Aircraft Recognition?

[ShawnC]

Axl on some of the very hard elminate some of the givens, some aircraft it would take a total idiot to get them wrong.

Oh BTW 24/24 VH.

 

[CF34-3B1]

Any former (current??) NIFA competitors here?

Just wondering.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

Don't always own up to it, but I gots to raise the hand. Somewhat good times, if not for the super dorky, self centered, me first, big egos around it would have been a stupendously fun time. I only contributed to the Dorky part

Dan

 

[ShawnC]

Sorry I can't stand the flight team. I haven't pulled out the whiz wheel in ages, do I really need to do extensive flight planning for a pancake trip to a grass strip 20 miles away?

 

[tangodelta21]

Any former (current??) NIFA competitors here?

Just wondering.

TSTC '95-'96.
23/24 at the VH level. I missed an X-plane.

 

[PilotoHalcon]

2X 23/24VH...."**CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pilot".
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[airbrush]

Hard....24/24
Very Hard...24/24
Very Hard...24/24

Pretty easy test. Which proves conclusively one thing......

I am in desperate need of a life.

Actually, as an aviation artist and lifelong airplane nut, I have looked at hundreds of thousands of pictures of aircraft. My own library consists of a couple of thousand books and magazines, and a friend has over four thousand that I use for research.

Great site! I will bookmark it for future reference.

 

[RosenKen]

Any former (current??) NIFA competitors here?

Just wondering.

I'll admit it. Been one for 4 years in two different schools. I admit it can look extremely dorky from the outside (I myself even made fun of the E6B and rec guys) but if you go about it right, it's an EXCELLENT way to further your career by meeting different people and networking. I've also gotten free flight time practicing for events. The major airlines are always representing at the national competitions and set up booths so we can talk to them. They know what NIFA is and you can bet it's a mainstay on my resume.

PS I'll be the first to admit the skills I learned on a flight team are useless in the real world... except for maybe the SCAN event (FAR/AIM and weather stuff)

 

[bart]

23 of 24, very hard... When did they start building the Super Flanker?

 

[flywithastick]

I throw down the gauntlet!!!

Thanks for the link!

But <yawn>, could use a little more challenge! 24/24 very hard level... reading all those aviation mags and books in school as a kid *finally* paid off.

 

[SelectZoneFive]

Well, looks like getting off the couch and doing some flying has shook the old circuits loose.

24/24 on really hard.

Finally.

 

[ShawnC]

You need more challenge, how about a Flightinfo.com spot landing contest. No flaps though (unless the aircraft requires it, but then use the minimum setting required to safely land the aircraft on the runway).

Anyone up for this? Any idea where and when to hold it?

 

[LearLove]

24/24 3 times _ the multiple choice makes it too easy. If you don't know what the a/c is you can look and the nationality marking in the pic and match up the name. Thats what I did w/ the whop fighters. I knew the Macchi was italian but not the exact number model but when the rest of the choises are german,american and jap you can always pick the correct answer. I also got a pic of the Spartan C-27 on my second test, it had "Spartan C-27" painted on the tail, kind of hard to get that one wrong. A harder test and one the shows knowledge and experience might be to:

1. combine civ and mil aircraft questions:
show 2 cessna 150's tell them one a 70 and the other is a 71. The question is how do you tell the 70 from the 71.

2. how do you tell a pratt powered f-16 from a GE powered.

3. how do you tell a dash-8-100 from a 200?

4. or question like this: show a pic of a drab green a-7 corsair pulling off target after say a gun pass. The question is what conflict is this?

IMHO I think this is a better measure of aero knowledge than say wrote memory pic identification. hust don't make it a spelling contest or id be way at the back.

 

[LearLove]

Also ditto to the guys who said looking at all the a/c mags/book finally paid off.

My dad tought me to read with AVWST magazine. Also makes up for reading the old cessna pvt pilot manuals in HS when the teacher was yacking about some shakespear play or something. For all the times I had my nose in flying mag in junior high while the teacher was conjugating some verb. Small victory to us, we know who we were.

 

[flywithastick]

Also ditto to the guys who said looking at all the a/c mags/book finally paid off.

My dad tought me to read with AVWST magazine.

I had a neighbor who's dad was in the Navy. he gave me dozens of copies of that magazine. I had pictures cut out and pasted *all over* my room. Got to take several trips to the NAS with them. This guy worked in the GCA unit, right next to the runway as I recall. Those F-4's were LOUD! Nice memories.

 

[Crucianpilot]

24/24 as well. Great website with lots of nice pictures. Guess all that reading as a kid pays off.

 

[Rich Man]

IMMADORK

19/24 Hard
19/24 Very Hard- First try, However found the Very Hard section a lot easier that the VH.... will try again later and see, most my mistakes were by going against gut feeling.....

Ohh well.

My eggo wouldn't take that, so last attempt
24/24

If you can keep the atention long enough it is pretty easy....


Rich Man!

 

[SelectZoneFive]

What doeas AVWST stand for?

Also, is it possible to get a subscription?

Thank's,


SZF

 

[Skyliner]

Whew, 24/24 Very Hard...

There's that NIFA experience coming in use....way, way, waay too much time there. Try coaching for a few years too...

But hey, we do it for the kids, right?