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Carrier Landing; View from the Right Seat
Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 10:44 AM (242 Views)
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Carrier Landing
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WHOA!!!!! Too cool.
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That was cool
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Wow George! That was so cool!

It must be pretty scary for the pilots, it looks like they are going to keep going right off the other end!!

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The Museum of Science and Industry, here in Chicago, used to have an f-14 Simulator. It was basically a small room that seated 16 - 4 across. It was blacked out on the inside except for a movie screen in the front. There were speakers in all the walls, and it was on hydraulic lifts. To simulate the acceleration of the catapult, the whole room would tilt back (since you have no visual cues other than the screen), you'd see the deck rushing past you, and your mind would assume that you were accelerating, though you were not. Similarly, banks would appear to be about 45 degrees, but were, in fact only about 10. The landing was the neatest part. Again, the room would tilt forward on catching the cable, and you'd swear that you went from 150 knots to zero in two seconds.
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I love stuff like that.
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I wonder what the chances are of a random 18 year old kid who just joined the navy, being able to fly a fighter jet someday? I mean, if that's what he or she wanted to do. Seems like that would be a very common goal but there can't be that many available positions.
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Horace
Dec 19 2006, 07:20 PM
I wonder what the chances are of a random 18 year old kid who just joined the navy, being able to fly a fighter jet someday? I mean, if that's what he or she wanted to do. Seems like that would be a very common goal but there can't be that many available positions.

Why do you ask? :)

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Horace
Dec 19 2006, 11:20 AM
I wonder what the chances are of a random 18 year old kid who just joined the navy, being able to fly a fighter jet someday? I mean, if that's what he or she wanted to do. Seems like that would be a very common goal but there can't be that many available positions.

Well at 18, I assume he has no college degree. If he joined the Navy, he would join as an enlisted man. There are no flyboy positions for an enlisted. He would have to get a BS or BA and then apply to become an officer through Officer Candidate School. Only then would he be eligible. Also, his eyesight has to be really good. Also, his record has to be spot clean. The standards for achieving a job as a Naval aviator are high as they should be. You can't have just anybody tooling around in a 20 million dollar aircraft.
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Dec 19 2006, 01:27 PM
The standards for achieving a job as a Naval aviator are high as they should be. You can't have just anybody tooling around in a 20 million dollar aircraft.

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That was very cool. I can't imagine doing it, though. It really does look like the chances of something going wrong are ridiculously high.

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Horace
Dec 19 2006, 01:20 PM
I wonder what the chances are of a random 18 year old kid who just joined the navy, being able to fly a fighter jet someday? I mean, if that's what he or she wanted to do. Seems like that would be a very common goal but there can't be that many available positions.

Your best chance to fly. coming from the enlisted ranks is the Army's chopper school down at Fort Rucker. The Army still lets Warrant Officers inn the cockpit.

As for Navy pilots...the zoomies don't like to hear it, but they're simply the best.

You can even tell if a commercial pilot was Navy or Air Force. The AF guys will grease 'em in, and the squids will drop 'em like a rock.
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Dec 19 2006, 04:22 PM
Horace
Dec 19 2006, 01:20 PM
I wonder what the chances are of a random 18 year old kid who just joined the navy, being able to fly a fighter jet someday?  I mean, if that's what he or she wanted to do.  Seems like that would be a very common goal but there can't be that many available positions.

Your best chance to fly. coming from the enlisted ranks is the Army's chopper school down at Fort Rucker. The Army still lets Warrant Officers inn the cockpit.

As for Navy pilots...the zoomies don't like to hear it, but they're simply the best.

You can even tell if a commercial pilot was Navy or Air Force. The AF guys will grease 'em in, and the squids will drop 'em like a rock.

You notice that too?

I flew to DC a few weeks ago and had a very hard landing into Dulles.

On the way out I asked who drove the plane, it was the copilot. I then asked what carriers he's landed on and he quickly replied Ike and JFK.

So remember, when you experience a rough landing, take heart that you're probably in the best hands you could be in.

Rah rah, go Navy!!
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