This pilot found out that the OH58 Kiowa helicopter he'd been flying was the very same aircraft which made him want to become an army pilot in the first place
My parents split up fairly early in my school years, and dad wasn't always around much. In the 2nd or 3rd grade, we went to a Texas National Guard base on a school field trip.
We were touring a transport aircraft when a teacher pointed to the pilot's names painted on the side and asked if I knew one with my same last name. I did. It was my dad's plane.
He wasn't on duty at the time, but the rest of the crew let me tour some of the spaces the other kids weren't allowed to see.
I've heard stories in the Air Force about three generations of sons flying the same B-52. Not the same type of aircraft, the exact same B-52 carried the pilot's father and grandfather.
MrMothball on October 8th, 2018 at 22:48 UTC »
That's pretty freaking cool.
revcanon on October 9th, 2018 at 01:34 UTC »
My parents split up fairly early in my school years, and dad wasn't always around much. In the 2nd or 3rd grade, we went to a Texas National Guard base on a school field trip.
We were touring a transport aircraft when a teacher pointed to the pilot's names painted on the side and asked if I knew one with my same last name. I did. It was my dad's plane.
He wasn't on duty at the time, but the rest of the crew let me tour some of the spaces the other kids weren't allowed to see.
So that was cool.
NoEngrish on October 9th, 2018 at 02:26 UTC »
I've heard stories in the Air Force about three generations of sons flying the same B-52. Not the same type of aircraft, the exact same B-52 carried the pilot's father and grandfather.