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Originally posted by joecct View Post70 years ago the Army Air Force took farmboys and made them pulots. We need pilots, not scientists.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI think they just look for reaction time now. Quick assessment skills. They might do well to just draft QBs.
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Originally posted by walrus View PostVery few flyable P 51s left. There are no pilots because to start out you get paid diddly squat and the training is expensive . Air Force ROTC, 4 yrs of school, 11 years in the military to pay them back. Plus military pilots probably need a EE degree or some kind of engineering degree.**NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostTebow
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Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View PostSo, now we ****ed up our pilot production? Does this country do anything anymore?
The Russian approach would be to build 1,000 cheap planes and train 1,000 pilots when you need 250. Attrition will eliminate the bad pilots.CCT '77 & '78
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”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostMicromanagement - which the Air Force is noted for (read Yeager & Hopper). In war, you get your plane in an advantage position over your opponent. That's piloting. You don't need a college degree for that.
A lot of this is impossible to assess because we haven't had any sort of real practical air combat against a non-wuss opponent in 50 years or against a real navy in 70 years. For all we know, none of this multi-trillion dollar sh-t is even going to work.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI'm not even sure that's true anymore. Our ships and planes never come within the same timezone of the ones they are fighting. The computers and guidance systems do all the actual fighting.
A lot of this is impossible to assess because we haven't had any sort of real practical air combat against a non-wuss opponent in 50 years or against a real navy in 70 years. For all we know, none of this multi-trillion dollar sh-t is even going to work.
But how vulnerable are we to cyber war?CCT '77 & '78
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1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)
”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by joecct View Post70 years ago the Army Air Force took farmboys and made them pulots. We need pilots, not scientists.I swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
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Originally posted by walrus View PostFarm boys don't do well with 200 million dollars worth of electronics. That's why engineers are the choiceCCT '77 & '78
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1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)
”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).
I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI think they just look for reaction time now. Quick assessment skills. They might do well to just draft QBs.
*except I don't believe he ever lost his navigator.Originally posted by WiscTJKI'm with Wisko and Tim.Originally posted by Timothy AOther than Wisko McBadgerton and Badger Bob, who is universally loved by all?
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Originally posted by Wisko McBadgerton View PostFriend of mine, very quiet, pretty smart, but with no discernible eye-hand coordination or athletic ability (could not throw a ball, or shoot a basket, etc. to save his life and had two or more left feet. Although he could play the hell out of a trumpet.) joined the Navy in college and became a real life Pete Mitchell.* Flew Tomcats on night missions off carriers in the Gulf and eventually became a Top Gun instructor for several years. I have no idea how he managed it. He's been out quite awhile now and just pilots Jumbos across the water from Chicago once a week. Which is a pretty good gig.
*except I don't believe he ever lost his navigator.Cornell University
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