neosonic

i can no longer support a website who's increasing political agenda supports the things that it does

it appears that the original aim of this site has been lost, and instead has become a breeding ground for pretentious elitists, where it's basically 'in fashion' to hate the United States

I can't in good conscience support a forum for forcing your views on people and promoting...
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Greetings and Well Met,

Wow I've been gone for a long fuckin' time. How is everybody? I've been hard at work trying to finish up my training here. I'm almost done with advanced helicopters and about 2 months from getting my wings which is going to kick ass. Unfortunately, all I've really been able to focus on for as long as I've been gone is...
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del *.*

Yesterday was a pretty big day. It was my 11th flight in the helo, which is your first major check ride. You fly with a standardization instructor and he evaluates you to see if you're safe in the aircraft and can perform all the different maneuvers without instructor assistance. I passed, and then about an hour later, they gave me and my roommate our own...
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5 flights into the helo business, starting to get the hang of it

Can't wait to go home next week! I get 2 weeks of leave from the 20th - 3rd for christmas, so I should be down in the Tampa area for most if not all of that, looking forward to it.

Friday night we went to one of those hibachi places and then...
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Holy crap... all I can say is that flying a helicopter feels more like flying some bizzaro alien spacecraft than flying an airplane... Hovering is ridiculously hard, it's a serious challenge.

But more importantly, I managed to not dig the rotors into the ground on my first attempt to fly a chopper, so that's a good thing. It was fun as all hell. I dare...
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this helo business is hard... so far I've completed all the helo groundschool stuff and completed the first 5 simulators which teach basic procedures and all emergency procedures...

Tomorrow I have my Fam 0, which is basically when you meet your main instructor (called your 'on-wing'), and you go learn how to pre-flight the aircraft and such...

Thursday I should have my first flight, and...
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holy mother of god.... sorry I haven't been around in forever... basically, i've finished primary flight training, i'm now in advanced helicopter training and back in north Florida for the next 6 months or so until I get my wings. Moving was a huge bitch, it took us forever to find a house, but we're finally settled in and all our stuff from Corpus has...
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