I think the fact of a student moving between multiple schools has been implicated in accident investigations.
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I should have been more clear...
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There's also a question of liability if credit was given by a school for something that was allegedly previously covered and later on there is an incident that involved that segment of training.
They did at one time, I think since the IFT program was started, civilian schools were done away with.
Ours (RNZAF) - not yours
I should have been more clear...
That's a problem of aircraft selection, not training philosophy.Back in the 1990's CASF Gen McPeak made a disastrous change in IPT-type training. A former member of the Thunderbirds, he thought that aerobatics ought to be taught from the beginning. So the USAFA got rid of the safe and reliable T-41 and bought the Slingsby Firefly. However, they needed a bigger engine and that precluded keeping the header tank, where fuel gravity flows to the engine. After two crashes that killed two instructors and students and with numerous close calls due to engine failures, the Fireflys were grounded and eventually scrapped.
Somebody pointed out they probably could have done much better if they had reverted to PT-17's.
Back in the 1990's CASF Gen McPeak made a disastrous change in IPT-type training. A former member of the Thunderbirds, he thought that aerobatics ought to be taught from the beginning. So the USAFA got rid of the safe and reliable T-41 and bought the Slingsby Firefly. However, they needed a bigger engine and that precluded keeping the header tank, where fuel gravity flows to the engine. After two crashes that killed two instructors and students and with numerous close calls due to engine failures, the Fireflys were grounded and eventually scrapped.
Somebody pointed out they probably could have done much better if they had reverted to PT-17's.
I would have been a great fighter pilot, except for my grades.
a less demanding curriculum been developed.
That was indeed key. And I guess if the fuel system had been modified to not put the lines so close to the muffler maybe the vapor lock problem could have been fixed.
A standard part of any type rating is hot starts and how to deal with vapour lock. As long as the fuel is flowing (i.e. engine is running) its not a problem.That was indeed key. And I guess if the fuel system had been modified to not put the lines so close to the muffler maybe the vapor lock problem could have been fixed.
A standard part of any type rating is hot starts and how to deal with vapour lock. As long as the fuel is flowing (i.e. engine is running) its not a problem.
Yeah, but if they weren't taught to start a hot engine, what sort of training did they receive? Civil or military, "How to start your aeroplane" is fairly basic stuff.I strongly suspect that the modified Firefly would have been unable to receive a civil certification.
Meanwhile, while they will no longer give people with a pilot's license a leg up, they are also doing this:
I strongly suspect that the modified Firefly would have been unable to receive a civil certification.
Maybe this disparity exists because so-called minorities don't have an interest in becoming USAF pilots? If you really want to break this down, 13% of the US population is African American. 86% of USAF pilot are white. Do the math!
There are quite a number of fuel mods required before civil registration, as well as a list of mods/airworthiness directives.Actually those operated at the USAFA and at Hondo Texas did have a Type Certificate Data sheet (A73EU). I can't remember if they carried "N" numbers, I think some did. I was supposed to work at the Test Pilot's School at EDW in 2002 maintaining several that was supposed to be operated there. After the bad press, the program was cut and the remaining aircraft were scrapped.
I think if you look at the TCDS, the fuel mod is included.
A very wise man once told me "Son... there's flying fighters and then there's fighting fighters... big difference".I am private pilot, and while I feel this gives me a better understanding of aerodynamics and how/why airplanes fly, and it may give me an advantage in aeronautical decision making (a big maybe) over someone with no flying experience, in no way does it prepare me to be a better fighter pilot.
And if you look at the dates of those mods they were issued well after the crashes at USAFAThere are quite a number of fuel mods required before civil registration, as well as a list of mods/airworthiness directives.
Well if we just want to talk African Americans 100% white - 13% AA = 87% so the number is slightly off. And yes we haven't included other minorities.Not to dispute any of your other points, but the math doesn't work here. It would if the U.S. population was 13% African American and 86% white, but that is not the case.