eyes2theskies
Hungry for Flight
I've searched using the search function and also by browsing, and haven't found anything about unloggable flight hours. Shame me if I'm wrong.
Two Questions:
1. Is the Navy interested in unloggable flight hours of potential candidates?
2. Is there any way to document unloggable hours? (I know, oxymoron, sounds like, "Is there a way to make a deaf person listen?" ..ehh, no offense.)
My situation is this:
For financial reasons, I have just a few flight lessons under my belt. Literally, only a few.
A career pilot, Pat, invites me flying a few times a month. Pat has become a sort of mentor and lets me have the controls at times. Pat teaches me and gives me pointers while we're in the sky, while I'm in control, and also when I'm not, much like my formal Flight Instructor.
In addition to the plane I'm officially learning in, I have been learning to fly in turbo props, single engine, twin engine, experimental, and homebuilt planes with Pat - I have not done anything major like land or fly in severe weather though. Sometimes it is only a few minutes that I am in control, though sometimes it is for 30, 45, or an hour, or more.
I thought maybe it was a once or twice deal, but Pat is still inviting me back, and now, I have more cumulative hours of being in control of a plane in the company of this pilot than I do with my Flight Instructor. I've been learning a TON from Pat and even my FI has remarked on how much progress I've made flying with this person. Still, my log book shows a few measly hours.
Is it appropriate to show this experience on my OCS application?
If so, is there a certain way to do that?
Also, is there a set way to go about documenting this kind of experience otherwise? Outside of, say, jotting it down on my schedule.
Any advice is appreciated, even if only mildly relevant. Thanks in advance! And thank you Pat.
Two Questions:
1. Is the Navy interested in unloggable flight hours of potential candidates?
2. Is there any way to document unloggable hours? (I know, oxymoron, sounds like, "Is there a way to make a deaf person listen?" ..ehh, no offense.)
My situation is this:
For financial reasons, I have just a few flight lessons under my belt. Literally, only a few.
A career pilot, Pat, invites me flying a few times a month. Pat has become a sort of mentor and lets me have the controls at times. Pat teaches me and gives me pointers while we're in the sky, while I'm in control, and also when I'm not, much like my formal Flight Instructor.
In addition to the plane I'm officially learning in, I have been learning to fly in turbo props, single engine, twin engine, experimental, and homebuilt planes with Pat - I have not done anything major like land or fly in severe weather though. Sometimes it is only a few minutes that I am in control, though sometimes it is for 30, 45, or an hour, or more.
I thought maybe it was a once or twice deal, but Pat is still inviting me back, and now, I have more cumulative hours of being in control of a plane in the company of this pilot than I do with my Flight Instructor. I've been learning a TON from Pat and even my FI has remarked on how much progress I've made flying with this person. Still, my log book shows a few measly hours.
Is it appropriate to show this experience on my OCS application?
If so, is there a certain way to do that?
Also, is there a set way to go about documenting this kind of experience otherwise? Outside of, say, jotting it down on my schedule.
Any advice is appreciated, even if only mildly relevant. Thanks in advance! And thank you Pat.
