Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Career Builder > Military
so you want to be a military pilot? >

so you want to be a military pilot?

Search
Notices
Military Military Aviation

so you want to be a military pilot?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-13-2010, 11:01 PM
  #51  
Custom User Title
 
AZFlyer's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,271
Default

Don't mean to butt in, but Bunk, I just saw your helmet last wednesday. It's there.

Awesome museum. (Though I wasted $20 on the hornet 'sim'. Not so much a sim as it is microsoft flight sim stuffed into a cheap cockpit mockup. )
AZFlyer is offline  
Old 03-14-2010, 05:06 AM
  #52  
Gets Weekends Off
 
bunk22's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Retired Naval Aviator
Posts: 377
Default

Originally Posted by AZFlyer View Post
Don't mean to butt in, but Bunk, I just saw your helmet last wednesday. It's there.
Almost makes me seem cool or like I did something cool. Not so much
bunk22 is offline  
Old 03-14-2010, 06:55 AM
  #53  
China Visa Applicant
 
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Midfield downwind
Posts: 1,920
Default

Originally Posted by bunk22 View Post
My old COD helmet is in the USS Midway E-2/C-2 ready room museum

How did it come to pass that your helmet is in there?
Hacker15e is offline  
Old 03-14-2010, 09:09 AM
  #54  
Gets Weekends Off
 
USMCFLYR's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
Posts: 13,837
Default

Originally Posted by Hacker15e View Post
How did it come to pass that your helmet is in there?
I'm sure Bunk has a better story, but at least for other ready rooms - requests went out for donations - especially if you had ever deployed on the USS Midway.

USMCFLYR
USMCFLYR is offline  
Old 03-14-2010, 03:54 PM
  #55  
Gets Weekends Off
 
bunk22's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Retired Naval Aviator
Posts: 377
Default

Originally Posted by Hacker15e View Post
How did it come to pass that your helmet is in there?
Being a part of the E2/C2 community, I had heard there was a ready room being created as part of the museum. Once it was completed, I noticed all the helmets from jet squadrons. So I emailed the folks who were in charge of the E2/C2 ready room and told them that my helmet had just been declared unserviceable by the PR's for some damage to the foam lining and they should put a helmet used by E2/C2 folks in their ready room museum. They agreed and thus, there's my old helmet. So USMCFlyer was correct, not sexy by any means. I created my own graphics for my new helmet but my PR's used simple reflective tape for that one, a bit old school. So it looks a bit rough.
bunk22 is offline  
Old 03-16-2010, 06:28 AM
  #56  
On Reserve
 
Canuck41's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Hawk/T-45 front and rear seat!!!
Posts: 15
Default

Originally Posted by CaptFuzz View Post
My advice, from my own personal experience, would be to be cautious about joining the military.

Killing people for a living should be something that disturbs you.
As your profile doesn't have much information, I'm rather curious as to what your "Personal Experience" might be that would lead you to write such a post?

Bunk22-you flying the T-45 yet?
Canuck41 is offline  
Old 03-16-2010, 02:53 PM
  #57  
Gets Weekends Off
 
bunk22's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Retired Naval Aviator
Posts: 377
Default

Originally Posted by Canuck41 View Post
Bunk22-you flying the T-45 yet?
Nope, I leave Korea in July, have to go to P-cola for water survival then report to TW-2 in August. So whenever they let me start the ITU, probably September or so is my guess.
bunk22 is offline  
Old 03-16-2010, 03:15 PM
  #58  
Administrator
 
vagabond's Avatar
 
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: C-172
Posts: 8,024
Default

I've always wanted to be a military pilot.

But, alas, I have a rather fragile disposition, I throw up very easily, my eyesight is poor, my kidneys are in even worse shape, I am slightly argumentative, I tend to overanalyze things, I am afraid of heights and open spaces, and I still can't tell what zulu time it is where you are.

Sure would like to have cool name like bunk or hacker or something.
vagabond is offline  
Old 03-16-2010, 05:44 PM
  #59  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,083
Default

Originally Posted by vagabond View Post
I've always wanted to be a military pilot.

But, alas, I have a rather fragile disposition, I throw up very easily, my eyesight is poor, my kidneys are in even worse shape, I am slightly argumentative, I tend to overanalyze things, I am afraid of heights and open spaces, and I still can't tell what zulu time it is where you are.
Are you sure you weren't in the military? You sure sound a lot like my first fleet CO.
XHooker is offline  
Old 03-16-2010, 06:06 PM
  #60  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Aloha's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 111
Default

Originally Posted by vagabond View Post
I've always wanted to be a military pilot.

But, alas, I have a rather fragile disposition, I throw up very easily, my eyesight is poor, my kidneys are in even worse shape, I am slightly argumentative, I tend to overanalyze things, I am afraid of heights and open spaces, and I still can't tell what zulu time it is where you are.

Sure would like to have cool name like bunk or hacker or something.

Brother,
There are no cool call signs. The guys running around with call signs like "lazer" or "death ray" gave themselves those names; and they usually won't stick. (they will be the only ones refering to themselves as such). Names like "torch" (for overtemping an engine on start up), or "pucks" (for landing long and overheating the brakes), or boner (never mind about that one) are the ones that follow you around and stick. No different from any other nick name you got from your buddies.
Semper fi,
Aloha
Aloha is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Time2Fly
Corporate
38
08-11-2010 09:17 PM
iflyatnite
Cargo
75
05-03-2010 07:13 AM
harrier
Regional
161
05-24-2009 09:54 AM
vagabond
Hiring News
4
04-08-2009 08:03 AM
Herkdrv
Military
15
11-27-2008 09:58 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



Your Privacy Choices