T-37 Academics & Simulator Complete

Tweets is going by fast...I only have 8 more rides until I'm Tweet complete! I flew a lot of instrument rides this week, and had my I-check today. Everything went really well and I came away with one downgrade. I didn't get any downgrades for flying, but I got downgraded on my emergency procedure during the ground evaluation of all things! CRAP! Oh well, I'm not complaining with what I got. I should have my formation checkride in the next couple weeks. Have I told you...formation is the coolest thing! I'm sure I have, but couldn't remember. =) We finished with academics a few weeks ago, but I've just forgotten to say anything about it. It's been nice not having to worry about that stuff...flying is where I can spend all my time now. I also had my last simulator thursday before my checkride today. We've been so busy flying and studying the past few months, that it's hard to believe we're almost done with Phase II!

Last weekend was cross-country weekend. It turned out to be a good time and a big learning experience. We fly so much around here in the Columbus AFB environment that we get really used to how things opperate. Going cross-country teaches you a lot of things about instrument flying and gets you used to how things are going to be outside of here. Due to weather, we ended up flying north. We hit Ft. Cambell, KY on the way up to Wright Patterson AFB, OH where we spent the night. Most of you know I worked a civilian job a Wright Patt before OTS, so it was good to see some buds and family around there. The next day we made our way over to St. Louis for a Cardinals/Marlins game. The third day changed from flying south down to the beach because of weather again. We ended up over in Arkansas, which wasn't too bad before heading back here on Sunday. It was a mentally tiring but great weekend. It totally helped bring together all the simulator and instrument rides we've had over the past months.


Packing our bags in the Tweet was a process. My IP stuffed his bag behind the seats and I put mine in the right nose comparment I'm doing in the picture above. Our shoes went wherever there was space in the front there and then with a little force the comparment was latched with my bad crammed in there. Fun times! All I packed was one flight suit, and couple changes of civilian clothes and the important stuff. =) As we were climbing in the jets, I said good-bye to the buds and then was pumped up by a couple F-16's from the 178th Fighter Wing in Springfield, OH doing touch-n-gos.

Well, that's it for this update. The next one will be my final update in Tweets probably...on to Phase III! T-38's baby!