Had a rough day at the office yesterday!

[AH64ID]

[white01]

SIR THIS GOES OUT TO YOU AND EVERYONE IN YOUR SQUAD...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US!!

[Mopar1973Man]

Oh that must you and your buddies doing those low fly by's...

[ISX]

I've been wondering about that ever since you came here. Do you fly those things or work on them or what? We got those flying over our house all the time, I swear we are on the most wanted list. B2 bomber is flying over us constantly too. I did a lot of reading on helicopters before figuring out it was probably too late for me to get into it. But I saw your avatar and I knew the AH64 was an apache so I've always been curious about you lol.

[AH64ID]

I fly them and am a Maintenance Test Pilot for them as well. How old are you?

[ISX]

Danggg your lucky. I'm 20.

[AH64ID]

You can attend flight school into your 30s without a waiver.. do it, best job ever!

[ISX]

Not sure how to do that without paying for it or something. All the army/navy/etc. said I couldn't fly unless I had a 4 year degree in something. Of course I learn this after I am almost done with the 2 year college.

[AH64ID]

That is true for all except the Army. To be a Warrant Officer and fly there is no requirement for a college degree. If you have a local guard unit with helicopters go talk with one of their recruiters if you want more info.

[ISX]

Are you kidding me! I will have to go talk to them then. The air force base with all but 1 of the b2 bombers is like a half hour away from me. The b2's and apaches and everything all circle my house every day. I was just telling Mike I could hit the helicopters with a rock if I threw it from the top of my house.

[AH64ID]

The Army is the only branch that allows Warrant's to fly, the other branches only let commissioned officers fly, which is where the 4 year degree comes from. Better yet, only the Army has Apaches.

[ISX]

Well I am not too concerned about flying apaches, any helicopter works for me. Though I did have particular interest in the commanche Guess that program fell through though.