Aced Flight 1 !!!!!!

CamaroC-17 · 11-30-2011, 06:38 PM

I am out here in Altus OK and just had my first flight on the C-17 where I was the boss. After thousands of hours on the C-5 Galaxy the C-17 has been a learning curve (trying to forget all the C-5 stuff). Well at the end of a 6 hour flight of doing AR's (aerial refueling), 300 foot low levels at 310 Knots, assault landings, touch and goes, and combat off loads..My instructor looked at me and said " You were extremely knowledgeable and fast for it being your first operational flight on the C-17. It was like you have been on the plane for years!" SAaaaWeEEET! Heck yeah!

Now I wish they would let me go home. lol

2ndgenz28 · 11-30-2011, 06:49 PM

Perform to well and they will never let you go hehehe

Just report seeing a UFO and you'll get home for sure

PYROLYSIS · 11-30-2011, 07:52 PM

Congrats. Love seeing the C-17s in Charleston. Saw some today when I went to a private airport for a medical helicopter LZ class. Magnificent machines, you must be proud.

Coop · 11-30-2011, 08:28 PM

Isnt it great to fly a plane that doesnt fly like a whale. C-17 is just a weee bit more nimble.

AnnaBear@SpartaChevy · 12-01-2011, 10:32 AM

Congratulations!

What a great accomplishment.

greenisgood · 12-01-2011, 11:08 AM

Congrats!! Sounds like fun to me. I push buttons, take off, talk to people, land.

Ok, actually I love my job, just a little less exciting than yours.

Checkrides are always stressful even when you know what you're doing, great feeling to have it successfully behind you. Nice job!!

CamaroC-17 · 12-01-2011, 09:14 PM

Thanks everyone! I still have many flights to go before I am done in February. So I just got to keep it up!

11-30-2011, 06:38 PM	#1
CamaroC-17 Formerly Camaroc5 Drives: 2010 Camaro LT/RS M6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,647	Aced Flight 1 !!!!!! I am out here in Altus OK and just had my first flight on the C-17 where I was the boss. After thousands of hours on the C-5 Galaxy the C-17 has been a learning curve (trying to forget all the C-5 stuff). Well at the end of a 6 hour flight of doing AR's (aerial refueling), 300 foot low levels at 310 Knots, assault landings, touch and goes, and combat off loads..My instructor looked at me and said " You were extremely knowledgeable and fast for it being your first operational flight on the C-17. It was like you have been on the plane for years!" SAaaaWeEEET! Heck yeah! Now I wish they would let me go home. lol

11-30-2011, 07:52 PM	#3
PYROLYSIS Remember the Charleston 9 Drives: 2004 KME PREDATOR, 2014 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Summerv1LE SC Posts: 5,381 View My Garage	Congrats. Love seeing the C-17s in Charleston. Saw some today when I went to a private airport for a medical helicopter LZ class. Magnificent machines, you must be proud. __________________ BRING BACK THE B4C POLICE CAMARO! 2002 V-6 5 speed rally red (current camaro) Also driven:1992 Z-28 305 auto Red w/ black stripes (anniversary), 2001 V-6 auto light pewter metallic,1991 RS V-6 auto Black

11-30-2011, 08:28 PM	#4
Coop Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lawton/Fort Sill, OK Posts: 1,632	Isnt it great to fly a plane that doesnt fly like a whale. C-17 is just a weee bit more nimble. __________________ 2010 Camaro 1SS Inferno Orange Magnusson Supercharger Installed and Tuned by ADM Performance, Roto Fab CAI IOM painted, MBRP Cat Back Exhaust, Barton Industries Short Shifter, Clear Image Headers, Pedders coilovers, BMR Front/Rear sway bars Trailing Arms and End Links, VMax ported TB

12-01-2011, 11:08 AM	#6
greenisgood Drives: 2011 2ss/rs Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New York Posts: 301	Congrats!! Sounds like fun to me. I push buttons, take off, talk to people, land. Ok, actually I love my job, just a little less exciting than yours. Checkrides are always stressful even when you know what you're doing, great feeling to have it successfully behind you. Nice job!! __________________ (Click above image to learn about UpstateC5)

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12-01-2011, 09:14 PM	#7
CamaroC-17 Formerly Camaroc5 Drives: 2010 Camaro LT/RS M6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,647	Thanks everyone! I still have many flights to go before I am done in February. So I just got to keep it up!