Are helicopter pilots superior flyers or jet fighter pilots?
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Depends upon the pilot, not the machine. The primary quality of a good pilot, for any aircraft, is the ability to make sound judgments, always plan ahead, stay focused, and continually generate new back-up plans. This skill set is transferable to any form of aircraft.\n\nAfter that, it's a matter of mastering the aircraft so it performs in accordance with your will. That's a matter of training and practice.\nI'm just a simple balloonist, but I've met a lot of balloon pilots that are also rated for both fixed-wing and rotorcraft. There may be some rivalry, but all pilots love to fly, and I've never met one that didn't want to log hours on a new machine.
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I do it because I am bored...  You will have to do it for your own personal reasons...be careful of when they call out the jet fighters...but pilots are usually hot, so for me that is a good thing!!!\n\nLOL
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the hi jacker pilots who did in the W.T.C were trained here in the good old U,S,A, in Michigan, Florida and Georgia, so they had ample training in flying and they also had commerical training in the flight simulators at both Fla, and Ga, so there is no doubt they could pull this off, the question is why did the gov, allow these people to do so when some were even on our supposedly watch list, I think our intelligence service should be investigated and something did about their lack of interest and why they were not doing their job , they damned sure get paid well enough and should pay attention to their job instead of playing golf,
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This is probably one of the best questions i have ever seen on here.  I would love to be able to do both, but I think i would reluctantly choose being able to fly\n\nyou get thumbs up #5 from me!\n\neveryone's answer gets a thumbs up too!\n\ncan i please do both?
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A tank turns by braking on one side while the other track is still moving. A helicopter turns by increasing or decreasing the rpm of the tail rotor. So they don't turn the same way. Apache copters can fire into the ground but that's a waste of ammo.
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the majority of pilots are officers, but the majority of officers aren't pilots
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The USAF is currently reducing the force by 40,000 people, so it may be harder than usual to get a pilot slot.\n\nThe answer to your question is less about what service is best for training pilots, and more about what service fits you as an individual, what their pilot's roles are, and what type of aircraft you wish to pilot.\n\nI would suggest contacting veterans who have served as pilots in the various services - which would be best accomplished by contacting your local VFW or American Legion office. \n\nDon't go through recruiters from the services themselves - recruiters are notorious sugarcoaters, and while there are many good ones, the bad ones have been known to stretch the truth (like a Navy recruiter that told me "Claustrophobia won't be a problem on a submarine...").  \n\nHopefully, someone who has actually served will answer your question and give you more information.
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A group of WWII marine corp fighter pilots.
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-"Flies like a Cub" is still the pilot's ultimate compliment for an airplane
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the air force is the best trained.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhahahaha just kidding
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It is very beneficial to aeronautics as different layers of the atmosphere have different pressures and affect how a plane or shuttle flys.  Similarly a helicopter can only maintain its altitude within very low levels of the atmosphere.
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Aviation is the most expensive career to get trailing for.  Just a typical helicopter training hour costs about $250 and you need 40 of them minimum to get your license.\n\nThe air force is where a lot of guys get training and they pay you.  The army also uses a lot of helicopters.  The air force is more planes.
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The aircraft carrier belongs to the Navy it is usually comprised of a good amount of Navy, however I have also seem Marines on there.  The pilots belong to a squadron, which is part of the aircraft carrier.  They are either Navy or Marine Corp pilots depending on what squadron they are on.  The fighter pilot first goes to college and gets a degree.  They join the navy and go to OCS, then to flight school if that is the path the have selected.  Not all will fly the fast jets.  Some fly transport aircraft and helicopters.  You can also sometimes find Army Special Forces on board but this is just temporary.
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The UH-1N is a twin-engine helicopter\nhttp://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/factfile.nsf/0/0fcbc129ac3dd43c8525626e0049668b?OpenDocument
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Most modern military fighter aircraft can go almost any climb rate. You would need to specify a specific aircraft for me to better assist you.
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The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane. It is likely the most popular flight training aircraft in the world. The first production models were delivered in 1957 and it is still in production in 2006; more than 35,000 have been built. The Skyhawk's main competitors have been the popular Piper Cherokee, the Beechcraft Musketeer and Grumman Cheetah (both no longer in production), and, more recently, the Diamond Aircraft DA40 Star. The Skyhawk is ubiquitous throughout the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia; it is the aircraft most people visualize when they hear the words "small plane". More people probably know the name Piper Cub, but the Skyhawk's shape is far more familiar.