Recent content by grand_sea

Post 9/11.

I know you need not a hanger....was merely illistrating the fact that I understand that I'm not going to get out of school knowing all there is to know! On the other note if anyone on here knows someone in the Colorado Springs area that needs a hand in say 6mo's or wouldn't mind getting a free...

Sorry Doug I misunderstood your earlier post! I am planning on going to Redstone only because it will allow me to get both my A&P and my AET(in 36mo's with the post 911 GI bill covering it all) I need a brush up on even basic elec. theory. but correct me if I'm wrong in saying that going for 20...

If it were that easy I wouldn't have posed the question on here. of coursw I wan't to do both...the question was which I should do first and as evident here I should do the schooling first. I don't want to half-@$$ it, I want to learn how to do it, not just take a 7day class and memorize the...

If I do the schooling first, I will be doing both A&P & AET @ RED STONE Tech in Broomfield,Co. That way I'll keep all my options open in both the aviation and electronics for manufacturing careers...and I will not need to work under an A&P for on aircraft repairs. Where of I go for a flight...

I've been stationed at Camp Eagle South Korea from 2008-09, then our Battalion moved to Fort Carson and I've been here every since. and yes I'm a 1-2AVN D Co. ARMT dawg!!

I'm interested in building at minimum a 51% kit! Not just for the savings(from what I've found there isn't any savings or very little) but also for the experience.

Even with the avg cost of PPL at about $8K-$12K that will be easy enough to save up over the next 2yrs. give or take even if I'm in school for A&P as long as I have at least a small side job. (this statement in no way means I've made a up my mind but I have almost a year to decide!) Thank all...

thank you for your quick reply! As I said, this in no way will effect my decision but has been a question...

Since I'm seeing alot of A&P here I have one more? If I get my A&P then build say a KitCub or any of the numerous other amazing kit planes and build it myself will it still be classified as an experimental (not that it matters to the OP but just curious)?

Ok so to sum this up basically in the economic nose dive our country has been in for the last decade or so and with our financial plane having a piston shot through the block and the stabilator ripped off by the state patrol drone there is very little that can be done with out a serious recovery...

because I strictly worked on only the electrical, avionics and weapon systems it would only cover the electrical portions of the A&P which is only a small section. I have no Idea how to tell the differance between the many differant types of rivets or what tools you would use to properly...

I've been in the U.S. Army now for about 5years as a 15Y, A.K.A I fix anything with wires and anything that goes boom on the AH-64D Apache-Longbow Helicopter. I have 4 lovely children (ages 2-9) and I'm currently stationed at Fort Carson in the lovely shadows of Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado...