Right now I am in week 3 of ground school for the P3. Today we covered half of the Prop System, we will finish the rest tomorrow. Then a day of systems trainers and then on to normal procedures. A long weekend to study, and my first exam (systems) on tuesday, oh joy.
Heard some jets fly over in class today, didn't sound like the whine of an S3, or the low roar of a P3, so might have been Matt's DET here at Jax, need to go take a look down the flight line tomorrow.
Outside of some civilian flying that I have been doing on the side in a trusty Piper Warrior, I haven't flown since before October for the Navy!! Ouch! Should start FAM flights for the P3 in early February after I finish ground school and the CPTs/SIMs.
Been kicking around the idea of getting checked out in a Seneca, and get some twin engine time under the belt. Worth it for a nice weekend get away, and log some instrument time to brush up on my IFR. Picked up the AIM/FAR over Xmas and tried to make sure I hadn't "forgotten" anything.
Anyone have thoughts on any other planes worth getting checked out on?
Probably nothing near as exciting as what Matt has to say, though I have some "there I was stories" from Advanced, nothing like a couple cases of streaming fuel, some funny things that instructors did to me during my RI Review stage prior to my NATOPs Instrument Check Ride, and of course my favorite, hydroplaning a T44 (King Air) on a touch and go and providing an IP with his scariest moment as an instructor. And no, I didn't get downed on that one! I will save those for later.
The only story I have to tell for my time here is how basically clueless I am when it comes to P3 systems. I thought that the fire hose effect that I have encountered during the past year and half of flight training was rough, but I must say that the front loaded P3 FRS takes the cake. Just WAY too much to take in at once, so you just have to focus on the LIGHTs, LIMITs and PROCEDUREs, and pray that you pick up some of the rest as time goes by. LOL Back to studying so I don't drown under the hose.
All kidding aside, really looking forward to flying the P3, and of course rigging some ships at 300' baby!