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NameStephen
Date25-08-2006
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Message(Friday 1435) Weekend soon. I don't know if I've written it already but the next 2 weeks we'll be having 12-14 USAF F15's from Lakenheath AB, Engalnd at our base in Skrydstrup. They arrived today at around 10 o'clock while I was in the F16 sim doing some practise. I was wondering why the sim was rumbling the way it was, but I later found out that the shaking was coming from the jets. I only spotted 1 F15E, the rest seem to be all F15C's. They're doing a rotation where they'll practise operating from our base and fight against the Danish F16's at the same time. The next 2 weeks should be interesting!
Catch you later.
GEA


NameStephen
Date23-08-2006
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Message(Wednesday 1930) I had a cool day today, even though I wasn't out flying. I went to Oksbøl to see the aircraft drop their bombs and do strafing runs with the gun. Today they used Mk84s (1000kg bomb) where they drop two of them at a time. The shock wave and sound is amazing, even from 3km away where I was standing. It was nice to see what it looks like from the ground and get an idea of how it must be to be a troop on the ground who requests CAS (Close Air Support). The targets were all scrapped cars.
I'll upload a few pictures of the action at Oksbøl later on tonight. This weekend I might upload a couple of short video-clips from my flights too. Catch you later.
/GEA


NameStephen
Date22-08-2006
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Message(Tuesday 1905) I was up twice today and both flights were great. They were both part of the LWD, where we dropped Mk82 bombs and strafed with the cannon at the shooting range. I got sick on both flights unfortunately, but apparently it's quite normal when you're new in the business. Tomorrow I'm off to the shooting range to see the aircraft and bombs from the ground and hopefully take some good pictures. Take care!
/GEA


NameStephen
Date21-08-2006
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Message(Monday 1800) Unfortunately the second flight got cancelled after start up. I was strapped in the aircraft and ready to go. Engine on but we had a faulty read-out on one of the instruments so we had to abort the flight before we even taxied out. No problem...still the best day of my life so far.
I uploaded some pictures from my first flight. I hope that you like them.
Best regards
GEA


NameStephen
Date21-08-2006
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Message(Monday 1140) YES!!! Finally I got my back seat ride. It was amazing. I will write a small account about it later on this week when I have time and upload it in the 'Looking back' section. Now it's time to get some lunch because in 1 hour I'm getting my next flight! What a crappy day indeed. Stay tuned!
/GEA


NameStephen
Date18-08-2006
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Message(Friday 2225) Uploaded a few pictures tonight. They are from the last 2 weeks which we spent at Aalborg AB and Karup AB. Hope you like them!
/GEA


NameStephen
Date17-08-2006
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Message(Thursday 1805) We had a good day at 724 squadron today. We got a really good idea of what life's like in the squadron and wha kind of missions they fly. Then we were taken on a ride in the AS550 Fennec where we flew some low level runs (down to 6 feet!), hovering, sideways and backwards flying. It was great. At 6 feet you really feel the speed when between the trees. They call it tree top-level but it's more like grass-top level as you are below the tree tops.
JØR was the lucky one who got to sit in the front seat so he tried flying the heli and was actually rather good at it. Tomorrow it's on to 722 squadron and their new EH101 Merlin helicopters. We're all hoping to get a flight with them too, but we know that it's not that probable. I'm still counting down the days for next week to get my F16 flight. I don't know when it's going to be but that doesn't really matter. Stay tuned!
/GEA


NameStephen
Date15-08-2006
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Message(Tuesday 1505) Here I am back at Karup AB. Yesterday we were interviewed by the Officer Academy to find out if we're eligible to start in October. I think it went well for all of us, so we all look forward to start on the 2 year course which takes place just outside Copenhagen.
This morning we had a look at the Wing Ops here at Karup and then we got a briefing by one of the Navy pilots (Lynx) who told us about the daily life in the Navy and what kind of flying they do. Now we're off and we plan to train for an hour or so and then bore ourselves to death the rest of the afternoon and evening. Tomorrow's plan is to spend the day at the helicopter OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) which is basically where new pilots get converted to flying helicopters. It should be interesting and with a bit (a lot actually) of luck we might get a flight. Let's just hope for the best and expect the worst...that way we won't be disappointed.
/GEA


NameStephen
Date11-08-2006
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Message(Friday 2355) I uploaded a few pictures from the past week's experiences. I hope that you like them. I'll try to add some more shots from Leeuwarden airshow tomorrow, as I'm rather behind with them. Good night.
/GEA


NameStephen
Date11-08-2006
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Message(Friday 1705) Back at home in Copenhagen. It has been a good week and we had alot of great experiences while getting a good insight into what it's like working at the transport wing. All in all we got 2 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, flying to Italy and England respectively. We were supposed to fly a local enviroment inspection flight yesterday but unfotunately it got cancelled due to a priority flight to a trans-Atlantic destination.
The programme for next week looks good. We start at 730 Fighter Sqn on Monday, where we'll get interviewd by our contact from FLOS (RDAF officer academy) where we get to know whether we're eligible to start in October or not. Then in the afternoon we head off to Karup AB where we'll be on job training at the helicopter squadrons over there, and find out what it's like to be a helicopter pilot. We all look forward to it, moslty to find out what it's all about and hopefully get a few flights during the week.
Now it's time to get some rest and enjoy the weekend. Stay tuned.
/GEA


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