Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
Damn Skippy!!! 87-03 grad from UPT here and I can ABSOLUTELY tell you that "back in the day" when you graduated UPT you got your first FORM 8. Mine, was and still is in my Military Flight Records folder. In those days you took 3 checks rides in T-37s and 3 in T-38s...ONLY the Inst/Nav Check carried over to your permanent Flight Records along with your hours.
This whole question actually got me thinking about when I did my commercial/instrument mil equivalency after UPT (2004). I don't remember if they asked for any documentation, but it seems like I remember the FAA considering the instrument training from UPT to be sufficient to bestow a civilian instrument pilot rating.
So I suppose that at some point in UPT I got a checkride that was actually useful for something.
I do honestly wonder where my UPT gradebook ended up. I'd like to frame some of those gradesheets... Priceless gems, those.