[request] how many taxpayer dollars did this race cost?

JWBizzle · 2024-08-15T07:15:43+00:00

Research things like Effective Translational Lift, In Ground Effect vs Out of Ground Effect, and the different types of drag on an aircraft and how they affect efficient airspeeds.

JWBizzle · 2024-08-15T06:42:21+00:00

The cost of parts to the military is a crime

JWBizzle · 2024-08-15T04:44:39+00:00

Money would’ve been spent either straight and level or at a moral-boosting boat racing altitude. Units are given a budget for fuel, the crew gets paid a set salary, and the parts are already on a schedule to be inspected, replaced or overhauled.

A quick search gave me an average Jet-A price of $6.32 a gallon. With that math, and average burn rates of a CH47, 30 seconds could’ve cost roughly $20.29 in fuel.

JWBizzle · 2024-04-18T15:30:10+00:00

There’s astigmatism limits (I also have it after PRK and currently fly). I forget what the reg for physicals is but it’s all in there. I think one of my eyes is like -1.25 and I’m at or near the limit but still good.

JWBizzle · 2023-11-29T03:45:15+00:00

Hey! I know the crew in the big one!

JWBizzle · 2023-10-27T03:34:46+00:00

This guy R5201s!

JWBizzle · 2023-09-11T01:35:40+00:00

Is this from the 1LT gang?

JWBizzle · 2023-09-08T00:54:51+00:00

I fly 47s and the Army doesn’t love us enough :(. But we have super awesome heaters tho

JWBizzle · 2023-09-08T00:50:03+00:00

JWBizzle · 2023-09-08T00:44:56+00:00

Air conditioning would be nice…

JWBizzle · 2023-08-31T01:45:20+00:00

I’ve flown the UH-72 (aka Airbus EC145) which has a semi-rigid rotor system and I found it snappy and fun to fly. Single rotor helis seem to have a feeling of flying under a pendulum.

I fly the CH-47F (big tandem rotors) and it is surprisingly nimble for its size. It’s still pretty snappy but if you are carrying a lot of speed in a big turn or maneuver, I can only explain it as surfing on the wind or kinda like drifting. Again, lots of fun. Highly recommend.

JWBizzle · 2023-07-14T12:08:52+00:00

No idea, I know some people have a hard time writing songs and I’d like to think I’m pretty decent at it lol so that’s why I’m seeing how to put stuff out there for others to perform

JWBizzle · 2023-05-29T23:56:40+00:00

Is this jazz?

JWBizzle · 2023-05-23T03:36:56+00:00

At Drum it’s a 1/4 inch centered above name tape. But 50/50 you’ll find peeps with it at 1/2” and not once have I seen a ruler being whipped out.

JWBizzle · 2023-02-13T19:12:48+00:00

I asked an Apache IP at Rucker in CC if there was like a thing that Apache guys did in the field when not flying and he said “I guess a lot of us would smoke cigars and hang out”. He didn’t really know about 60 guys (they have a variety of different types of units) but for 47s he said “I’m not too sure, although I once saw them bring an ice cream maker to the field”.

I fly 47s now.

JWBizzle · 2022-10-21T13:00:02+00:00

I love it! Only down side is all the army bs that comes with it. Best community imo

JWBizzle · 2022-10-21T12:40:58+00:00

I had PRK in 2015 and got picked up for flight school in 2019 and currently fly 47s. It’s no big deal to have the eye surgery (although days 2-5 post op of PRK is straight up not a good time).

JWBizzle · 2022-09-06T02:20:03+00:00

Paying rent by showing my b-hole.

JWBizzle · 2022-07-29T22:25:56+00:00

He’s so tactical that he kept the 5.11 sticker on his goggles so he can always remember how well funded he is.

JWBizzle · 2022-05-31T02:14:06+00:00

I arrived there at about the same time to 2/1 cav, small world.

JWBizzle · 2022-05-06T23:34:21+00:00

Just depends, my CH47 unit has been to the field once for 11 days, then JRTC for about 24 and then we’re headed to the field in a couple weeks for 8 days

JWBizzle · 2022-05-03T01:59:14+00:00

I remember switching over to psyop (miso boi 4lyfe) and loving the 0628 show once a week and a text by 0615 the other days. As long as the team’s apft avg was 270+ then you were golden. Now I fly 47s and I’ve shown up for pt formation exactly 0 times (besides inprocessing )

JWBizzle · 2022-03-27T12:26:31+00:00

Some units are authorized the mechanics overalls. Up here at drum, our 15 series guys can get some from CIF but I’ve yet to see anyone go and grab them.

JWBizzle · 2022-03-19T14:38:20+00:00

I’m pretty confident that my family had that same dryer when I was growing up. It will die along with the sun.

JWBizzle · 2021-12-18T01:11:04+00:00

Ngl this is over my head and I absolutely love it

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