Headed to Laughlin

[prozac]

With regards to flight sim, check out this site: www.t37sim.com. Great product....wish it was available when I went through. KC, I hear the van is still alive and kickin'....that true?

btw 02-08 if anyone cares (patch was a pilot trying to go in the out--far side spoof)

 

[jstock]

Whats up with the van guys?

Does anyone know if there is a detailed T-6 sim patch available like the one for the t-37?

Also, what were the living arrangements like there?


Thanks again,
js

 

[CobraKai]

Del Rio is not the end of the world but you can see it from here. To say that Del Rio is a great place is a lie but to say it is absolutey the worst is wrong too (Think Clovis, NM). In the 4 years I spent there I was able to see the Spurs, the Rampage (SA AHL Hockey club), the NCAA final 4 (Ok that was a one time deal), and meet plenty of people. Most of the locals are great and there is really none of the baser/townie BS I have seen at other bases. Of the 30,000+ people in the area 10-15 thousand work for the Feds (base, boarder patrol, customs, DEA, FBI, etc.). There is enough to keep you busy when you are there for the weekend, and SA and Austin are an easy drive away. Dallas and Houston are good long weekend trips.

KC pilot check your PMs

 

[CobraKai]

living arangements

If you are single you will be placed in the dorms. They are 1 room with a small kitchen and a bathroom. If you have a bud you are getting to dlf with get on the waiting list for the duplexes, otherwise known as the crackhouses. They have 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, kitchen, dinning room and living room, and a yard. They are great places for the class to hang out at on base too. The offbase policy varies with the commander and how full the dorms/duplexes are. Married students can usually get on base housing.

 

[Vandal]

P.S. Watch out for enlisted chicks. If you see a good looking white chick 18-25 chances are that's what she is...You don't want to spend your last night on base in the enlisted dorms like some people on this forum did...animals.

 

[HangerRat]

Ma Crosby's. . . .Corona Club!!

 

[KCPilot]

I think the van is still around in Las Vegas now. Great party/drunk wagon and good for those ditty moves!

 

[jstock]

I think my buddie and I will have to get a new van going. I've been a professional audio installer for the past 10 yrs so I'll definatly pimpimp: that ride and pass it on.

 

[FastCargo]

No, but we flew together as PIT IP's until he left the USAF. He helped me get involved with Warbirds. Great guy. We stay in touch, and I saw him at Oshkosh in August.

Cool! What's Buck doing now? (Besides being at Oshkosh?) Still with UAL?

FastCargo

 

[FastCargo]

If you can drop everything and go early, tell AFPC that you want to be put on the "moments notice" list. Then, when someone breaks a leg 1 week prior to UPT, they'll call those folks, and see who can fill the slot at the last minute.

This little bit of info let me start UPT at LAFB about 2 months early! Was glad I did too!

Definitely use Fri and Sat to blow off steam. Nothing helps studying more than just taking a real break!

Enjoy the hell out of the lake. When I was an instructor there (after going through PIT having HuggyU2 kicking my a$$) I was at the lake every weekend (sometimes weekdays) boating or jetskiing. REALLY made Del Rio a lot easier to live in (I was a city boy at one time).

Good luck!

FastCargo

 

[Huggyu2]

Buck's still at UAL, but he's also an instructor in the L-39 for Pride Aviation. If you buy an L-39 and want to learn it, Buck's probably one of the 3 or 4 best IP's to learn from in the US.

 

[phantomdriver]

Del Rio is not the end of the world but you can see it from here. To say that Del Rio is a great place is a lie but to say it is absolutey the worst is wrong too (Think Clovis, NM). In the 4 years I spent there I was able to see the Spurs, the Rampage (SA AHL Hockey club), the NCAA final 4 (Ok that was a one time deal), and meet plenty of people. Most of the locals are great and there is really none of the baser/townie BS I have seen at other bases. Of the 30,000+ people in the area 10-15 thousand work for the Feds (base, boarder patrol, customs, DEA, FBI, etc.). There is enough to keep you busy when you are there for the weekend, and SA and Austin are an easy drive away. Dallas and Houston are good long weekend trips.

KC pilot check your PMs

Clovis, NM really does SUCK alot.

 

[JungleJett]

P.S. Watch out for enlisted chicks. If you see a good looking white chick 18-25 chances are that's what she is...You don't want to spend your last night on base in the enlisted dorms like some people on this forum did...animals.

Whats wrong with enlisted chicks????

 

[prozac]

Nothing if you don't mind being kicked out of UPT and the Air Force and hung out to dry on every ridiculous charge the Air Force can think of to throw at you. I've seen it happen and it gets ugly.

 

[Terp737]

Don't listen to Huggy. All of that high altitude flying has been hard on his memory! Here's my 2 cents. Going to Del Rio for flight training is great. Good wx, light winds, no distractions. You'll be so busy that the year will fly by and you'll make some good friends. Staying as a FAIP is not so good. Four to five years in West TX is not paradise. Survivable? Yes, but you'll probably be an alcoholic and married to a sheep!

 

[Huggyu2]

Terp: my wife's gonna kill ya for callin' her a sheep!!! And I only drink Scotch for medicinal purposes.

 

[jstock]

Well, even if its not pradise I'm going to get paid to fly. Thats all that really matters to me. I'll need to get a boat for the lake though.

 

[Huggyu2]

Those that have been there more recently than I can correct me, if needed, but the base used to have a marina at the lake where you could rent ski boats for pretty cheap.

 

[jetfxr38]

Huggy when were you there? hell Im still here a crew chief

 

[Huggyu2]

It was long, long ago,... in a galaxy far, far away.