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That's a negative, I went through advanced at Vance so I got intimately familiar w/ AETC. There's at least 2 guys here who did go through Moody, one's a 45 guy (becareful of him, at times he sounds like he actually liked it there :icon_tong ), and I'm not sure what the other guy ended up...

90...and you are???

First off, my heartfelt sympathies for ending up at Moody and having to go through AFBS for primary, I pray the T-6 makes it worth it for you. I am pretty sure summer whites is the Navy uniform that is the equivalent for you. However, if in doubt, unsure, or can't find anyone to ask who can...

I thought everyone knew that this website is infact powered by The Cheat! They are selling stuffed The Cheat dolls on homestarrunner.com now. Your college major has absolutely nothing to do with how well you will be able to fly an airplane. The study skills you get from doing your college...

Anyone who knows someone who wants to go to Vance for primary, for any reason, please do them a favor and pull them aside and beat the living bejesus out of them for their own good, they'll thank you for it later!

Sadly, FlyNavy has hit the nail on the head. The demarat libbies want the draft re-instated in hopes of getting the sons and daughters of the upper middles class through the upper class into the military. That's great, just what I would want, a spolied brat who is being forced to do a job...

On mine I couldn't land at all. It was very gusty (20-25 kt gusts) and it took me like 10 attempts to get 3 landings in and one of those landings was, er, um, not something I would write home about. All the other attempts were waveoffs that I innitiated. Since I was doing what I was suposed...

All of the above is true, unless you are in joing training w/ the AF. If you fail an AF checkride, guess what, no one cares b/c most people fail them. True story. Every Navy guy I knew at Vance in T-1s failed a checkride, and when we went to tell the Navy Liason he was like, so what. I have...

I think the Navy still has reserve C-130 squadrons. I know at least a few years ago there was one at NAS Brunswick.

In my 7 months at Vance I never once saw a 38 do a break at anything over 70 degrees AOB, yet when I was at Corpus I never saw a 45 do a break at anything other than 90 degrees AOB, quite a sight to see!

You remember the old Super Mario Brothers games, the ones with the walking mushrooms, yeah, that's what those people remind me of. :icon_rage

Any chance they could divert some of those funds away from the AF 22 and give them to NAVAIR so just maybe we could get some updated equipment and more planes? I know the anwser to this is snowball's chance in you know where, but one could dream, right?

Hey Patmack, I can't give you too much insight into the specifics of E-6 life, but, here's what I do know. Going through T-1s at Vance sucks, but its a right of passage which everyone here accepts to get to the good life flying the E-6. T-1s is 7 months long, about a month of academics to...

Dave, glad to see you are having a great time in Meridian. I am finally having a great time at Vance... because I am done and on my way to Tinker come Thursday!!! Just wanted to check in and see how things are going for you and the other 28 folks down there. Lata.

Is have heard that E-6 drivers are coming in small numbers to Kingsville to be 45 IPs. Is this true? Are there any E-6 guys at Meridian as IPs? If any of this is true, what is the thinking behind letting these guys come from a 350,000 pound heavy to a fighter? On a side note, 12 hours to...

:icon_rage :icon_rage :icon_rage GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! Get 'em all boys, all of 'em!!!!! :icon_rage :icon_rage :icon_rage

I'll say upfront this was from about 6-8 years ago, BUT, a guy in my ROTC class had a brother who went to NAMI and they found a scar on his retina and he got NPQ'd :( Could things have changed since then, definitely, so get it checked out by a military doc.

I am 3 flights from being done w/ pilot training and right now I have about 225 hours under my belt not counting sims. I have heard E-6 pilots can get over 500 hours per year (praying this is true) and I had a P-3 FO tell me that a few years back 600 hours per year wasn't uncommon (this was...

Wowie wow wow wow, what set of events brought all these people out of the woodwork? Full moon, solar and lunar eclipse, planets aligning, solstice, I mean come on people, GET IN TOUCH WITH REALITY!!! :yell_125: Tell these people to go to China, or North Korea, or Iran, or Nigeria and try to...

My boss here at Vance is going to to UAVs (Global Hawk) pretty soon. If this is a serious question write back and I will ask him what the selection process is on the AF side. As far as the Navy side goes, I have no idea other than a lot of P-3 guys being very worried that they may end up...

FLORIDA A&M!!!!!!!!!!! :icon_smil At 14-16, who would see it coming???

I still have nightmares from it...sorry if that isin't what you want to hear :shake_125

I saw this topic posted on airliners.net and felt as though it would be a good one for here. I'll start it off with this response and see how many more good ones people can come up with. As one guy put it when asked this question, his response is: "I'd be forced to roll out my keg of...

Try messaging a guy whose user name is simply tacamo, he just selected it. When I was going through selection back in June, the NSS for E-6 was in the mid-50 range, guys who selected it with me had between 52 and 59. I have heard, rumor only, it has stayed up in this range. Before the P-3...

You are not serious saying that terminating the life of an unborn, innocent child is compassion, are you? That is one of the most disturbing statements I have ever heard in my life. NO ONE has the right to tell that child that he or she will be denied life before ever being born. Even if the...

You are right Hal, but everything you said is public knowledge. Perhaps I should have said the individual missions flown on each hop are classified.

Well, this helps prove what I was suspecting. I calcualted the costs fo flight school for me at about $400,000, and this says a Tanker/Airlift pilot costs just over $500,000 going through 37s not 34s (which I bet drives up the cost and makes up most of the difference). Those costs for F-15/16...

I'm a few weeks away from getting my wings and going to TACAMO. I can tell you all of their missions are classified, so anything you hear is public info or rumor. The det sites are Travis AFB, Offit AFB, and Pax River. The plane is a modified 707, if you want the details check out the Navy...

Try using only left rudder to get your separation, it works wonders. When using this technique, don't hold onto the stick, rather, make your hand flat and put it up against the right side of the stick so you won't accidentally pull it right when looking at your wingman during the change. Doing...

I was 4 years old sitting in coach on an American Airlines 727 enroute to St. Thomas to visit relatives (well, it was for my parents to show off my newborn sister to them, but that's not important). I remember looking out the window and I couldn't believe my eyes, looking down at Terra Firma...

AH, just wonder if you noticed the date on his original post? NOV 2002 :p Good link though.

Do you have the BUPERS cost for the guys they send to Vance for T-1s?

Could this be because the T-1s at NASP are (in a way) on loan from AETC? We fly at night as much as we can here at Vance. I got 11.3 night hours in the program, which was more than I got in 34s. And yes, the avionics in the T-1 are incredible, and now that we are entering the final phase...

Greg, its Jackson here if you remember me. Steve Sweeney is in VT-86, so maybe you can get a hold of him for some good gouge. I know him, Nunzi, Leslie Miller, and Susan Sacavage all went through the same one and liked it, I just can't remember which one it was. Best of luck to ya, hope all...

32.52 on like try #6 after getting nothing better than 0.66 on the first five :icon_mi_1

Dave, just saw the post. Yeah, there are now 6 (that I know of) 28 guys here and all of us hate this place. I am 11 flights from being finished thank God, so I should be finished in 3 weeks and get winged 5 weeks from Friday. I had heard that the new XO showed up to 28 a while ago. Its gonna...

Requires students to perform a monologue as though they were actors, now that's about the best description I have heard yet for standup. It just beats out: completely unrealistic way of handling an an emergency. I saw one AF duo get a wingfire at the 180 during touch and goes for a...

Hey, I am at Vance right now for TACAMO. I should be done with the program in 3-4 weeks and get winged 6 weeks from tomorrow. Write back to me late next month/early April and I'll fill you in.

Use the R/L arrow keys to maneuver around, plane loses altitude at a constant rate which you cannot control, hence why its so good for HAPL/LAPL practice. If you wanna see how good you really are, try it with a few drinks in ya, hehe. :icon_tong

I think for the T-1 when I heard that quote it was meant with respect to what it costs to operate the Beechjet 400 which is the civilian T-1. With commercial gas going from $2.70 to $3 per gallon that would be a huge difference there alone. Add in all the extra maintenance training planes need...

Check out this link. Just a warning, it can get addictive. http://www.severin.ch/krassair/

Can't speak for those airframes, but I've heard (rumor only) that the T-1 goes for about $1500 per operational hour $$$!!!

Hey, sorry it took me so long to respond, just finished my Nav checkride. Yes, Navy101, I am at Vance for advanced E-6. I have 16 more Xs till I am outta here and it can't come fast enough. They treat students like 10 year olds whereas I felt like a graduate student in Corpus. There are some...

Navy101, you have my heartfelt sympathies for the torture you will be put through here at Vance, so sorry.

I lived across the border from him in New Hampshire and I'll tell you he scares me . He's a typical Taxachusetts Liberal, son of Michael Dukakis, makes Ted Kennedy look like a moderate (almost), bad news for the working class politician. I get nervous thinking about any prospect of this guy...

I was having trouble with the ATS for a while till one instructor told me to, more or less, cut out the "relax" part of it. If you ride the plane right to the stall and be sure to never let it get past 30 degrees AOB (by doing like Mike Webb said), the plane will place itself in the recovery...

Don't forget about the Navy's best kept secret... Tinker AFB, OK

BRAVO!!! Glad to see someone out there who is telling the truth as to what is going on over there. Too bad the liberal media refuses to report these positive developments, guess that would be asking too much of them (as usual).

Webmaster, can you shed any more light on: "especially right now when no one is getting out, and ANY flying job is at a premium..." statement. I have heard this being tossed around and spoken of in several places but have never seen any hard numbers to define it. Does it mean fewer...

Extra time and experience won't hurt, but don't break your bank account to get it. There are a bunch of posts about this on the site, do a search for them to get more info.