Friday, May 5th, 2006
Tuesday was my first attempt at "TR-1," the first flight in the transition course syllabus. The takeoff and departure were routine. Once we got into the MOA (military operations area), my flight profile called for an 8-9G turn. During the turn, a small problem with the landing gear became evident, so I had [...]
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Today was the last practice simulator (WST-flavor) I’ll get before my official instrument checkride emergency procedures (EP) simulation. It went pretty well, probably because I can’t count the number of times I’ve practiced F-16 EP’s in my lifetime. Tomorrow will be my first flight since 7 Jan 2004. It will be pretty vanilla, [...]
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