Lumber Yak
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- Aug 28, 2002
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Sorry to hear about the silver bullet issue - ouch... I know a few Alaska 73G pilots and they love it there - although the route system is a bit confined - but slowly expanding (adding Miami and New York from Seattle...). West Coast flying is the best anyway...
FL510GV,
Awesome. The C-17 is by far my favorite transport aircraft. I have seen pictures of the flightdeck - pretty cool: nice EFIS and even a cool stick for the yoke. It looks very spacious up front - nice on those long flights to the Middle East... One of my coolest C-17 memories was watching a pair of C-17s take off IN FORMATION out of Frankfurt, Germany - that was in 1998 when they were brand new to the Air Force - pretty cool watching those take off in formation off of a civilian airport - followed by a Lufthansa A340. Sounds great. So, even if you have to wait a bit for Alaska or EJI (my preference), you'll have an interesting time flying the C-17. Not a bad situation. When do you start training and how long does it normally take?
Cheers
FL510GV,
Awesome. The C-17 is by far my favorite transport aircraft. I have seen pictures of the flightdeck - pretty cool: nice EFIS and even a cool stick for the yoke. It looks very spacious up front - nice on those long flights to the Middle East... One of my coolest C-17 memories was watching a pair of C-17s take off IN FORMATION out of Frankfurt, Germany - that was in 1998 when they were brand new to the Air Force - pretty cool watching those take off in formation off of a civilian airport - followed by a Lufthansa A340. Sounds great. So, even if you have to wait a bit for Alaska or EJI (my preference), you'll have an interesting time flying the C-17. Not a bad situation. When do you start training and how long does it normally take?
Cheers
