Rotorhead wrote on 10/27/17 at 00:26:19:Hey lancer, I'm a retired navy seahawk driver. Work for the army now at wheeler so I get my rotary wing fix every day driving home along the runway.
Aloha,
RH
Are you getting any stick time at work ? Or is it not a job where you can do that ? If so, bummer. I would love to be able to fly again. That's one of the reasons I like riding, it's a 2 deminsional version flying substitute, especially mountain twisties.
When I came back from Vietnam I was discharged early, spent a couple years doing this & that before going back to finish my degree. Was in a flying National Guard unit while in school, then joined the Navy after graduation and after OCS was in the NFO program. One week before graduation was medically grounded for massive ear & sinus block, later I applied for medical and age waivers to go to the pilot program restricted to helicopters and after several months they were granted. Got almost to the end of primary when I was medically grounded again for migraines this time, and that one was permanent.
Spent the rest of my Navy career in Aviation Mantenence.