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I passed! I passed!

#1 Postby pojo » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:05 pm

Here is the scoop...

I passed my flight physical (as of today, Monday 10/23) and to get things rolling, they (the training people at the Hurricane Hunters) are pushing me into classes almost immediately. Sometime after Nov. 6 I'll be in training to fly through Hurricanes!! As my mom put it (rather quite frankly)... call me when you LAND (after a mission)!

Here are the schools:
1 week at Altitude Chamber (Tyndall NAS, FL)
5-6 Months at Loadmaster schools (Little Rock AFB, AR)
2 weeks at Water Survival School (Pensacola NAS, FL)
3 weeks at Weather School (Keesler AFB, MS)
and finally training flights.
The other school is Outdoor Survival (Fairchild AFB, WA)... that doesn't need to be completed right away... but within the year.

So that's what I'm up for to become a Hurricane Hunter based at Keesler AFB, MS.
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#2 Postby brunota2003 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:12 pm

You are...lucky! I wanna fly to! Can you slip me on as a "news reporter"? :lol: j/k Have fun :D
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#3 Postby breeze » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:16 pm

YAAAAAAYYYY!!! You GO, Shannon! You're our pojo!! I'm proud of you, gal!
That's going to be the most awesome interesting and adventerous job - I'm
going to be jealous, just going to the office, every day! :wink:

~Annette~
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#4 Postby dean » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:22 pm

oh man, that's AWESOME! :D congrats!! :bd:
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#5 Postby george_r_1961 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:58 pm

Congrats Shannon!!!!!! Bet u cant wait for your first mission!
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#6 Postby DaylilyDawn » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:00 pm

Congratulations Shannon! I bet you will be the very best student they will ever have.
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#7 Postby cycloneye » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:05 pm

Congratulations Shannon.Good luck on your first mission and all the missions in the future.
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#8 Postby Miss Mary » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:28 pm

You make us very proud of you here at S2K Shannon.

Warmest congrats!!!!
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#9 Postby tropicana » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:38 pm

WOW! Yeah! Congrats! You are the apple of our eyes, we wanna wish you the best of luck. Way to go!

-justin-
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#10 Postby Stephanie » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:13 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

That is so cool! :D
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#11 Postby Josephine96 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:30 pm

Cool beans.. Hope u get trained well and next season you'll get to fly into a few storms.. :wink:
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#12 Postby CajunMama » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:37 pm

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#13 Postby petal*pusher » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:47 pm

My congratulations join the others....sounds very interesting! Please don't give up your artistic endeavors though!......p :wink:
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#14 Postby streetsoldier » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:22 pm

Sergeant, did you say you needed an "attitude chamber"?

I call mine "my safe place". :lol:
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#15 Postby vbhoutex » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:31 pm

:woo: :coaster: FREAKING AWESOME SHANNON!!!!! :coaster: :woo:

:notworthy: So proud of you and HAPPY for you!!!!! :notworthy:

:double: AND I'M JUST AS JEALOUS AS I CAN BE!!!!! :double:

Keep us posted on all of your travels and spread S2K where ever you go!!!
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#16 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:34 pm

i wasnt originally gonna say anything about this game but it just came out and its one of my favorites: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/microsof ... index.html

it should help out a lot
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#17 Postby pojo » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:50 pm

The waiver for my back was sent in on Friday afternoon... The Flight Physical came back right away monday morning... a weekend turn around! I was smiling and shaking so bad at work that everybody thought I was laughing :D :D

I truly cannot wait for my first flight.... hopefully by midseason I'll be flying! :D :D :D :D

Thanks for all the Congrats! :D
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#18 Postby senorpepr » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:09 pm

Congrats! I'm very proud of you! Keep us posted on your progress.
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#19 Postby Jim Cantore » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:44 am

That is so freakin awsome, congrats. 8-)
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#20 Postby Chacor » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:35 am

Wow, amazing. Just heaping on the congrats. Well done. :D
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