Requirements to fly a helo.

[leimarfc]

How do I go from here: OSU ROTC


to here: USMC Blackhawk pilot?

 

[stevew]

ok for starters the USMC doesn't have any blackhawks only Army, now where would you like to go?

 

[Squid]

i'm pretty sure he means the -60.

take the asvab first off. i'll let the jarheads tell you the rest since our worlds differ on that aspect a la Time Best Spent

 

[squeeze]

Requirements to fly a helo

...a pulse is about it :icon_tong

But seriously,
OCS -> Commission -> TBS -> API -> Primary -> for some ridiculous reason select helos -> Advanced in Whiting -> select probably either 46s or 53s -> RAG -> Fleet Sqdn -> Get assignment to HMX-1 -> get qual'd on the VH-60N

Seeing as it's the only 60-deriv the Corps flies, that's how you would become a Marine Corps Blackhawk pilot

 

[bch]

...a pulse is about it :icon_tong

But seriously,
OCS -> Commission -> TBS -> API -> Primary -> for some ridiculous reason select helos -> Advanced in Whiting -> select probably either 46s or 53s -> RAG -> Fleet Sqdn -> Get assignment to HMX-1 -> get qual'd on the VH-60N

Seeing as it's the only 60-deriv the Corps flies, that's how you would become a Marine Corps Blackhawk pilot

This coming from a lame a$$ Maveric wannabe....LOL

Also you can't select H-60's in the marine corps... Yes you can go to HMX-1 to fly them, but you can not select that unit right out of flight school.

 

[Squid]

hmm, didn't know the corps doesn't fly -60's....

 

[phrogdriver]

But you can still be a medium lift god and fly the CH-46E!!!

 

[KBayDog]

Hey phrogdriver - I heard a nasty rumor that at a recent change of command in Pendleton, the only alcohol provided was COORS LIGHT.

Phrogdrivers - Nuttin' but class...lol...

 

[leimarfc]

"USMC blackhawk pilot" boy, that was embarising. I've always been hellbent on infantry since I was a kid but people have been recommending aviation to me lately so I decided to check it out.

 

[phrogdriver]

West coasters are lightweights, anyway. I can't speak for them.

 

[Q-ball]

By "medium lift", do you mean 5 guys with gear?


Q

 

[Squid]

maybe just a couple of fat AW's and a corndog?

 

[phrogdriver]

I mean 15 dudes with all their trash, plus a couple detainees strapped to the floor. Of course, I'm pulling torque horns in a hover, but that's the cool part. Any retard can fly with a 20% power margin. It takes a true rotary-wing aviator to take off and land when you can barely HIGE.

I remember a 53 pilot complaining that his load comp only showed him with a 10% pwr margin in a HOGE. I told him I was lucky to get 5% in a HIGE at that DA. Sissy boys.

 

[skidkid]

I mean 15 dudes with all their trash, plus a couple detainees strapped to the floor. Of course, I'm pulling torque horns in a hover, but that's the cool part. Any retard can fly with a 20% power margin. It takes a true rotary-wing aviator to take off and land when you can barely HIGE.

I remember a 53 pilot complaining that his load comp only showed him with a 10% pwr margin in a HOGE. I told him I was lucky to get 5% in a HIGE at that DA. Sissy boys.

Where were guys like you on my MEU HMM-??? "NO WE CAN'T DO THAT"

 

[splendid_splinter]

Huey crew with full load out of an aux bag, a .50, a 240, and two fist fulls of rockets at a high DA doesn't have the privelage of your well to do HIGE, let alone the elitest HOGE. we get nasty every day, man!!!