C-27's going away
09-01-2015, 06:01 AM
#31
On Reserve
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Posts: 20
Originally Posted by mahomed
Do you have the CASA 235 simulator? And what are the cost for the initial course
Some falcon/puffin guys on here may know the answer.
09-01-2015, 06:26 AM
#32
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: 767A (Ret)
Posts: 6,248
An old friend was one of the AF guys who were given an Army checkout in the Caribou during the changeover. He told the Army IP: "You're going to land where?! There's not enough roo...Aieeee!" 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAqmCdc_KK4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAqmCdc_KK4
09-01-2015, 02:58 PM
#33
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: B777; Left Seat.
Posts: 253
My last flight in an OV-1D Mohawk was in May of 1992. I was assigned at Fort Hood Texas, and liked to do my training flights to the very end of our "leash". I was interested in going to Clinton-Sherman, OK. They had a runway 13,000' long by 300' wide. They didn't even have Class D airspace. I got gas from the FBO there, and the fellow who owned it gave me a royal welcome. He was a retired USAF major. He had flown C-7As in Vietnam, and had done a liaison tour with an Army C-7A unit. He had some great admiration for Army pilots. He said the Army would let them land on a 700' dirt strip, while the USAF required a minimum of 1,000'. He also said that the USAF required two pilots in the C-7, while the Army would let a 19 year old WO-1 fly it by himself. Later, after I checked the weather and found a huge line of thunderstorms between me and Fort Hood, he drove me and my right seater to the Holiday Inn, and told the manager to take good care of us. He even loaned me $50. I think he would have given me the shirt off of his back. Nice guy; I'll never forget him.
09-01-2015, 07:13 PM
#35
Get me outta here...
Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: Boeing right seat
Posts: 1,541
In 2011 while flying out of Bagram, a contract C-7 showed up and was flying sorties from next to our squadron.
It was gorgeous. Looked like new. And was powered by a pair of PT-6's. Super quiet.
It would taxi to the intersection, go full power, and take off in what seemed to be a few hundred feet. I'm sure it was more, but it looked great.
It was gorgeous. Looked like new. And was powered by a pair of PT-6's. Super quiet.
It would taxi to the intersection, go full power, and take off in what seemed to be a few hundred feet. I'm sure it was more, but it looked great.
