stearmann4 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Guys/Gals, Thought you'd like to see a neat retro WOC video of how we got to where we are now. Makes me realize that I may be one of the few guys left on AD who still flew Hueys in flight school. Mike- 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leapfox125 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 i really enjoyed this...i really want to fly the mh6 but i would love to practice in a huey in flight school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leapfox125 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 the fire guys get to use the 412!! XO it is more agile and faster, but oddly enough the 212 can go higher and lift more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I3uller Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 It was neat seeing the Hughes 269 as a military trainer back then. I went through my whole PPL training on the now Schweizer 300CBi and it doesn't look like much has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hell, most of the original batch of TH67s have 10,000 hours on them, or close to it. The Army is going to have to figure out something to do with them soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer Pylot Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Ft Wolters was the best place I was ever stationed, no question. That was the most fun I ever had with my pants on. I can't believe it has been that long since I was in a TH-55. Rucker wasn't that great, for a number of reasons. Flying instruments in a TH-13 is work, with that bubble canopy, and the sun putting the flicker of the blades on the panel. But I have to admit that flying a UH-1 was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electron_si Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 One of our systems instructors in primary went through flight school at Ft Wolters, he was telling all of us how good we had it now. Thats really cool to see a video of what it was like back then, and it's funny how there was only one "advanced airframe" track. I guess those guys never had to worry about what there GPA was for selection lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperGumby Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 During my BWS checkride I came across an IP who was around when they were picking up cobra pilots. He said that they had to learn practically everything about the airframe; how many rivets there are and what that floating bead is made of that's on the transmission fluid window (cork wrapped in aluminum I think, if I remember correctly). Pretty nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zion Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 During my BWS checkride I came across an IP who was around when they were picking up cobra pilots. He said that they had to learn practically everything about the airframe; how many rivets there are and what that floating bead is made of that's on the transmission fluid window (cork wrapped in aluminum I think, if I remember correctly). Pretty nuts. Riveting indeed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1237051 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Q: Where was the last rivet placed on (insert airframe here)? A: The location of the last sheet metal repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electron_si Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 My 60 IP asked me week 1 how many rivets were in the airframe, knowing that sheetmetal was one of my prior MOS's. I told him there are "enough rivets to hold it together" I'm fairly confident he was hoping for something more than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 How many ball bearings are in the 58 tail stinger? "All of them" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electron_si Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 How many ball bearings are in the 58 tail stinger? "All of them" Nailed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogs Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 During my BWS checkride I came across an IP who was around when they were picking up cobra pilots. He said that they had to learn practically everything about the airframe; how many rivets there are and what that floating bead is made of that's on the transmission fluid window (cork wrapped in aluminum I think, if I remember correctly). Pretty nuts.How far did he have to walk uphill in the snow to work? and did he have to do it both ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperGumby Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 How far did he have to walk uphill in the snow to work? and did he have to do it both ways? We didn't have that much time for 'nam stories that day, I had to go learn how not to kill my IP eventually. Just wanted to point out how flight school has changed. I think the story about the uphill both ways came later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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