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NFO duties
- Thread starter CaptainRon
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Well...this thread was a success eh?
That tends to happen when all your answers can be found by searching rather than being lazy and posting a new thread about an issue that has been addressed in minute detail for just about every NFO platform.
Brett
S-3s only. S-3s are going away.
Quit b!tching and lighten up. I answered your question completely and succinctly in post number 2.
I'm light baby.
And thanks Hal.
And thanks Hal.
Cool. You did notice the practical demonstration provided by posts #4 & #6 I hope.
So navigation for example, what is a typical conversation in the plane like?
That confuses me because doesn't the pilot have all the instruments he needs for navigatino?
That confuses me because doesn't the pilot have all the instruments he needs for navigatino?
And yes I did notice the wonderful demonstrations in 4 and 6. Thankyou. I look forward to being an NFOs ***** one day.
NFO: Flight, Nav. Do you have the fly-to points?
Pilot: Yea.
NFO: Wake me up if you need anything.
Pilot: Rog.
Pilot: Yea.
NFO: Wake me up if you need anything.
Pilot: Rog.
Here, I fixed it for you...
Navigating is more than just following a needle on the HSI. In my jet, the front seat ECMO makes sure the nav systems are updated and running properly. He inputs the flight plan and any other tactically significant points, manages the many navaids, uses whatever charts or other reference materials are needed and makes sure that the appropriate information is selected on the display for the varying phases of flight. He holds the approach plates and feeds the pilot courses, altitudes, etc during that phase. During low level flights, he holds the chart, and is concerned with visual navigation, timing issues and avoidance of hazards. On an operational level, navigation includes timing, area management, finding the tanker, location of threats and maintaining SA on where all the good and bad guys are in relation to you and deciding on the most tactically efficient way of maneuvering your jet for the mission at hand. That's an admittedly bare-bones description of what an ECMO's navigation duties are like.
Brett
Brett
All these former NavComms, no one can give him something a little more specific?
I wrote a few paragraphs and realized you guys know much better than I do.
I realize he asked what a conversation is like, but what do you DO back there?