Going To Fly USAF C-130J Air Force Simulator Tomorrow

[MrGeezer]

Thanks to an old high school friend (a retired Lt. Col. who teaches new C-130J pilots) I will be traveling to Little Rock AFB tomorrow to fly the C-130J simulator.  I only have about an hour on the simulator, but will take many photos /videos because no one would believe me if I didn't.  GOAL:  At least one successful take off and one successful landing.   

Photos forthcoming.....wish me luck.


ROX

[Shuffler]

Very nice.... will watch for the pics.

[FLS]

Loop it!   

[Volron]

Loop it!   

Do a barrel roll!

[avionix]

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C-130J loop video. Pretty cool to see these birds still flying after all these years.

[FLS]

Fixed it.

[GrandpaChaps]

Thanks to an old high school friend (a retired Lt. Col. who teaches new C-130J pilots) I will be traveling to Little Rock AFB tomorrow to fly the C-130J simulator.  I only have about an hour on the simulator, but will take many photos /videos because no one would believe me if I didn't.  GOAL:  At least one successful take off and one successful landing.   

Photos forthcoming.....wish me luck.


ROX

Awesome!

[MrGeezer]

Ya know---If I didn't have photos no one would believe me!   



I could have looped it but we just didn't have enough time.  The people before us went over their time alotment, so I only had a half hour to do touch & go's, take off 3 times and land 4 times...one of the landings was done on the base's shortest runway.  This would not be possible had it not been that my high school friend is a C130J flight instructor at Little Rock Air Force Base.  He sat in the right hand seat and assisted me with flaps and landing gear so I could concentrate on the HUD Heads Up Display.  Makes it easy to fly when you have a retired Lt. Col in the co-pilot's seat!

[FLS]

 

[MrGeezer]

Here's a film of me doing a touch & go at Little Rock AFB in the C130J Flight Simulator.

https://youtu.be/aDR0ZrMa2Ig




ROX

[Gooss]

What a thrill!  Nice going.  Nice to have friends. 

Piles was a crewman in a C130 until he retired recently.  A radio operator, I think.  He likes that bird, too.

Happy New Year. 

Gooss

[jedi25]

OMG! that is so awesome..

[Puma44]

Very cool!  Congrats!   

[AKKuya]

Land it on the aircraft carrier!!!!!!

[MrGeezer]

Land it on the aircraft carrier!!!!!!

It's not in the simulator software.  Only known AFB and airfields abroad in combat zones can be used.  (I.E.)  Gitmo, Kandahar, etc.