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t-34 formation videos

KBayDog

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Some of the IPs fresh out of fitu I've talked to are already planning to be flying the t-6 during their tour here.

One of the NSE IPs on this forum recently did just that - started instructing T-34s, then rolled into T-6s. Perhaps he can weigh in on how that went.

The IPs I don't envy (aside from scamming two good deals in a row) are the ones who go from TH-57 to T-6. Imagine going from 60+ hours a month to less than two hours a week at times.

Oh, and having to use "runways" again. :D
 

Jim123

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Gatordev

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I'm sure I've just got it wrong with my Ensign goggles. From what I can tell, though, the t-34 fitu is still cranking out IPs so I wonder at what point they'll knock that off and just run with the guys they have until the transition is done. Some of the IPs fresh out of fitu I've talked to are already planning to be flying the t-6 during their tour here.

They may be cranking out T-34 IPs, but that doesn't mean they'll be dual rated. Historically, guys go through one transition at a time and then fly that airframe. Plenty of guys showed up at NSE and learned the Weiner, then went back through and learned the T-6 (whatever that's called). It's not a "concentric" process.
 

zippy

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Corpus T-6 IPs are not dual rated... They may still have their NATOPS qual in the T-34, but they don't instruct in it. Corpus T-6 FITU IPs are going through the FITU at Whiting, and are instructing here first to get to know the program before heading back to standup the FITU there. The two T-6s that Corpus has are fresh from the factory and being used for Mx training exclusively for the next 60 days or so. Last I heard there were some contractual issues standing in the way of Mx in Corpus supporting T-6 flights (If I never hear "It's not in the contract" again I could die a happier person) and it was going to be Oct, or whenever the budget is passed and the new contract funded, before they would support flight ops. That, just like everything else when dealing with the transition, is subject to change.
 
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