Jets!

Following a very exciting form solo, I waited for a whole week.

This morning, my commander came into the flight room and told my roommate and I, both of us complete in the naval program, what our next aircraft would be. He got helicopters for the Marines, I got Navy jets.

This is a big thrill. Can't wait to fly the plane, really excited for that.

In the mean time - try to perfect formation in a T-6.

Now We Wait...

I may have flown my last time in a T-6.

The formation solo marks the end of the road for Navy folks who don't select/track Tactical Aviation. To quote an instructor, "it's the most fun, scariest time you will ever have in an airplane." So true. I flew across from my roommate, JT Morgan, for 75 minutes, most of that time positioning our aircraft within 10 feet of each other. Crazy! It's wild that they let us do that.

To make things even more insane, I was the only person in my plane.

The flight was awesome. The most smooth and controlled I have felt in a long time, in the plane. Really exciting to do all those maneuvers, even a loop, with another airplane in trail.

One of those days, I would have flown for free.