Well I just got home after a 7.5 hour shift at the duty desk... far better than the 12+ hours we used to do during my fleet tour back in California and on the Nimitz. My brain is a little fried, but I'm going to try to pull up the Sheppard Air "Gouge" as we call most study guides in the Navy. I've already gone through the FAA question bank once and I'm hoping to do it all again before Wednesday. I've got two flights tomorrow, both formation, one day, one night so I'm going review some of the procedures for those as well.
It's a 50 question test from a bank of 394 and although I know most of it already, a lot of the FAA civilian regulations, airspace rules, small piston plane aerodynamics and performance information are things that we don't focus on in the Navy, or if we do, it's presented in a different manner.
I made an appointment with the Birmingham, AL FSDO for Wednesday afternoon, which I'm going to have to cancel in order to give a safety presentation to the squadron during that time (when you ask for time off, instead of taking official leave, you are very much rolling the dice that something will come up and you'll be needed). Not ideal, but I'll e-mail the FSDO tonight to reschedule. Oh, sorry, the FSDO is the FAA "Flight Standards District Office," essentially the local regulatory office for flying in this region. There's one in Jackson as well. The idea was that once I finished my test, I would drive down to Key Field (KMEI), jump in my plane, fly over to Birmingham and get my application and license signed off.
I'll knock that part out on Thursday or Friday (before our squadron's annual Christmas party that night... and the Army-Navy game on Sat). Also, I have to get checked out in the Cessna 152 that they have down at Key. It's the same model I first soloed in, but now I have to learn how to fly it from the right seat! Haha, I'm not too worried though... I mean if I can fly the Hawkeye from the right seat, this shouldn't be too bad... right?
It's a 50 question test from a bank of 394 and although I know most of it already, a lot of the FAA civilian regulations, airspace rules, small piston plane aerodynamics and performance information are things that we don't focus on in the Navy, or if we do, it's presented in a different manner.I made an appointment with the Birmingham, AL FSDO for Wednesday afternoon, which I'm going to have to cancel in order to give a safety presentation to the squadron during that time (when you ask for time off, instead of taking official leave, you are very much rolling the dice that something will come up and you'll be needed). Not ideal, but I'll e-mail the FSDO tonight to reschedule. Oh, sorry, the FSDO is the FAA "Flight Standards District Office," essentially the local regulatory office for flying in this region. There's one in Jackson as well. The idea was that once I finished my test, I would drive down to Key Field (KMEI), jump in my plane, fly over to Birmingham and get my application and license signed off.
I'll knock that part out on Thursday or Friday (before our squadron's annual Christmas party that night... and the Army-Navy game on Sat). Also, I have to get checked out in the Cessna 152 that they have down at Key. It's the same model I first soloed in, but now I have to learn how to fly it from the right seat! Haha, I'm not too worried though... I mean if I can fly the Hawkeye from the right seat, this shouldn't be too bad... right?
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