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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You skanky dog you. That sounds like
a blast.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
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simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces@simpits.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Justin Messenger<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 15, 2003
8:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Simpits-tech@simpits.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [simpits-tech] Weekend
fun!!!!!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I had a fun weekend. I look a frind of mine and we
drove 1.200 miles round trip to get some time on a C-17 sim at Altus AFB. This
time I got to try a hook up with a KC-135. It was much harder than with
desktop simulations. The engines have a several second lag after your throttle
imput. For my first try the instructor took care of the throttles and let me
concentrate on the stick. He said the best he had seen anyone do on their first
try was 11 seconds (including his Air Force students) He said on his first
try he stayed hooked up 10 seconds and that I shouldn't feel bad if I could
only hook up a second or two. I managed 79 seconds on my frist try. He didnt
take that too well :)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>He said "all right hot shot, I'm not helping you
anymore, you take care of the throttles yourself". Instead of
letting my friend try next like he had planned he made me try again.
That time my time was only 4 seconds but he said that was better than the average
Air Force student that he gets out of flight school can do when they frist try.
He said I was smoother with the stick than he was and he sounded
disgusted about it, he has 5000 hours in C-130's plus all of his simulator
time. He told my friend that the way I was moving the stick while tanking is
called "stiring the pot", ie contiuous tiny imputs. I was pretty
happy. I made some great touch and go's too. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>He said the Air Force was paying one thousand dollars
an hour to operate the sim so we got to use $2700 dollars worth of our tax
money to hot dog around. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have to say the C-17 is really cool. It amazes me
how aggressively it can be flown. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>We also got to see the huge computers that drive the
things. We went to the building where they have a full sized replica of the
C-17 cargo hold to train cargo masters. A drive down the flight
line along C-17's and C-5's ended the evening. What fun!</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Justin</span></font></p>
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