Primary on Monday

[Wingnut172N]

Congrats! You're going to love the Goshawk...as soon as you forget how Gucci the T-6 cockpit was. To that end go kill some brain cells at FloraBama!!

 

[CommodoreMid]

He's pressing out his Service Utilities for tomorrow.

I love the DuffleBlog, but I seriously fear that one day the Good Idea Fairy is going to read one of their articles and, boom, policy.

 

[KBayDog]

Oh, BTW: Congrats, Erin! Thanks for keeping us in the loop during your Primary experience. While "the more things change...", the fact remains that Primary at NSE in 2013 is a much different beast with the T-6 than it was just a few years ago with the TorMentor. Hopefully others can/have learned from your experiences.

Have fun in Kingsville. Better you than me.

Fly safe, and don't suck.

 

[scoolbubba]

Congrats man.

 

[Erin M.]

Thanks to all for the congrats and well - wishes.

Maybe I'll see some of you around sometime soon or in the Fleet. That is, if the Fleet ever comes.

 

[scoolbubba]

Thanks to all for the congrats and well - wishes.

Maybe I'll see some of you around sometime soon or in the Fleet. That is, if the Fleet ever comes.

Once you get there, all you're ever going to want to do is come back to TRACOM.

 

[scoolbubba]

He got jets. There are greater things in the fleet than TACFORM and 50 bounces a day.

To each his own, I guess.

Agreed, and it's not all about the flying (which is pretty cool comparatively)...things are just pretty laid back compared to life outside.

 

[mtaylor]

After I selected (Helos), then selected again (Phrogs), I went to the Cigar Brewery down by Seville. I've heard it has since closed (too bad). If I was doing it now... I'd be puking in front of Hopjacks by the end of the night.

The best part of the night I selected Helos? It turned out that my former Commandant from my USNA days was there visiting his son (also in flight school), and he paid for our drinks. Not just me and his sons. The bar. The whole, fucking bar.

Yeah, he never woulda made O-6 in this day and age...

My dad is in Sarasota right now and just sent me a picture yesterday of a Cigar City beer he was having. So they must still be open/brewing. Hooray beer!

 

[armada1651]

... I'd be puking in front of Hopjacks by the end of the night.

Been there. Literally.

 

[zippy]

He got jets. There are greater things in the fleet than TACFORM and 50 bounces a day.
To each his own, I guess.

Maybe so, but harrier guys who come back here are quit happy when it takes them one day to fly 6hrs instead of a whole month.

 

[zippy]

Nothing against the TRACOM, it's just the MECCA that it's sometimes made out to be.

Thats the truth.

 

[HueyCobra8151]

CAS-tank-CAS, what is that, 30 minutes on station time?

/sim smilies

 

[Harrier Dude]

Thats the truth.

Got me. Good catch.

 

[zippy]

Got me. Good catch.

To be honest, I originally thought you said it was not the MECCA that it's sometimes made out to be. Thats what I was agreeing with.

 

[e6bflyer]

For me and I think a lot of guys, it wasn't all about the flying, although that was a fun part of it. Instructing students and teaching them how to fly was really satisfying at the end if the day. It was also nice to call from home and weather cancel when you knew it was dog shit outside and not worry about repercussions. In fact the guys that were shunned were the ones who went flying in shitty weather because they were teaching their students unsafe habits and weren't getting effective training done. As much of a pain in the ass as onwings were, it was great to see the smile on their faces when they get back from that initial solo and drink a beer with them after a cross country.
It was also nice that on most days, you could go directly from the line shack to your car without having to worry about a soul crushing ground job or 15 hit lists that needed your attention.
If I could go back, I would do it in a second.