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Old 06-27-2014, 05:47 AM
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Vito
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De La Ghetto,
Good Luck in your goal to fly the F-35, however, It is extremely difficult to get there so be prepared for other options. I always did well in school, College was easy, and even finished the first year in Law School (which was also easy to me) Then I decided to pursue a dream to fly in the Air Force and hopefully fighters. I showed up at UPT with a private Pilot's license so it should be a "breeze" right? WRONG!!!! They kicked my ass and my entire class's ass all over the place for a year straight! we started with over 65 students and graduated 25, with 2 fighter assignments! some aspiring fighter pilots puked all over the place on their first flights in the T-37 and couldn't handle it. One guy's brain turned to mush when he put on his helmet and O2 mask, started getting claustrophobic! One guy who was valedictorian of his high school class, finished college in 3 years and graduated top cadet at OTS was washed-out in 6 weeks because the IP's quickly realized that he had so much success in his academic pursuits that he didn't handle failure too well. So they tested him by screwing things up on him, and because he had never failed before, he had a real hard time overcoming minor screw-ups which lead to major screw-ups which messed with his head and "POOF" he's gone! So to sum it up, pursue your goal one step at a time, and be happy if you graduate and fly a military aircraft, because its an elite fraternity, and if you get that F-35 you'll know you'd be the best of the best!
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