The Price of Freedom
I am a Battle Captain for an Attack Helicopter Battalion in the First Cavalry Division, currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I am an AH-64D Longbow Apache helicopter pilot and a veteran of OIF II. I have a very amazing son, David, who I miss very much and think about every day. I plan on getting out of the military as soon as I am able to go work for my dad in Florida. I hope to start a nice little business of my own someday!
Friday, March 25, 2005
Inside the Cockpit
The Apache has a tandem seat cockpit with the Pilot station being the back seat and the Co-Pilot Gunner station being the front seat. Either crewmember can fly the aircraft, in fact both pilots usually split up the mission times pretty evenly. The only difference between the crewstations is that the front-seater has an advanced targeting system for firing missiles and the back-seater starts the aircraft. That's it. You can almost always assume that the PIC (Pilot In Command--most experienced of the two pilots) is the back seater.
Reaper 16, 10:16
