Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Originally Posted by
TonyC
If it was so easy, they should have been able to teach the procedures in a classroom, and go practice it in flight on the first sortie.
I guess this depends on what you're flying. This is exactly what my airframe does. Granted, my aircraft is much more responsive.
Originally Posted by
Hacker15e
Originally Posted by
TonyC
If it was so easy, they should have been able to teach the procedures in a classroom, and go practice it in flight on the first sortie.
This is how it is done in the F-15E FTU.
It is actually just an "also..." during a syllabus sortie in which something else is the primary mission. That first AAR is just something you do on the way to or from the real learning point on that day.
I realize this was over a week and 40 posts ago, but there was an important point you both seem to have missed or forgotten. For your review:
Originally Posted by
reCALcitrant
Refueling is close trail. Not hard. And not hard in a heavy.
Originally Posted by
reCALcitrant
You guys act like I haven't done this a few times. Please. I flew Buffs with no ailerons. This crap isn't hard.
AR in a heavy is not close trail in a T-38.
I would certainly hope that it's easier to maneuver a fighter on the boom than a heavy.
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Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Originally Posted by
TonyC
I do know that in some airframes, copilots are not allowed to close beyond pre-contact without an Instructor who is specifically certified to instruct air refueling.
This is valid, there is a reason they were sent to an aircraft requiring two pilots...
Ehh, didn't take long, did it? Attempt to elevate yourself by putting others down.
Sweet ...
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