T-38 week 1 done

First of all, I'd like to take a moment to thank all those who have given so much for this country and the American people. Dad sent an email today that talked about the importance of today, with one passage that really caught my eye:

"Today we honor the many lives that have been lost in the battles that have been fought that peace and freedom might previal."

Thank you to all who have served, are serving, and will serve for this same purpose.



Well, tomorrow begins week two of T-38 training. Last week went pretty smooth, with tons of academics and trying to learn the entire T-38's systems in a matter of a week. We started with all the electrical and avionics systems, and with all the new hardware in the C model (glass cockpit), it was quite different than the old steam gages in the Tweet. It's pretty rediculous how many different electrical systems are in the jet, some AC, some DC, some both, and which components are part of which systems.

Next was the fuel system, along with the hydraulic, flight control, pneumatic, and other miscellaneous systems. It's pretty rough considering the Tweet was a child's toy compared to this thing and the Talon's flight manual is twice as large as the Tweet's.

Our systems test is on Wednesday, with tomorrow (Tuesday) being all aerospace physiology training. We've also gotten into our new flight rooms on the T-38 side, and H Flight (my flight) went to M Flight, and D Flight (Mike and Greg's) went to I Flight. It was pretty cool, because M Flight is called Mob Flight, and with 5 Italians, the IP's thought it was pretty fitting. The flight room is about three times as large as our old one, thank the Lord, and we even have our own large central table to actually study and do work at. I'll have to post pictures soon, but I still need to replace the LCD screen on my digital camera that was broken in the flight back from the Centrifuge.

That reminds me, don't put anything expensive or breakable in your checked baggage on flights. I'm not quite sure why I did, but Murphy's Law wanted to teach me a lesson and cracked the screen on my camera. I took it all apart, being the engineer that I am, and am able to take the screen out and replace with a working one I will get from the same type camera that I bought off Ebay. I love Ebay.

Anyhow, after spending a few days in Dallas with Dave relaxing and hanging out with Nicole, who we actually spent our freshman year spring break with at a lakehouse in Orlando years ago along with a bunch of other friends, I am back at base and really need to study. It seems I am more likely to write a post on here than study, and it's getting bad. I really need to control my procrastination! Haha, well I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and I'll be sure to write again soon after I pass my systems test on Wednesday! Have a great week!