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iNinja
10-17-2009, 08:35 AM
Hey, im off in 30 mins for my 1st flying lesson. Just a trial, but id love to take a private pilots license - has anyone got any experience with it?

Ill try and take some pics / vids and upload later.

Ciao! :dft003:coolkid
TarekElsakka
10-17-2009, 10:55 AM
Not really. But good luck dude, that's going to be a blast!
Londonrockz568
10-17-2009, 11:20 AM
Small planes scare me. The little tiny propeller planes that go from Miami to Bahamas in 15min are so tiny, rough riding and loud. It scares me.
Europa
10-17-2009, 12:50 PM
Small planes scare me as well. I used to fly in them all the time in the AF and wasn't ever scared. I was even in one that had an In Flight Emergency (IFE) once. I took a hop to S. Korea from Okinawa in a C-12 and about 10 minutes into the flight and we had to go back down so they could fix they fix the plane due to generator problems.

They had a few IFE's there a week, with Fire & medical personnel dispatched every time, but I only saw one mishap in the two years I was there. I worked in Flight Medicine and was on the aircraft mishap investigation team, so it was my co-workers that were in the ambulance waiting for us to land when we had that IFE, it was kind of funny. Anyway, I never worried about flying in them until I got out of the AF.
computerfox
10-17-2009, 08:02 PM
i have an obsession with planes to tell you the truth. when i was younger i wanted to fly the black bird, but apparently you can't do that if you have four eyes... :(

hope you had fun. did you decide if you want to make it into a hobby?
scottjf8
10-17-2009, 08:52 PM
It's not a home made hot air balloon, is it?
computerfox
10-17-2009, 09:24 PM
It's not a home made hot air balloon, is it?

http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/7280/original/20070902-Facepalm1.jpg

http://jamie-online.com/random-jamz/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/facepalm.jpg

http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/7282/original/Facepalm.jpg

http://motivateurself.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/implied-facepalm.jpg

i knew someone would bring that one up in this thread.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
10-17-2009, 09:35 PM
I don't mind small planes. I've gone up to watch a buddy skydive, sitting on the floor by the door with a seat belt across my legs. Leaning out of the plane and looking was a trip. I also flew a great deal in several larger planes when I was in the Air Force.
Europa
10-18-2009, 12:38 AM
Did you ever fly in an AWAC's E3? I flew in most large AF aircraft & choppers as well, but the E3 was the most fun (radar, computers, cooling system). I layed down in the boom pod on a KC-135 from Thailand to Kadena. I never did get a chance to fly in a fighter or a C-5.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
10-18-2009, 09:21 AM
No AWACS, but I was in the pod while refueling a B-52. I've also flown in several helicopters (not always Air Force). And, of course, the good old C-9 medical. All sorts of cargo aircraft. The AF Chief of Staff's jet (I may have that title wrong - it has been a few years).
Europa
10-18-2009, 09:58 AM
In Thailand, one day I had the choice of sitting in a tent on the flight line all day or going up in the E3 for 8 hours (basically it was an incentive flight for the Thai's during Cobra Gold). I hopped on the plane, (the first half was computers and operators), headed for the back, chose a seat right under the radar, and fell asleep. I woke up a couple hours later to one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard in my life. The radar was a lot louder than I was expecting.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
10-18-2009, 10:23 AM
I puked on an AF plane while taxiing. I might have been hung over. So there. :dft010:smiling
Europa
10-18-2009, 10:36 AM
Lol :)

Another cool experience was sitting in the crash seat (I'm pretty sure that's what it was called-it's a little fold out seat between the pilots) during a landing on Okinawa. I'll never forgot how they were pretending to shoot the other planes on the runway while we were taxiing.
TarekElsakka
10-18-2009, 11:06 AM
Lol :)

Another cool experience was sitting in the crash seat (I'm pretty sure that's what it was called-it's a little fold out seat between the pilots) during a landing on Okinawa. I'll never forgot how they were pretending to shoot the other planes on the runway while we were taxiing.

Sorry, couldn't let that one slip. :dft011:wicked_smile
computerfox
10-18-2009, 12:49 PM
don't be mean. i'm sure we all knew what she meant...
TarekElsakka
10-18-2009, 01:14 PM
Dude, you don't get the jokes? Lol.
iphonewarrior
10-18-2009, 01:23 PM
Air force sucks. It's all about the Navy.

JOKE!
computerfox
10-18-2009, 04:57 PM
I puked on an AF plane while taxiing. I might have been hung over. So there. :dft010:smiling

....i actually believe that and i'm sure that would have been LORLROFDILPIP!!!!
computerfox
10-18-2009, 04:58 PM
Air force sucks. It's all about the Navy.

JOKE!

nice save dude....

it's harder to get into the air force than the navy....
iphonewarrior
10-18-2009, 05:09 PM
nice save dude....

it's harder to get into the air force than the navy....

What exactly are you trying to say?

I suggest you look at the actual requirements for the air force compared to the Navy. Seriously.

Before anyone decides to jump out and start slamming this thread I think you should back up your knowledge.

I had to pass numerous amounts of exams to do the specific job I do.
Then once I pass, I then go through basic training. After basic, I go through my branch specialization which takes a few months. After all that I have to learn each and every system we have on board a nuclear submarine.

The only thing special in the Air force are the pilots.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
10-18-2009, 06:33 PM
Now we're arguing over which service is best? Come on...
Europa
10-18-2009, 06:59 PM
^ Wingnut :dft012:wink
computerfox
10-18-2009, 09:15 PM
What exactly are you trying to say?

I suggest you look at the actual requirements for the air force compared to the Navy. Seriously.

Before anyone decides to jump out and start slamming this thread I think you should back up your knowledge.

I had to pass numerous amounts of exams to do the specific job I do.
Then once I pass, I then go through basic training. After basic, I go through my branch specialization which takes a few months. After all that I have to learn each and every system we have on board a nuclear submarine.

The only thing special in the Air force are the pilots.

:dft002:amazed :dft002:amazed

i guess you're in the navy then?
computerfox
10-18-2009, 09:16 PM
Now we're arguing over which service is best? Come on...

am i arguing? i wasn't aware, i was only saying what i thought to be true, but it turns out i don't know much about anything at all...