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Most of the guys that washed out were sent to gunnery school and flew in B-17s or B24s. If they STILL got sick they were sent to the infantry. G/F On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 17:02:08 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > At 08:54 PM 8/6/01 +0000, craig hinton wrote: > >Chronic airsickness used to be a cause for 'washout' from flight > >training for Air Force pilot/nav cadets. I guess they considered it > >uncurable. Better cures now though. > > Well, yeah, but military pilot training was never known for its patience with > anything but the quickest of studies. You didn't get very long to solo (and > usually a PT17 at that) and the washout rate was high on any number of > what may have seemed unreasonable criteria. > > You were going from primary training to what we'd consider aerobatics > in fewer than half of the hours of flight instruction than we take to get > a simple PP-ASEL. There just wasn't much room for patience with anyone > who wasn't a quick study or who was taking time to 'get used to it.' There > were enough guys who wanted to fly warplanes that they didn't need to > be patient. > > So I don't think it's a good measure of reality. As they say, 'military > intelligence' is an oxymoron. > > In avocational aviation we have a different situation. > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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