Hmm. I'm thinking you may have two Seahawk guys over there now, then. The one I know did leave the Navy, but was a HAC and DH.
FWIW, I did a "solo" overnight cross-country, but it was in the HTs (with another stud).
We do have two. The more recent guy was definitely a HAC before leaving. I have seen his records. The other guy...not so much. Someone who used to be here on AW actually knew the guy I am talking about and filled me in on his story.
I did overnight x-country in HTs as well. But I remember when I was in HTs, full touch down autos on a solo flight were prohibited. This guy wasn't too far behind me in the pipeline. While it is possible that the policy changed, I feel it is unlikely. In the HTs, I did a flight with a foreign solo student. The brief by the instructor specifically said, "No full touch down autos." That didn't stop the foreign student from rolling the throttle back for his "auto to a hover". But that's not what this guy said. He stated it as though it was a common and approved thing.
Has anyone ever done a solo overnight in a T-34? Heck, I know a guy who got lost during the day x-country solo which was just a big circle around Corpus. The idea of giving someone in a T-34 from VT-27 the opportunity to get lost for days at a time is hard to imagine. Not impossible, but very unlikely for the time period.
The examples I mentioned are just what this guy told me in my office
this week. My real point is that some people have no problem lying, whether out right or just as an ancillary thing to further their argument or position. Also, some people believe lies are just a common and acceptable thing. For the record, I don't fall into either of those categories.
Wink,
Is this guy going to fly with you guys? If not, I guess it's a "Who cares?" kind of thing. If he is going to fly, I would demand more records. FWIW, the Army had migrated to digital flight records in CAFRS by 2015 give or take a year, depending on the unit. An aviator leaving the Army after that time would have a digital and paper copy of their records. When the records were migrated, an event is recorded on the 7122:
"CAFRS IATF - Migration of 7122 Events Complete. Per USAACE guidance, all required 7122 events have been transcribed into CAFRS. Additionally, local command policy required events have been transcribed."
What that means is that "I didn't get a copy" or "My records were lost" or "They left stuff out" is suspicious. As far as the other swoopy and secret squirrel stuff? It makes for good story telling at an airshow, especially for the uninitiated. The risk is that if it is BS and someone in-the-know finds out before you do, it might cause some embarrassment to your group/organization. Hopefully you'll get it all sorted out.
