Week 6 (13-17 Mar 06)

What a WEEK! Flew my second T-2C flight. THIS time it went a LOT better. I flew with my classmate, Tripper (LT McGee). He's an F/A-18 pilot and a great guy. We briefed the flight, got geared up and took to the skies. We did a lot of cool of aerobatics, and he let me fly. We didn't get to spin the airplane because the visibility was not as good we wanted. It would have looked something like this...

I also had my calculus exam... It was definitely the most complex calculus exam I've ever taken, but I think I actually did well. I got my Airborne Systems exam back and scored perfect on it (thanks to all the EE stuff my Dad has taught me over the years like P=IV and impedance mismatching power losses, power spectral density, etc).

On Thursday I gave a tour of the T-6A Texan II (photo on the left) to a local group of cubscouts. I, along with Steve "Icky" Crane, LT Brian "Sandbag" Sandberg, and LT Dan "TOFU" Price and a few others from maintenance and the PR shop treated the scouts to a great night of "meet the airplane." Definitely tons of fun!

Finally, I wrapped the week up with a cockpit evaluation of the front cockpit of the T-38C. It's part of a written project assigned to all of us. I'm just about done writing the cockpit evaluation report and will turn it in next week.

Next week, I'm on the Monday schedule for a T-38C flight, and will have another exam...this time in Mechanics. Man am I having FUN!
-Vanna