Residence Inn off of Virginia Avenue near KATL.
LATE ENTRY: My position is the blue dot pictured below which corresponds to the position stated above…also, Dunkin’ is right down the street…
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The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??
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LATE ENTRY: My position is the blue dot pictured below which corresponds to the position stated above…also, Dunkin’ is right down the street…
Good, not exactly lost!
Correct…and definitely not lost like I was on one of my PA solos in the T-34C while in VT-2 back in 1987.
I get it….i remember being at VT-27 in Corpus and saying…”Man, I hope that’s still Texas down there.”
I did one loop and decided that was enough, then a few aileron rolls and shut it down...then started hawking gauges and making sure I stayed in my working area.
Good on you! When I got lost on that PA solo, I did NOT do a very good job of making sure I stayed in my working area and ended up in one of Elgin’s MOAs.
IIRC, it was "wheeee!....OK, fuck let's not do that again". Then a hyper-focus on PEL and HAPL/LAPL procedures. 😄
Yeah, well, I was the opposite and couldn’t get enough “wheeee!” time…so I was doing all sorts of ridiculous aerobatics over and over…so much so that something banged something on the comm panel and I was lost comm for a while…went too heads down for too long doing trouble shooting and that’s how I ended up in one of Eglin’s MOAs.
From what I remember Corpus course rules were way simpler than Whiting...so don't beat yourself over the head...7600 on your PA solo would be epic though.
Is this the AC-130 story?
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Not the AC-130 story. I [sort of] wish there was an AC-130 story, but there’s not.
My no-kidding pre-Solo brief from the ODO in VT-22 was "If you get lost, don't try to come back. Fly East until you hit the coast, turn right. Fly to Mexico and sell the jet."
Somewhat similar, I decided to push over and unload the plane. I’m like ‘wheee, I’m floating’ and then I watched my PCL float past my head and land somewhere in the rear cockpit.
I'll be honest. On my T-34C initial solo I slid the canopy open and pretended I was a WWII fighter pilot for a couple of minutes while I was in the working area. My retirement is approved for July 1 and I don't fly military airplanes anymore, so I'm pretty sure I can own up to that one.
I wore my 02 mask my entire PA solo - out of curiosity in case I got jets. I believe I forgot the dilute switch and drained the bottle.I'll be honest. On my T-34C initial solo I slid the canopy open and pretended I was a WWII fighter pilot for a couple of minutes while I was in the working area. My retirement is approved for July 1 and I don't fly military airplanes anymore, so I'm pretty sure I can own up to that one.