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Randy,

(As for running into another aircraft while raging around down low -- that's always an issue, of course. I wonder how that is handled here in the UK, since in the US the low-fly training routes are published on the VFR sectional charts so that civilian pilots can keep their eyes peeled while transiting them.)

It's easy here in the UK...you just use the Mk. 1 eyeball. We were always taught that despite all the modern aids it is still critical that you see the other guy first. So just keep the eyes outside the cockpit and don't fotget to check six.


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Randy ... Are you required to use that dual set up visor ? Or if you chose could you use a single ?

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Randy ... Are you required to use that dual set up visor ? Or if you chose could you use a single ?


No, the vast majority of guys just use the single visor. If they want to change it, the visor just un-snaps and the new one snaps on.

I find that to be a real b*tch to accomplish in flight, so that's why I like the dual rig.


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I'm wondering where you instructed in T-38's? (wondering if we have a mutual aquiantance . . .)

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Thanks so much for sharing!


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One thing you've got to be wary of in the UK is the blinding sunlight. Once every couple of years the clouds part and it catches you you out for a split second.

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If you mean 'Mustang' by proper American fighter, then by all means YES!!

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I'm wondering where you instructed in T-38's? (wondering if we have a mutual aquiantance . . .)


Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA.


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Keep the landscape photos coming ... I've got some 8th AF and BoB projects coming up. :lol:

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>>Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA.>>
My friend was at San Antonio.

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