T-6B NATOPS

[SynixMan]

I wonder how long after the Navy goes to all T-6B that the API texts will be updated to stop talking about the T-34 aero characteristics...

 

[wlawr005]

With the way things are going in Corpus, there may never be an all T-6B Navy.

 

[eas7888]

I wonder how long after the Navy goes to all T-6B that the API texts will be updated to stop talking about the T-34 aero characteristics...

Considering the last T-37 student finished over two years ago, and the text still includes T-37 data, I would say it's going to take quite some time.

 

[bunk22]

As for the rest of your post, I think the T-6 will absolutely set studs up better for the T-45 than the T-34 did.....for those guys going jets anyway. Typically the learning curve in jet BI/RI/Fams was a little less steep for the Vance dudes than the rest of us who came from the chuck. That all being said, it could also have been a Navy vs AF thing......

From what I've seen from Phase I studs in Kingsville, no difference between the 34C and T-6B guys. Both suck equally in the beginning. The only T-6 bubba's I see doing slightly better are those from the AF side and that might just be an individual thing as it is a small number.

 

[KBayDog]

From what I've seen from Phase I studs in Kingsville, no difference between the 34C and T-6B guys.

Same thing at Southie. T-6 dudes have a little slower BI scan at first, but it's not a show-stopper.

What I still can't fathom, though, is that there are SNAs, in Advanced, who have NEVER SHOT A TACAN APPROACH. (Again, not a show-stopper, but something that is still a little odd to hear from time to time.)

 

[jollygreen07]

Same thing at Southie. T-6 dudes have a little slower BI scan at first, but it's not a show-stopper.

What I still can't fathom, though, is that there are SNAs, in Advanced, who have NEVER SHOT A TACAN APPROACH. (Again, not a show-stopper, but something that is still a little odd to hear from time to time.)

Did they put a TACAN in the B mod? Going through T-1s I seem to remember the AF guys having trouble flying needles. Did the A mod only lack the TACAN, or was it all CDI with no needles?

 

[C420sailor]

I take this post back, I AM really exicted, but it looks like a lot of work to do in a very short span.

It's really not that bad. Take it all in. You'll be spoon fed systems knowledge...which probably won't happen when you get to your fleet aircraft.

 

[MIDNJAC]

It's really not that bad. Take it all in. You'll be spoon fed systems knowledge...which probably won't happen when you get to your fleet aircraft.

Yep.....I remember sitting down during my summer off before starting the FRS, big book in hand, and thinking....holy F I have to learn a lot of stuff. And believe it or not, once you hit the FRS and beyond, the big book is probably the thing you will be referencing the least once you move beyond fams and NATOPS check.......grey book, Top Gun chapters, classified supplements to the above, etc etc etc. By the end of the FRS, at least you know where to find things

 

[OSUbeaver]

Same thing at Southie. T-6 dudes have a little slower BI scan at first, but it's not a show-stopper.

What I still can't fathom, though, is that there are SNAs, in Advanced, who have NEVER SHOT A TACAN APPROACH. (Again, not a show-stopper, but something that is still a little odd to hear from time to time.)

The T-6B does not have a TACAN. I thought the same thing about 34C dudes that had never shot an ILS. I showed up having never shot a TACAN, was pretty much told "It's like a VOR, but you can't hold over it"....learning curve regained.

 

[Pistol719]

Well from reading most of this its good to know that I am right on the power curve coming out of API by wanting to chill for a few days and play Battlefield 3 and not sweating the NATOPS or T-6B syllabus before I hit Milton

 

[Recovering LSO]

I take this post back, I AM really exicted, but it looks like a lot of work to do in a very short span.

And so goes the rest of your career in Naval Aviation. After this it will be a T-45 or TH, then it will be something bigger and grey. Then it will be upgrades at the same time all of your E-6 evals are due, and you're also trying to shit out a host of stupid-ass end of the year awards... There will always be a lot of work to do in a short period of time embrace it and get organized.

 

[Pags]

And so goes the rest of your career in Naval Aviation. After this it will be a T-45 or TH, then it will be something bigger and grey. Then it will be upgrades at the same time all of your E-6 evals are due, and you're also trying to shit out a host of stupid-ass end of the year awards... There will always be a lot of work to do in a short period of time embrace it and get organized.

THIS IS THE TRUTH OF ALL TRUTHS. To hell with stick skills, Time Management is the most important skill you can have.

 

[KBayDog]

THIS IS THE TRUTH OF ALL TRUTHS. To hell with stick skills, Time Management is the most important skill you can have.

Your tongue-in-cheek commentary would be funny if it weren't the truth.

 

[jtmedli]

THIS IS THE TRUTH OF ALL TRUTHS. To hell with stick skills, Time Management is the most important skill you can have.

Sad, but true.