Things are spooling up at TPS for the still junior but soon to be senior 11A class. Performance checkrides (both multi-engine and fighter) are complete. Most FTE still have their reports to write. Also, we 'll have to do our oral presentation for the performance data flights first week of june, and that implies a lot of Matlab (plots, plots, plots). Flying-wise, we reached the point where we now have to be ready to fly any of 6 or more different rides. Right now, we have : propulsion, LCO (limit cycle oscillation), departure (tumbling out of the sky - and out of control), all three in the F16 (or control room if you're an FTE - although we will have a demo for departure), C12 longitudinal stability and C12 lat-dir stability, and T-38 HQ (handling qualities) demo. And most of us still haven't done our glider demo.
Academics, on the other hand, were lighter this week : failure state testing, or more simply, "flying with an engine out", store certification and a couple FTT, including F16 departure.
Aside from work, we had an awesome 50 days party for the 10B (it was in fact 2 weeks ago but I think I forgot to mention it). We also had our "thirsty thursday", like almost every week, thanks to our amazing spouses ! They are really great to relax and talk with each other outside of work.
At the end of next week, we will have a much appreciated 4 days WE, and 3 weeks after that, the curriculum break and we will be the seniors !
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