Week 34 and 35 - August 29 to September 11

What happened over the last two week : Week 34 was really the same as the previous couple weeks with C12 checkrides for FTE, AN-2 flights, gliders, EO labs, EO demo flights in the F-16 for a couple people, and a lot of prep for the TMPs.
End then, for the first time this year, we only had one thing to worry about with the first week of TMP flying. Have pain got it, Have splash did not find any splash at first but finally got some data, Hav Hal declared they had the best TMP ever and Speed Pacer flew straight and level, except for the odd turn.
We also took the "count down board" up and running : less than 100 days until graduation !!! To celebrate, we had the most awesome 80's party saturday night. Shamu certainly will remember this night for a long time (never, ever, leave your car unattended next to a bunch of pilots).
Next week will be the second week of TMP flights. Monday, we have to present our preliminary results and review our test mangement, in an oral exercise called a "PAR" (no idea what it really means). The rest of the week should be TMP only. The week after, we'll go back to our regular schedule with some FTT briefs and curriculum flights. The F-15 should be here for a couple flights. Then, on the same week, we'll all go to SETP (near Disneyland) for three days.