We're not wasting any time moving on to the next phase of training: instruments. For those of you who don't have much air sense, instrument flying does not require a visible horizon. You can fly straight into the clouds and navigate completely off your instruments. It's like driving without looking outside.
For those of you with a little more air sense, instrument flying is hated by helicopter pilots. It's disorienting and boring because you fly at much higher altitudes. Why would you want to fly a helicopter if you can't see the ground? It's just not nearly as exciting. However, it is a necessary evil because when the Air Force has a job to do, they're not going to wait for the weather to clear.
Before moving on into instruments, my class gets to go cross country. That's a bit of a misnomer because we're really only going about 280 miles. In an airplane, that's nothing, but that's a good chunk of flying in a helicopter. Most classes end up flying south to the beach, but our class gets to go to Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The choice was out of our hands, but we'll make fun out of the situation.
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