Every person in UPT had to go through Initial Flight Training program putting about +20 hours in DA-20C while being 'stressed' to simulate life during UPT.



Neg.

So what does USAF use for flight training?

A mighty T-6A. It has PT6A-68 free turbine producing 1100hp using four blade, variable pitch, constant speed propeller spinning at 2,000 RPM.












More pictures here.
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2832070/T_6_Texan_2_Flight_training.html#Post2832070

There is only one thing better than a trusty PT6 to power your airplane......................


Two PT6's

Looks like a great airplane Sim. Good luck with your training.

As someone (one of the very rare few) that has lost a PT6..I wholeheartedly agree!

Something tells me we couldn't pull the moves that T-6 can do..I'm jealous!

Randolph doesn't do SUPT...mostly PIT and the weird stuff (TPS prep, basic qual, etc).

FC

I thought they did at least some UPT but I guess not....I see alot of young kids coming out of there to be instructor pilots then. Alot of women too.

Ah, I bet the days of going through training as a WWI fighter pilot weren't so heavy on the books and academic stuff.

Very true. The T-6 would certainly be exciting to fly.

How does it compare to a WW2 fighter?
A quick look at wikipedia makes it look like a similar sized but lighter, less powered aircraft.

A T-6 can do a snowman. The T-6 Demo team used to do it as part of the acro program. That should give you an idea of how much power a T-6 has. A T-37 is faster, but a T-6 has much better acceleration. Along with range, altitude, electronics, etc....



Randolph does PIT, so a FAIP will go there to become an instructor...which means he's still young, probably still a 2Lt. And women have been instructors for a LONG time now.

FC