shainbourassa Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 What are some good things to put onto an iPad, for both flight school purposes and post flight school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I break it down into a few folders: Army Pubs:Every single pub you can get. Instruments, Fund of Flight, 95-1, 40-8, etc etc FAA Pubs:Rotorcraft flying handbook, FAR AIM, etc etc Aircraft Pubs:-10, ATM, AWR, Systems classes, etc IP sh*t:.11, stacom 10-10, 105, 106, FOI, etc. Foreflight.Some sort of logbook program. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) Google drive if you have a gmail account... Then download the drive app from the store. Any pub or PDF or PowerPoint or word document you want to upload to your drive. From any computer... All accessible from your iPad. I was t able to use it in primary because they wanted paper everything. Advanced airframe is by far a requirement... Just for the ATM and -10 alone... Plus tons more I use a paper flight log but I have this new app called aeroweather which is pretty quick and easy to get sensor data from... Edited August 16, 2015 by Yamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwil7280 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 So you guys are talking about flight logs aaaand I've never logged any of my hours in flight school. I thought the military logged all your hours for you, so if I needed to log them myself, why was I never told that? I know 1 NG LT who logs his hours but he's the only person I know whose logging them, and that's because he wants a civilian flying job while he's in the guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainbourassa Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Sweet, thanks guys. Looks like I've got some downloading to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I download f*cking everything. Notes. Cheat sheets. 1-3-6 Rule. Organize it, and it will be supremely useful. Oh, and log your own sh*t. CAFRS blows, and it will screw you over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainbourassa Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 For many of us, its MFD #6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainbourassa Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Akscott, do you just keep everything in iBooks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Goodreader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I use iBooks and drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 So you guys are talking about flight logs aaaand I've never logged any of my hours in flight school. I thought the military logged all your hours for you, so if I needed to log them myself, why was I never told that? I know 1 NG LT who logs his hours but he's the only person I know whose logging them, and that's because he wants a civilian flying job while he's in the guard.That's why I'm logging my time too. And to double check the army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I used to use Goodreader, however just recently switched over to OfficeSuite on my iPad. It will let you store and open PDFs, Powerpoint's, you name it. I have every student handout, PowerPoint class, and aviation manual on it and walk around everywhere with it so even if I'm sitting around for 5 mins I can look at the bird and study with the PowerPoint or student handout right in front of me. I started logging my flight time right before I graduated from Rucker. Do you use an app or just log it on paper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 So you guys are talking about flight logs aaaand I've never logged any of my hours in flight school. I thought the military logged all your hours for you, so if I needed to log them myself, why was I never told that? I know 1 NG LT who logs his hours but he's the only person I know whose logging them, and that's because he wants a civilian flying job while he's in the guard. In flight school it's not that important to log it, you can't really deviate much from the POI. When you graduate though you need to log everything and bounce it off the CAFRS monthly. If they lose some hours and you miss minimums your unit will hold you responsible, not the flight ops guys who lost your hours. Plus it can be nice to know what you were doing and with whom down the road if your memory fails you in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerman180 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Who are these seemingly awful "Flight Ops Guys" I keep hearing about? Is that like an enilisted MOS or a shitty position AV officers have to fill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 It is an enlisted MOS, and many of them do their job well. The computer system, however, it not without its flaws. I rarely had issue with Flight Ops guys, except for the one that got in a verbal argument with me about how to fill out a 175. I was mad. Anyway, often times there will be an officer in charge, and they are often a pilot wanting a good OER, or someone grounded or pregnant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerman180 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I see, so is that one of those things a prudent 2LT or 1LT would volunteer for? Do they still get to fly? Please excuse my ignorance here, I have exactly 0 experience in the Army AV world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 The MOS is 15P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 My last battalion had a LT running flight ops for a while. Then he was replaced by a Captain. And then it was augmented by a CW3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d10 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 It's not only the records system that loses data, if you allow your crew chiefs to log the -12's after your flights you're going to end up missing some, and you're definitely going to have a lot of hours logged in the wrong categories (mixing up PC/PI/CP or D/N/NG/Wx). Some crew chiefs feel that the entire logbook is their domain and they won't want you touching your own -12's, but according to DA Pam 738-751 it's the pilot's responsibility to fill them out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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