Its smoko.....again!
Hey all
Just thought I'd submit some bullshit becuase there doesn't seem to be any getting submitted at the moment. And also becuase I seem to be the only person left on RNZAF base Ohakea at the moment - man I need a car!!!
Its good to be back in the north island though, and have good RockFM reception:-) I know this is the last weekend of mid-semester break for you guys so good luck for the next semester!!! However, for the dudes that know me, I'll be back next weekend on Friday...hint..hint. I'll be up in Auckland till the 29th of June (if I pass all my courses) then its back to Ohakea till who knows.
What have I been doing this week? Well, I got to FLY thats right "hands on the controls" FLY and airtrainer (CT-4 - what the red checkers fly) FUCK IT WAS MEAN!!!! I got to pull a loop the loop and fly at 50-100ft along the coast and in the Air Force flying area, and generally buzz around the skies around Ohakea- FUCKIN' COOL man, and I'm not even going to be a pilot yet (or in my career at the moment!!!) The Airtrainer is fucking responsive and its a dream to fly. Hehe it was cool, as soon as we took off he said "you have control" and that was it, I was living the dream haha. But that was just one afternoon. We spent time (i.e. a day drinking coffee) in the Operations room, the control tower and the ATC room down below. Also bimbled around the airfield scaring birds in the Ops ute and generally mincing around in our flight suits clearing one side of the Pilot Training School hangar, and going to smoko every 5 minutes (or at least it feels like it!)
It was awesome getting kitted up and shit though, good fun. We're supposed to get "issued" our flight suits and stuff soon. But I got heaps of courses to do (like another 12 months) till I can breathe kind of easy.
Crack up though, there's us AEOP's (Air Electronics Operators) mincing around base and going to the 42 SQN briefs in the morning surrounded by officers and we are the lowest of the low rank at the moment! Like I said, a LONG way to go.
At the moment I'm the only one in the base "Hot Shots" (Canteen/shop/...general store) and its kinda lonely...so yeah...fuck. nothin' to do but do shit all. But yeah thats what the fuck I've been doin' and I got another week of mincing around trying to look like aircrew and maybe we'll get another flight on the King Air or the Iroquis (UH-1H Helo, like in Battlefield Vietnam...).
Good luck for next week you guys, you'll all be awesome. Hope to see you guys on Friday night if SATS (The armed forces flights put on by the Air Force) is running and I get on it. Look forward to catching up with you guys some more!
Sunil