We spent the last 3 days of the week going over the various systems outlined in the Systems 1 course. Flight Controls, Radios, GPS, Nav Equipment, etc, etc. The information is much more interesting but they throw quite a bit at us and supposedly the questions can be a bit tricky. We test tomorrow afternoon and then go over the 2nd portion of systems tues, wed, thurs and test on that Friday. So it should be a pretty busy week. We get to check out the sim in the morning two at a time and that should give us a slightly better idea of what the buttons do.
It was a nice lazy weekend otherwise, one of the guys that lives off-base had a party and there was a pretty good turnout and we played some horseshoes and other games. Saturday, Josh and I saw Pineapple Express which was hilarious and I think he found it extra amusing because he was a cop prior to coming here and it reminded him of all the nut jobs he would arrest. We hung out at Aaron's for a few hours last night while he went through the process of brewing a batch of beer which should be ready in a couple weeks. It was pretty cool to see how it's done and I think I'm going to try and find some good wheat beer mix to concoct next.
Today was all about studying with a quick trip to the gym. I've been getting on the rowing machine to try and augment my workout and lighten the load of running on my knees the last few weeks. It's a slap-in-the-face reminder every time I get on of how much those things can hurt! But it was really cool to see some olympic rowing on TV and gave me a little inspiration to try and stay on the erg and get back in crew shape.
Back to systems for now... I'll try and update a bit more often as Nathan claims I have quite a fan base growing lol. Adios~
2 comments:
Wow, I learned about the pistons and super chargers in my 9 cylinder radial on the T28. And when it came to Navigation systems, well, we had a VOR and the hated ADF radio. My how times change! In my helicopter, when over open water in the Mediteranean Sea we would call out over HF radio for a long count (1,2,3,etc) and push a switch to see where the needle swung, and that would direct us to the ship. We did this because we were either too far away or too low for the vor to work. Sometimes they didn't want to give us even a short count because they didn't want to give their position away! Good luck on the test.
Dad
I was watching some olympic rowing.. and i wanted to text you but didnt.. and then i was watching that relay last night and wanted to text megan but didn't...
hah i think i see a pattern here.
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