redbaron586
Registered User
Hey guys, new here, looking for some help. I went flying yesterday and before I left the fbo to go to my plane some Marine aviators were in there and I was wondering what they were doing and then when I came back from flying, they had just landed and were going over some stuff with some other people. I asked the people at the counter of the FBO what they were doing with those people they were with and they said those people have flight conracts and they are just taking them up to just to see what it is like. I went over and was jsut gonna ask one of them a question b/c I wanted to talk to a real military pilot to see if there were eye surgeries that weren't disqualifying, and he said PRK and then asked if I wore contacts and I said yes and he said okay well there is a contact waiver you can get now. He then asked if I wanted to go up with them in their king-air and I said absolutley and he then got the 6 of us in a circle to ask if any of us have any flight experience. I was othe only one to raise my hand and they asked me what I had and I said private pilot's license and they said thats really good and then he asked who wanted to fly first in the co-pilot's seat and I raised my hand. so he takes us off and he hands me the controls right after and he says alright take me over there towards the Farmville MOA( I fly out of hanover municipal airport, which I did and he was like okay, you can do whatever you want from 8-10 thounsand feet. Seeing that no one else had any flight experience and the fact that I wanted to show them that I could actually fly, I just did a 30 degree bank and hen he said to push it over more and so Iwas like what the heck and did a steep turn and headed us back in the direction of the other waypoint. he asked me if I had any questions and I was like "yes I do, but it is just one. I am a college sophmore, and flying is what I want to do for a career. how do I get from where I am to where I want to go. and he said to talk to the other guy when we got back down. so he let me fly for a few more minutes and shook my hand I switched with another guy in the back.
So we got back down and everybody starts clearing out, and leaving and I wait for a minute and the other Marine aviatior just so happened to be an OSO and he said I'm gonna get you some information. I told him that I wanted to fly for the rest of my life and he said that he gurantee me a flight contract with them after I graduate from college. And I perked up to the sound of this and he said that we break the ocs down into two terms, once durring the summer afte my sophmore year and then agan after my junior year, and then I'd got to tbs. I would have to pass the flight physical and flight test and what not, before that could happen I guess.
Anyway, he gave me a brochure, his card and then gave me an officer candidate application to look over and to give back to him if I wanted to do it.
What I would like to know is if this is something to definitly look into. I don't want to sign up for it and then some small stipulation keep me from flying and also keep me from getting out. It happened to a my bro-in-laws friend and he said that he had his single and multi engine land, instrument and commercial license, went on to do this and they told him he didn't have depth percetion and then went to the infantry.
Can anyone give me some advice?
So we got back down and everybody starts clearing out, and leaving and I wait for a minute and the other Marine aviatior just so happened to be an OSO and he said I'm gonna get you some information. I told him that I wanted to fly for the rest of my life and he said that he gurantee me a flight contract with them after I graduate from college. And I perked up to the sound of this and he said that we break the ocs down into two terms, once durring the summer afte my sophmore year and then agan after my junior year, and then I'd got to tbs. I would have to pass the flight physical and flight test and what not, before that could happen I guess.
Anyway, he gave me a brochure, his card and then gave me an officer candidate application to look over and to give back to him if I wanted to do it.
What I would like to know is if this is something to definitly look into. I don't want to sign up for it and then some small stipulation keep me from flying and also keep me from getting out. It happened to a my bro-in-laws friend and he said that he had his single and multi engine land, instrument and commercial license, went on to do this and they told him he didn't have depth percetion and then went to the infantry.
Can anyone give me some advice?
