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It is how I first learned at 15 years old. Worked fine. You do not need all the theory before learning basic mechanics. When you get more indepth, of course that will be required.

That's very civilian though. Most civilian flight schools won't start you in ground school until you have some hours under your belt.

There just isn't much Stan. The Navy should put out a Stan for it, not just Part 141 school. We used a Jepp syllabus, it worked fine, but the instructors also have to be standardized as far as what they're teaching beforehand, etc. There is no excuse to not reading a Cessna 172 POH before your...

Sounds like sh!tty instruction. I got EP training, was required to read the POH before my first flight, know how the aircraft "systems" worked.

Try CQing :D

Yeah, I thought Sin City was one of the most god awful movies I've ever seen. I put Encino Man higher on the list than Sin City.

That's sick. That's not like holding off waves of attacks with machine guns, artillery, etc. That's serious close combat.

Now that's pretty. There is something elegant about revolvers.

Shortbarrel, light frame .44 Magnum... eek. I shot a heavy 6" version, loved it. Wouldn't want it in a snubby though.

No, meaning you need a minimum NSS.

Interesting. Thanks for the information, did not know that.

While a lot of people come into Primary wanting jets, you'll be surprised at how many change their mind by the time selection rolls around. There were relatively few people that wanted jets when I selected. Most wanted Helos. There are various reasons for this. There is also a no-sh!t cutoff to...

Contra is timeless, it's STILL fun.

Good luck getting pilots on board with that...

That's not true, but it's not the point of the thread.

Yep, wasn't trying to say one was harder or better than the other. Just pointing out that precision is a facet that has a place in all communities.

I didn't think 3Ps were allowed to drink, aren't you supposed to be doing your 5 hour preflight?

Go get a box lunch, why don't you?

That's straight and level flying *yawn*

This is universal of flying, no matter what aircraft.

Yep, PM me for the info. It applies to non-residents only.

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If you're refering to the NFO types, they've been flying the T-6 for some time now.

The original system is what you are doing right now, select at check-in. Then they went to selecting after AWI stage. It then went to CQ/SFT. I think the system now with VFA-122 is the smartest. It's easier to train a guy as an E, and then tell him he's flying F's, than it is to train a guy as...

The new Navy plan is a Hornet is a Hornet is a Hornet. I could do my JO tour as a F guy, my DH tour as an E guy, and a CO tour as a C guy. Not sure how smart it is, but ok.

Right now, there is a big rift between VFA-122 and VFA-106 as far as selection for E/F goes. VFA-106 has gone back to the original system of picking E/F at check-in. VFA-122 selects E/F before CQ or Strike-Fighter. The criteria as I understand it has to do with abilities as a pilot, abilities to...

Not since I was about 8. Don't really remember it.

Contra. Best. Game. Ever.

There is a bar in downtown Pcola that caters to Boston fans. Can't remember the name, but there is a Red Sox gathering there. Red Sox fans are everywhere. And for the Yankees fans? 2004.

No no, not a transition. I said the Air Force program of flying a different aircraft in your career is neat. Returning to your original aircraft would be what makes that neat. For example, flying a Prowler as your aircraft, and then doing a Hornet tour, then returning to the Prowler. It'd be...

AIM Surplus does that all the time, I hate it. Call them, you should get an answer that way.

Absolutely not!

I hated that question. Who cares. I don't care. It doesn't matter to me. Not one bit. Thank god I'm in Tacair... It's an old limitation before they went to 1015.

Always always always QA your gouge. There is a lot of it out there and a lot of it is bad, outdated, etc. If you QA your gouge, it won't bite you, so long as you know what the gouge means.

Yeah, I know, and it'd be SWEET, but that's hardly the norm.

Say it with me: WHO THE FVCK CARES This kind of knowledge is nitnoid and useless. It's trivia. Tell me how knowing this would EVER help you in the aircraft in an emergency? Is this something that's permeated through the helo community? Pathetic. Real knowledge, actual systems/EP knowledge...

I saw her reduction gearbox at the GE plant up in MA. Wow, that thing took a massive blow.

You reminded me of this chick that was on the machine next to me... on her cell phone. She dropped it and it smashed to the floor, she was all startled. I was laughing. Yeah, I'm a jerk, but she's an idiot.

I need hard music or fast techno to do PT. That kind of music doesn't... "pump me up" during PT. It's good music though.

I remember it being a JAG episode.

That'd be kind of neat if the Navy did that.

Where did the age cut off originate from?

Normally I'd respond with "Wow, you're a bright one", but you have a picture of "Revenge of the Nerds" in your profile and that's just freakin awesome. Lambda Lambda Lambda.

Confirmed, it was nuclear. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221182,00.html

Pictures help.

Yeaaaah, you missed that one. A bit slow? ;)

Makes me think of "History of the World" and Mega Joint.

Could you have posted bigger pictures? I can't see the dogs in those ones. Cute puppies.

THAT was funny.