I know ... I know ... it's little, it's broken, it's this and it's that ... but I will be flying right seat on one next week and wondered if anyone had any tips to help a newbie lessen the learning curve. My previous experience has been Barons and King Airs and I've never flown a jet, nor do I...
I caught this right after I left the choppers forum. Godspeed to the pilots and RIP all aboard. :(
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. - The pilot of a medical helicopter twice radioed for help in foggy weather before crashing Sunday, killing four of the five people on board in the latest of a growing...
February 2nd I'm trying to leave from CLT with the wife for a long overdue vacation to Miami with the in-laws (mean-arsed Cubanos :laugh: ). My father-in-law is flying in from Mexico to MIA about the same time we were, he's nowhere to be found, mom-in-law is calling wifey every five minutes in a...
Last week I flew the nonstop CLT --> LGW and back with US Air and given my mostly negative experiences with airline flying the last few years, and all the mud slinging here of late, I just wanted to post something a little more positive and give US Air it's due.
Both flights were on time, the...
I need to rent a C150 or 152 Aerobat and an aerobatics instructor for a few hours anywhere near CLT, GSO, INT, RDU, etc., in late September or early October.
Been searching around the net and have come up empty-handed thus far.
Supposing the boss at your fulltime, non-flying job is starting to ask questions about owning a plane, as your (owner's and manager's) time start to become tighter and tighter. He doesn't have enough money to buy into the small local 'fractionals' with King Airs and Barons (where I fly on...
The small fractional group I tag along with is still having a hard time finding contract B58 guys with a Simcom or Flight Safety school in the past 12 months. If you're retired or otherwise available part-time near GSO and have been to school on the B58 (must be the 58, and insurance will NOT...
I bug THANKS! to everyone who helped with all my newbie questions over the last five years on such subjects as ...
Best method to figure hold entries
Flying weird approaches
Landing an old Skyhawk without floating off the end
Flying from the right seat
Taxiing a King Air
And whatever...
Dumb newbie question time ...
I've stopped trying to muscle the King Air into a proper flare with one arm, and have finally learned to stop being such a punk on the trim switch. I really roll it in. But I wondered, if I had to go-around just before touchdown, would I have to stand on the...
Met a NetJets crew at P-H in GSO yesterday while waiting for our passengers. The FO gave me a tour of their Falcon 2000, which was a very cool experience, and answered all my newbie questions. They even turned on the APU and let me sit up front while explaining the modern avionics and systems. I...
I don't like to assume, so I'll ask:
Has anyone here, or does anyone here know someone who has ... transitioned from enlisted crew to a flying position in the National Guard? Did it help the process to be a 15T/15R/15S first, or was that a negative (I don't wanna assume)?
Danke Schon ...
I had to share this with someone, and the old hippies and young slackers in my office could care less. So it might as well be you guys :D :
After a week of phoning, emailing, begging, and pleading, I just found out that I am, indeed, eligible for re-enlistment into the US Army (RA), National...
Still looking for National Guard contacts at RDU (1/130th, Apaches) or RUQ (1/126th, Blackhawks). Local Guard recruiter is working my files now for eligibility, need a contact who is local or Iraq via email.
Trying for a Crew Chief slot.
Minh
Urgent need ... age change in effect since last week. Need to get the ball rolling to see if WOFT or a Crew Chief slot is possible for an old Infantryman.
Minh
Still trying to get someone on the phone over at RDU who knows about the new age rules for prior service. No luck in the Mil forums.
BTW ... the age change has been confirmed, for those who asked. Now for the next (of many) hurdles. :)
Minh
(Old fart still daring to dream about flying an...
I read on another forum that the National Guard had raised the age limits to 32 for no prior service, and to 52 for prior service, and that this applied to Army Aviation slots as well. :eek:
Is this true, or is someone misunderstanding something?
If true ... I will be camped out in the...
I realize most of you guys have already moved way past the King Air, and you probably consider it a very simple and easily-flown aircraft. And I think so. too. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so if I can hand-fly it thru all phases of flight it can't be too hard. :D
However ...
I've read a few references to one possibly being stained by the wrong "DNA" for a desired career track, and so I had a hypothetical question:
Since I want to work corporate or corp/charter (though I still harbor a bit of a childhood dream of flying a 747 before I die ... even if it's from an...
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