Last night I got to do something that I've never done before ... fly a C-130 (E model) Simulator. I had such a great time!!! I want to give a big THANK YOU to John Young for setting it up so Todd and I could do it together. I can't say enough times how much fun I had!! Last night I got to do something that I've never done before ... fly a C-130 (E model) Simulator. I had such a great time!!! I want to give a big
For those of you that don't quite know what a C-130 simulator is, its a giant pod that has the inside set up like the inside of a C-130. What should be the windows are actually screens that play a specific landscape. All the buttons, knobs, dials, switches, pedals, etc. still work as they would in a normal C-130. If you haven't figured it out yet the main purpose of this is to simulate flying. Lucky for me last night we were able to fly around the Little Rock area. I don't know the area very well yet, but I did see (or maybe they pointed out to me) the downtown area, Lake Maumelle, and Pinnacle Mountain just to name a few.
The guy that was in charge of our flight simulator, Jimmy, ended up being a guy that Todd had done many sims with during his 2 years of pilot training. I thought he was super nice for letting us do this. It was also great that he seems super excited about the whole thing in general. Todd made the comment that he had never seen anyone so excited about directing the simulator. In the short amount of time I got to fly Jimmy had me take off, fly in formation, perform an airdrop, fly underneath a bridge, perform a touch and go, and a final landing. Todd also got to do some illegal flying such as a barrel roll and a (back) loop. All of that in just an hour .... who knew you could do so much.I think I'm ready to become the Air Force's newest pilot!!!
A celebratory fist pump for no red screens.
It appears I'm in deep concentration on my final descent
Jimmy, me, and Todd
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