Well, I have had my first few events in the actual jet now and lets just say the jet is not the simulator. I was doing really well in the sims and got to the jet thinking it wont be so bad, right up until I took the controls ar 400' AGL and started off on the SID. From then on I never caught up to the jet on the first flight.
For those that dont know, in Jets you start off doing BIs and RIs, so you have 27 events (17 sims and 10 flights) on instruments before you get to look outside.
The rest of BIs got much better and I realize that the jet is actually easier to fly than the sim, but there is so much more going on, trying to talk on the radios and keeping up with the navaids. Coming straight out of the T-34 into the T-45C is a big step in itself, but the instructors here have only delt with Advanced studs with 100 hrs in the T-2, and have a good feel for how talking on the radios go. So they are not used to the T-34 studs who talked on the radios for all of five or six RI flights four or five months ago. Although my head was ready to explode at first it comes very quickly.
For those of you in Primary, to my dismay BIs in the Jet are not the same as BIs in the T-34. The first time in the jet, we did some high work( S-1, S-3, and stalls,etc..) Then shot a High Tacan App, followed by a PAR, followed by an ASR (partial panel). The second flight is just approaches. A high tacan, an ILS, PAR partial panel, ASR and a No Gyro GCA. Your BI check is a High Tacan partial panel, ILS, PAR part. Panel, No Gyro GCA and some high work.
Lets just say this was a lot more than I expected for Basic Instruments. But, at the same time its very doable. Still have some RIs left and then its off to FAMS, probably about two weeks. Thats when the fun stuff comes and we get into the front seat and get to use the HUD.
Not quite as interesting as when Matt used to talk about ACM and stuff but taht will come in due time.
For those that dont know, in Jets you start off doing BIs and RIs, so you have 27 events (17 sims and 10 flights) on instruments before you get to look outside.
The rest of BIs got much better and I realize that the jet is actually easier to fly than the sim, but there is so much more going on, trying to talk on the radios and keeping up with the navaids. Coming straight out of the T-34 into the T-45C is a big step in itself, but the instructors here have only delt with Advanced studs with 100 hrs in the T-2, and have a good feel for how talking on the radios go. So they are not used to the T-34 studs who talked on the radios for all of five or six RI flights four or five months ago. Although my head was ready to explode at first it comes very quickly.
For those of you in Primary, to my dismay BIs in the Jet are not the same as BIs in the T-34. The first time in the jet, we did some high work( S-1, S-3, and stalls,etc..) Then shot a High Tacan App, followed by a PAR, followed by an ASR (partial panel). The second flight is just approaches. A high tacan, an ILS, PAR partial panel, ASR and a No Gyro GCA. Your BI check is a High Tacan partial panel, ILS, PAR part. Panel, No Gyro GCA and some high work.
Lets just say this was a lot more than I expected for Basic Instruments. But, at the same time its very doable. Still have some RIs left and then its off to FAMS, probably about two weeks. Thats when the fun stuff comes and we get into the front seat and get to use the HUD.
Not quite as interesting as when Matt used to talk about ACM and stuff but taht will come in due time.
