Phase II / Tweet Complete!

It's hard to believe, but I'm done flying the Tweet! I finished last Friday with my low level navigation flight, which was an awesome last ride. The whole flight was flown at about 500 ft and 210-220 knots. It simulates what may take place in a different jet in that we need to be able to find ground checkpoints and make sure we're on time to each so we reach the target on time. We obviously didn't have anything to bomb in the tweet, but our "target" at the end of the mission was a dam. Fun times!

Thursday I had my formation checkride and came away with a 3 downgrade excellent...I was happy with a 3E even though my downgrades were stupid mistakes. That's always how it seems to go. =) It was actually a bit out of the ordinary. I was scheduled to have my checkride on Wednesday of last week, but we were only able to get half of it done. I did all my lead work and had just given my wingman the lead when we heard over the radios, "Columbus AFB is now on weather recall." Basically, thunderstorms were moving into the area and we had to get home before they hit. My check IP took the jet and lead us home. Thursday I was able to finish up the rest of my checkride on the wing...we even had to dodge some weather then as well. It's so hot and humid around here, thunderstorms pop up fast. If I get the chance at the T-38, formation is going to be awesome!

A bunch of us went out last weekend to celebrate being done with the T-37 at a local restaurant. This pic goes out to my best friend from back home...John Deere!

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