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Whether you’re flying the world’s fastest fighter jet off an aircraft carrier or your grandpa’s Cessna 172 from the ‘60s, there’s only one thing that really matters: effective and professional communication, aka, sounding cool on the radio. Don’t believe me? They literally made an entire
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Every aspiring naval aviator’s dream is to one day be playing shirtless beach volleyball under the SoCal sun, telling sea stories of the flight they had earlier that morning, and slapping their teammate on the ass in celebration when a point was just scored… Okay maybe that’s not
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When it comes to speed, noise and the uncanny ability to make you stop what you’re doing and gawk, two mighty machines stand out: Formula 1 racecars and military fighter aircraft. Despite their distinct domains, these high-performance vehicles share surprising similarities—both in the machinery themselves as well
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Anki changed my life. Combined with some of the techniques discussed in Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein (see my review of the book here) my memory ability has gone from “Dory forgetting her own name in Finding Nemo” to never forgetting what I had for breakfast again. Anki is
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Once upon a time, the Eiffel Tower at 1,083 feet tall was the tallest and most beautiful mega-structure in all of the world. Fast forward a century and Dubai came along and erected the Burj Khalifa at 2,716 feet, securing its crown as the tallest structure in
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When you're moving every year, how do you figure out where and who to live with?
Whether you dream of becoming Top Stick at the Navy Fighter Weapons School or an international long-haul pilot for Delta Airlines, everyone starts somewhere. And that “somewhere” for most people is in flight school, being reminded by your instructor that you forgot the base leg radio call for the
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What if I told you that there are some things you'll actually miss about Navy OCS?
Contacts Phase is the first phase of Navy Primary Flight Training. It’s where you learn the basics of flying the Navy way and where you can start your grades off on the right foot. Although under the Charlie syllabus Contacts is only worth 25%, it still provides a great
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If you’re even vaguely familiar with the current state of Navy Flight School, you’re probably well aware of the various bottlenecks currently plaguing NIFE and Primary. While waiting to start training there’s definitely some ways you can spend your time to maximize your performance once the inaugural
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Phase 3: Flight Side In case you missed my write up of Phases 1 and 2, you can access them here and here. What NIFE is doing (and really well—I might add) is providing a great example of what the rest of Navy Primary and Advanced flight training will