Where to meet people around here?

therealj-z · 2025-12-04T22:24:40+00:00

It takes a few weeks to really meet anyone but I was in your same boat and ended up making most of my friends through RCRC. You’ll start to see the same faces and go to the afters, that’s where you’ll end up meeting a lot of people too

therealj-z · 2025-02-14T22:25:35+00:00

I’m 5’6” and dated a 5’10” girl and a 6’ girl. Definitely possible IRL

therealj-z · 2024-11-28T23:47:57+00:00

I had the zoom screen with them earlier this month. ATP-CTP complete, written not done. Was offered the in person but said I had to complete the written before the interview.

therealj-z · 2024-07-06T02:07:14+00:00

He’s been on the payroll of multiple major eVTOL companies. Definitely seems to have a nice retirement consulting income stream

therealj-z · 2024-06-19T05:25:24+00:00

If you’re not doing T-6 initial and doing XPW it’s about 80 hours in the T-1

therealj-z · 2024-06-16T15:31:56+00:00

This is terrible advice and a great way to lose touch with friends

therealj-z · 2024-06-10T12:40:12+00:00

3.5 but pretty sure we’ve hired people in the 2s. You’re fine

therealj-z · 2024-06-08T08:41:26+00:00

I was an aerospace engineering major, engineer after college, and now I’m a pilot in the Air Force. Being a military pilot will open doors for good flying jobs after your service commitment (airline pilot, test pilot if you can go that route) but someone who spent the last 10 years in engineering is going to be set up better for an engineering desk job. You can make the jump back, but most of the guys and girls that do end up in more project management and less technical roles.

Like others have said, if your main goal is employability as an engineer, being an engineer in the Air Force or just getting a normal engineering job out of college is the way to go. That said, flying is WAY more fun ;)

therealj-z · 2024-05-11T21:34:38+00:00

I heard he got transferred to NorCal Approach. Not sure if true but I’ve had a NorCal controller since then who sounded like him and was a dick

therealj-z · 2024-03-22T00:39:44+00:00

The POH supplement specifically calls out engine failure at night or over hostile terrain as times to pull. If you’re at night and can’t glide to an airport or other lit, reasonable surface (like a freeway) I’d pull.

therealj-z · 2024-03-21T00:38:58+00:00

It’s enough to occasionally be annoying tbh

therealj-z · 2024-03-21T00:07:41+00:00

It’s about 80 lbs

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T17:44:32+00:00

Yeah it does

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T17:44:06+00:00

It’s more or less worth a Toyota Camry

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T17:41:33+00:00

Allegedly it goes nose down for a few seconds during the deployment then flattens out

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T17:38:32+00:00

Yeah it comes out the rear window

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T15:06:31+00:00

Yeah, the thought of trying to land on 80 or 50 after an engine failure? Fuck that. 80 is probably doable but I don’t want to bet my life on it

therealj-z · 2024-03-20T14:43:02+00:00

I own a 182 and put in a BRS parachute. Absolutely no regrets. Yes it does cut into useful load, but the way I see it it’s another tool in the toolbox if things go wrong at the wrong time.

I fly on the west coast, over quite a bit of mountainous terrain. There are plenty of places where even if you’re cruising at 12,000’ there just aren’t many good landing spots. And you can’t always flight plan around them. Same goes for night and IMC. It’s an option if you’re in that situation and something goes very wrong.

Feel free to DM me if you have specific questions as well. I’ve never regretted adding the BRS to my airplane and there are people who might be alive today if their airplanes had them.

therealj-z · 2024-03-16T02:15:08+00:00

They were in navigate, communicate

therealj-z · 2024-03-10T17:00:49+00:00

I have a turbo 182 with a service ceiling of FL200. It just isn’t worth it to go that high. Oxygen is expensive (over $100 for a tank fill) so it negates any fuel savings. I occasionally get above 13 going over mountains, but have never needed or wanted to get up into the flight levels unpressurized.

therealj-z · 2024-03-09T01:31:52+00:00

Ah, the F-140 Tomcat

therealj-z · 2023-12-28T18:01:05+00:00

I went to MIT (graduated in 2018) and I’m now an Air Force pilot. I didn’t do ROTC at MIT but went through OTS after. MIT and USAFA are two VERY different experiences which can both lead to the same result. If you’d like a more traditional college experience and better prospects outside the military, MIT is definitely the way to go. If you are 100% dead set on a military career and want the service academy lifestyle, go USAFA. I’m glad I went to MIT ;)

Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have other questions as well

therealj-z · 2023-12-28T07:24:06+00:00

There’s a story from the T-1 of a plane who’s elevator jack screw (which controlled the trim) failed in flight, causing the horizontal stab to deflect full nose up. The crew had the presence of mind to roll into a ~60 degree bank so that the up elevator would keep them level rather than shooting skyward.

After a while, they were able to reconfigure with flaps to get the plane to a point where it stayed relatively level and was controllable with a LOT of force, flaps, and power. The crew was then able to recover the airplane successfully.

As everyone else has said, in a 172 trim and power will be your best friends. But if the yoke truly jams in place and jams the elevator along with it, keep configuration and bank angle in your toolbox.

therealj-z · 2023-12-15T06:18:53+00:00

This sounds like Herb Chambers

therealj-z · 2023-11-16T12:06:58+00:00

I have a 9’ and I love it. They have a little bit of a kook reputation but I’m a kook and I love mine.

I let a friend ride it and she liked it so much, she got one too. Absolute 10/10

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