Dgamble
Well Known Member
I continue to be amazed at how much building an airplane has enriched my life with both new opportunities and new friends. Those are often interrelated and here is a case in point: I got the opportunity to fly the B-2 Spirit flight simulator at Whiteman AFB through a Friends and Family kind of thing, the friends being a father and son pair that I met as a consequence of building my 12. Readers of my Blog will know the father as Pete.
Pete?s son Keith was very interested in aviation at a young age and was interested in an RV-6 ride, which he got, and he flew with me again once the 12 was done. Both were fun and interesting, but the 2nd flight wasn't with an aspiring teen, it was with an accomplished and confident 1st lieutenant with stories to tell about flying an E-3 Sentry. Ironically (or coincidentally - I sometimes struggle with the difference), most of my questions were about refueling.
You can watch the video here, if you care to:
https://youtu.be/PCIcoibfT5U
I was invited to attend his graduation from B-2 Initial Qualification Training and subsequent transfer to 393rd Bomb Squadron. It was a 9 hour drive, but there had been mention of getting some seat time in the B-2 simulator. That made an easy decision even easier.
The full story is on my blog, but here?s a spoiler: it does NOT fly like an RV.
http://www.schmetterlingaviation.com/2019/04/the-ultimate-flight-sim-my-day-as-b-2.html
Take my advice: build an airplane, it will change your life.
