Oh technology is great, they've got good stuff going on. I can't go much more into it, but technology isn't always what makes flying what it is.
Anyhow, if you want to learn to fly, go find an instructor at your local airport. It's pretty fun, though take barf bags the first couple of times until you get your 'air legs' under you. Bopping along in a Cessna at 2k gets kinda rough sometimes
DH is private plane certified (aside from military flight) so we'd rent from the local flying club and take a plane up. I'd also suggest, if you want some time on a simulation, Flight Simulator 2005 ('06?) for the computer. Get a good joystick too.
Becomming a military pilot is not as hard as you think just depends on how hard your willing to work for it. Best way to do it is to get into college ROTC (I assume you dont have a degree yet), push for as high a GPA as possible, and get yourself into the best shape you possibly can (as in run several miles every day). Becomming a military pilot is still easier than getting into special forces.
If you have a college degree, I recommend OCS. If you need a degree, then college ROTC (only Officers fly, Officers have at least a Bachelors. The USNs new 'flying WO' program aside). Either way takes a lot of work and study, but it certainly can be done. I also recommend being in shape. Look into each branches fitness tests if you want to know exactly where you need to be. Overall, they consist of 1.5ml run, push ups, situps, and body comp or BMI tests.
Once you get into a flight program, grades have just about everything to do with what you fly (jets, props, helos). The process varies a bit between branches. But basically, you have primary flight school, then advanced. Then you're first station. Bear in mind, there is a selection process and requests considered.
If you're Navy, you'll have a ground job along with your flights. I believe all AF guys do is fly. Marines, not sure. They stem from Navy. In all branches you will have a career path. You will upgrade. You will be ranked and graded.
Anyhow, it's a neat lifestyle. Certainly different from civie life. It has its ups and downs. But definitely doable.
jmillheiser wrote:In your case you also would need to get your citizenship.
Non-citizens can enlist (and become citizens in 18 months) but officers must be citizens
Actually, that's not a bad way to go. He could enlist, gain citizenship, take college classes, and go through the seaman-to-admiral program (aka STA-21).
Especially in the Phillipines, those guys that do get into the US military, they love them. Very proud Navy families out there.
well anyway... i don't have a need for it right now, but it will be a good in the future if i get lucky enough to do some amateur racing.
plus it's fun to practice.
no, i mean a 3 sec take off, a good start is one that you dont stall and you arnt rear ended, a 3sec take off, like the kind you were practicing, are almost never needed, so still wondering why you might need them
JWF
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JWF505 wrote:its like a goat, but with two wheels.
JWF505 wrote:
no, i mean a 3 sec take off, a good start is one that you dont stall and you arnt rear ended, a 3sec take off, like the kind you were practicing, are almost never needed, so still wondering why you might need them
JWF
you confused me... so you meant going 0-60mph in 3 secs. that's my product when i get a good start.
not stalling is a normal start... revving high while keeping the front down is the one im practicing.
some guy w/ the same bike as me said he's doing 8Krpm take offs but i don't wanna try that yet especially w/ the TRE installed.
i'll stick to my 4Krpm take offs for now. i haven't even gotten good at it yet. then when i get good at 4Krpm take offs, i'll practice 6K.
like i said, it's fun to practice... not as fun as cornering practice but still very fun to practice.
as for its need outside racing... well uh, uh, it's great if you wanna get away fast, whatever the reason.
0-60 in 3 sec is a pretty good bit of riding. it would take a lot of time at the dragstrip to get much better than that.
I can hit 60 in about 4 seconds on my bandit though I dont have to fight my front wheel trying to come up like you do with the Gixxer. 4 sec on the bandit is not too shabby considering I have to shift to hit 60 (55 is redline in 1st gear) and I have 60hp less than you do, plus that little thing of being at 6000ft.
