Jrz

Still alive, after the first 1,5 month of academics we finally started with our simulator sessions. Hopefully we have our dollar rides next week! And when we're not busy studying, there are a lot of other activities... Our current project hehe: To be continued...

Yeah, the dutchies who are flying it right now also say that it is an awesome plane to fly, lot more fun than the PC-7 we flew... Tomorrow I'll have my first sim lesson (just a cockpit familiarization), but hopefully I'll have my dollar ride in about 2 to 3 weeks!

Ah, nice. Thanks! And for something different; here's a shot of me next to a T-6:

Damn, it was amazing indeed! Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take any pictures, but it really was an awesome day. They gave some presentations on the F-35 and his systems, the development of the F-35 and they told us how the Netherlands participate in the project. After that they showed us AA-1, which has now already performed 70 flights. We also got a factory tour, were they showed us the huge assembly line with, with the first ordered F-35 being assembled. We also got to fly the F-35B in the sim, it is a strange feeling to hover around in a jet, just doesn't feel right hehe. But the best thing is that everything is touch screen or even voice controlled. You can adjust the layout and size of all the things showed on your "instrument panel"... very impressive!

Pretty busy installing myself in my room here at Sheppard AFB! We start academics on the 20th of january, the day after our visit to the lockheed martin factory!

I shall be glad to get a tour If everything goes as planned I'll be arriving at sheppard tomorrow at around 9pm!

Hmm... the movers just came by to pack all my stuff that needs to be shipped to the other side of the ocean... D-day is closing in! :ph34r:

Yeah it was my first and last skin adventure ;) Really had no clue at all at the time that I'm now in the position to fly them for real :P I still don't fully realise that I'm going to fly the F-16... every time I see one coming over I can't imagine me sitting in the cockpit hehe. But one thing is for sure, I won't be flying the J-068... Crashed at volkel two years ago after a birdstrike. Dank je, jij uiteraard ook hele gezellige feestdagen en een schitterend 2009!

Finished my survival/interrogation thing... Damn, this last week sure was the most s***iest I've ever had. There was about 50-80cm snow (20-30 inches), so quite impossible to find anything to eat. Also cold and wet clothes/boots aren't that good for your moral... Didn't get much sleep from sunday afternoon untill thursday morning and then we got "caught"... which ment our final fase would start... the 24hrs as a POW. Damn... hard to describe, but thrust me... pure hell Dank je wel!

Indeed, time will fly I've just finished the first two weeks of my basic land & advanced land and combat survival course and tomorrow I'll be heading towards Erndtebrück in Germany for my final week. That means I have to evade captivity (we have practice enemy... with dogs) for five days and then followed by 24 hours of interrogation... I can think of better ways to spent a week in the snow...

Thanks all! Sounds perfect! It's good for me that there is nothing to do, so that means that there is nothing that can distract me hehe.

Thanks! Wilco, I'll continue writing my adventures here, so if I'm heading north I'll let you know (or notify me when you're heading south). Haha, thanks! Ah well, today I also learned to love helicopters... we did a dinghy drill at sea... and I sure was a very happy man when I finally heared to sound of a RNLN lynx after 2,5 hours in 8 deg celcius water in a leaking dinghy and wearing a leaking drysuit BTW, maybe you happen to know more about this: I recall one occasion, it was I believe somewhere in september when I heared a British Harrier in big trouble over the guard frequency (he'd suffered a major bird hit). I was wondering if you knew how this ended; we believe he finally jumped but i can't find anything about this on the internet. Was a strange thing to witness over the radio, he already jettisoned his canopy, so a lot of background noise. Left me quite flabberguested hehe.

HAHAAAA!! F-16 it is! On the 8th of january I'll be heading to Sheppard AFB, Texas, which will be my home untill june 2010 and where I'll start on the T-6 or T-37, followed by the T-38C. Then it's off to Springfield, Ohio, to convert to the F-16! If all goes as planned, I'll be certified to fly the F-16 at the end of january 2011! DAMN!! It's still hard to believe hehe.

Woohoo! As the first one in my class I finished this part of our training! Went solo last thursday... man! Greatest moment of my life so far! What a great feeling; when you look in the mirror and the seat behind you is really empty... indescribable! Now it's waiting for an assignment (F-16, apache, cougar or chinook)! Hoping for the F-16!

That's correct. Although I have flown a couple of sorties in a T-67M-200 slingsby firefly during my selections, in training we start on this beauty yes :) Here some shots my dad made when I visited EHEH (Eindhoven airport) for a practice diversion. Also got to practice my crosswind landings...

'91 BMW 325i M-tech II

Wow, impressive machine! Thanks for sharing!

Nice shots, thanks for sharing!

Hopefully these shots are any good to you. I know they're not the best, but hopefully still usable.

Very nervous on the ground, but very relaxed when we were in the air (I simply had no time to worry or to be nervous hehe). I really enjoyed it, it feels great when you realise that you are the one who is in control of that mighty machine.

File Name: F-16 KLu 313sqn skin File Submitter: Jrz File Submitted: 27 Mar 2006 File Updated: 27 Mar 2006 File Category: SF F-16/F-15 Skins Skinpack for the F-16A, B and C with the tiger meet paint scheme of KLu 313sqn. Many thanks to Bibbolicious for all the help! Click here to download this file

With this terrain, loads and loads of campaigns / missions can be made... Cant wait!!