Originally Posted by
Kasserine06
My uncle was never a military pilot, but when he had around 1000 hours, be began to fly a friend’s L-39, and he said it took some getting used to, but it was not impossible.
No - just going faster is certainly NOT the hardest part of switching gears. I mean those VLJs have people going from new piston pilot to small jet pilot in now time it seems!
One big difference in the type of training that we are talking about is above and beyond the takeoff from Point A and land at Point B (besides the challenges one can face from the portion of flight). Our students solo in the Hornet after 4 flights, probably 6 hours, after 2 familiarization flights (including a little aerobatics) and 2 instrument round robins (standard instrument stuff obviously); then they spend the next 8-12 months learning how to EMPLOY it.
Listen, study hard, accept the military's way of doing things, apply your own airsense when appropriate, HAVE FUN, and learn all you can about your aircraft and its' mission. If you do all of that - you are going to have a BLAST!
USMCFLYR
Btw - I'm taking my own advice very soon, just in reverse order
