As I was driving home from work this evening, I was thinking about how I hadn't blogged in awhile. Honestly, not a lot has been going on. I have my job, Justin has pilot training, we come home at night, I watch my stories, Justin studies. That's about our life right now. So, I was trying to think of something to blog about that had something to do with navy life and my life. I realize that I am starting to catch on to the language of the military and more specifically, pilot training. I also realize that not everyone else knows these little words and phrases and I am often met with a "Huh?!" when I'm talking about Justin and his training. Most of my family reads this blog and so I know they will find this helpful! Plus I just thought it would be fun. SO! Without further ado, here's some language of the student pilot!
IP: Stands for Instructor Pilot. The Instructor Pilot is the person who sits behind Justin on his flights and is there to help teach him.
FAIPs: Stands for First Assignment Instructor Pilots. Basically, these men or women received orders to be IPs straight out of pilot training. Some pilots like it, some don't.
T-6: This is the trainer plane that Justin flies as of now. When he has his Track Select, he will find out which plane he will be flying for his pilot career.
Hooked: This mean a pilot failed his flight. If you ever hear me talking about hooking..this is what I'm talking about. Not prostitution ;)
86: This is the flight that a student pilot flies when he has gone more than 5 consecutive days without flying. It's just to get them back in the swing of things. Nothing bad!
88: Student pilots get one of these to use. If a pilot hooks a flight twice, they can use an 88 once before going to an 89.
89: If you hook this flight. It's bad news bears. No worries, Justin has never had one of these!
Cross-country: This flight is a weekend-long flight where a group of student pilots and IPs fly to different locations.
Checkride: The way I explain this is that it's like the final exam for a part of training. Justin has 3 of these during his time at Vance and they usually make for very stressful weeks!! Lucky him, I help him study!
Sim: Short for simulator flights. Justin and a sim instructor will fly on the simulators!
Those are all I could think of right now! I'm still learning as well!! Justin has 1 Sim and 9 flights left until he is done with his training at Vance. Then, they will cut his orders and we will be making our move! To where is still TBA so STAY TUNED!!
