynowlookout

    P8 Timeline for NAS Whidbey Island?

    Are advanced quals, IP or MC, required to get flying shore orders these days? Not making IP, going to the VT's, and never setting foot in a VP squadron again was the best thing that ever happened to me.
  19. heynowlookout

    FRS for reserve aircraft?

    C-40's have been around a good bit longer than P-8 so the training has been too but perhaps down the road there could be some integration. Probably not though since most VR guys would prefer to stay as far away from VP stupidity as they can. C-130's is a 3 week course in Ft Worth with...
  20. heynowlookout

    NEWS SWA 737 Engine Failure - Diverts to PNS

    Probably none at 9 am on a Saturday. VT instructors don't get up that early on the weekend. At least I never did.
  21. heynowlookout

    reserves option if FOS x2 active duty

    Absolutely. Even if they can't work something till you FOSx2 at least you're already ahead of the game.
  22. heynowlookout

    reserves option if FOS x2 active duty

    You might want to prep for the scramble. From the CFSLW recruiting page at http://www.public.navy.mil/navres/cflsw/Pages/PilotSelectionBoard.aspx "Regular Navy applicants will only be considered if they have official documentation (e.g., BUPERS Resignation Approval Message, Letter of...
  23. heynowlookout

    AF Reserve/Guard to Navy Air

    Place to start in you're interested in Navy Reserve Hercs or 737's. http://www.public.navy.mil/navres/cflsw/Pages/PilotSelectionBoard.aspx
  24. heynowlookout

    USN Active duty first shore tour

    Interesting, if this is true it's a recent change and I haven't heard about it. Strange because as VR we don't even belong to the same wing as the VP clowns, that part I completely agree with. Either way a VT tour and its associated flight hours will set you up well for VR. I'm sure someone can...
  25. heynowlookout

    BOQ REVIEW's

    There now on week 3 of 6. No complaints. Nice 2 room suite with kitchen(stove/oven/fridge/microwave), comfy beds, tv with cable beyond AFN, wifi is good. Though the airwing is in town so you have to listen to that crap during the daytime:)
  26. heynowlookout

    Skipping IFS

    Had a kid in my TAPS class claim he attrited because he couldn't land, he was supposed to be an NFO. Suspected there was probably more to the story but didn't press, sounds like there probably was.
  27. heynowlookout

    T-6B (Glass Cockpit) Texan II PC Flight Simulator?

    No, there is not a T-6B equivalent to the Microsim(think that's what they were called) that we had for the -34 back in the day.
  28. heynowlookout

    GPA padding after college

    Yes, I had one of those 2.something GPA's and took some classes at the local state university campus after graduation. GPA went up a bit and no one said anything to me about it. That was 2006 though so your mileage may vary.
  29. heynowlookout

    O-4 List out (last year)

    Crew Pilot Training is much the same. Did my 737/ATP with them a few months back. They're in Miami though which was both more convenient and interesting for me than Dallas with HP.
  30. heynowlookout

    FY-15 ADHSB

    Yes, we did a non scientific scrub of the list in my VT wardroom and we only came up with one Primary IP(prior helos) and two guys from NFO primary(both VP), all 1310 who made it. There were probably a couple we missed but not many.
  31. heynowlookout

    Wiley X Fingerless Gloves discount?

    I teach a ground school glass at Whiting and just about every time as a class they discuss their glove order. Pretty sure that's how they work the whole more than 4 pairs per order. I also have seen the other brand of gloves once. They did seem much sturdier but I don't remember the...
  32. heynowlookout

    Corpus T-6 transition

    False, the rockstars are still going Jets and there's still plenty of mediocre and awful pilots going maritime. Don't buy the hype, you're not special.
  33. heynowlookout

    Corpus T-6 transition

    Don't know if it's slowed but still getting new planes at Whiting. Flew one with only the acceptance paperwork in the book the yesterday. Already had gripes for part of the interior coming apart. Came that way from the factory, so much for quality assurance.
  34. heynowlookout

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    You're doing it wrong. That'd be a neat trick, grabbing it from the luggage compartment on your way out. Or were you planning on hiking to the smoking hole and retrieving it that way?
  35. heynowlookout

    Couple of quick TW-5 questions

    The prop cares. No idea why they didn't just program it to maintain 80% to a lower altitude.
  36. heynowlookout

    Air Afghanistan

    I believe this is the full WSJ piece. http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2012/03/07/afghan-air-force-probed-in-drug-running.html Unfortunately, as someone who was there I think it's right on target. Bruiser, Klepto, Oz, and my six other comrades, I miss you guys every day...
  37. heynowlookout

    VT-3 Red Knights Google Docs

    He took a break from that to write me a ticket for parking on the grass next to the completely filled sim building parking lot.
  38. heynowlookout

    Which watch?

    Any further interest in doing something with Bremont? I'd be in for whatever, P-3, Centennial of naval aviation, general naval aviation? I have far too much tax free income in my account right now. Secondary question. Are watch prices in Hong Kong any better than the states? I'll be spending...
  39. heynowlookout

    Orion Obsession; giving it up for the mighty P-3C

    How many days of planning were required to get those two planes that dangerously close to each other? I'm genuinely surprised some skipper had the balls to do it considering what a complete pansy ass risk adverse community we've become.
  40. heynowlookout

    Can YOU identify with this ... ???

    I'm currently serving a 1 year sentence working in an Air Force unit and this made the rounds a couple weeks back. I didn't think you could have more screwed up bullshit rating system than the Navy FITREP but the Air Force OPR definitely has us beat in that category.
  41. heynowlookout

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    The P-3 community really went all out on a Centennial Paint job I see.
  42. heynowlookout

    Point Paper/Letter Re: Aviation Greens.

    Last two months to wear them and mine are sitting in storage while I walk around in army uniforms...sigh.
  43. heynowlookout

    DSN Morale Lines

    Unfortunately you're victim of my email quota being exceeded and me dumping my deleted items folder the day before. I'll ask a couple people to see if they kept it.
  44. heynowlookout

    DSN Morale Lines

    Such a list exists. It was sent out not long ago to all IA's. I'll look at work tomorrow and see if I still have it.
  45. heynowlookout

    Guns and your Individual Augmentee (IA) assignment

    Wow. I don't think I put more than about 150 rounds through my M4 and maybe 50 through my M9 at Fort Dix. Now exactly a high degree of experience considering I'd never shot a rifle before and had only shot a pistol twice before going there.
  46. heynowlookout

    Guns and your Individual Augmentee (IA) assignment

    Both. Was an IA but my command got it converted to a GSA so I could leave 5 months early and not come back.
  47. heynowlookout

    Guns and your Individual Augmentee (IA) assignment

    Yep aviators definitely get IA's. Getting on a plane this weekend to head somewhere shitty for a year.
  48. heynowlookout

    Which watch?

    Not currently deployed but getting ready to head out for a year to a mountainous tax free country so money will be no problem. I'll be number 2 on the list if anyone puts together a Breitling P-3 order.
  49. heynowlookout

    Imminent Fury/A-29 Pics

    You'll get no argument from me that we're worthless in that department.
  50. heynowlookout

    Which watch?

    This thread is going to end up costing me thousands of dollars.
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