Flying: From Dream to Takeoff
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2011
- Like many of her Navy ROTC peers at BU, Denise Miller has always dreamed of becoming a pilot. Miller comes from a family that bleeds Navy -- a sister who's a 2008 Naval Academy graduate and a surface warfare officer on the carrier USS Ronald Reagan, and parents, now retired, who met as young naval enlistees stationed in Guam.
At NAS Pensacola Miller piloted a Cessna, learned which planes use which fuel, how to navigate with a whiz wheel, how to swim through a flaming oil slick, and how to make a life preserver out of her pants.
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I'm 17 years old going into aviation for the marine corps, and videos like these are extremely inspirational and remind me what my dream is all about.
Can we get a update?
Go in the Air Force, they have F-22s
Are you doing rotc?
alhfgsp good for you dude. How’d it work out?
Did you get in?
For those who are curious, she flies a P3 Orion reconnaissance aircraft.
My sister did exactly as she did, got her wings in Pensacola back in the early 90's, trained in Corpus and flew the P3 which in addition to its reconnaissance features it was also equipped with anti-ship missiles.
I thought the P3 was retired some years ago & replaced by a version of the 737.
I looked it up,though and the P-3 is still in use, along with the P-8 (737):
they dont use P-3s anymore
SirWhiteCrayon mighty warpig
How do you know that?
I graduated 03-89 out of Corpus. Ended up coming back as an instructor and loved it. Great city. Not too big but has "everything" you need. Lived just over the bridge outside of Portland.
I served 33 years in the Navy. 8 years to O7 enlisted 25 years commission. Retired as a O-5. The hardest day of my life was when I did my last trap and shut those turbines down for the last time. It only feels like yesterday I was in flight school going through everything you just mentioned.absorbing everything taught to me. All of my Instructors were Vietnam Gulf war Era pilots so they had brass. However since I mustanged I had respect from all of my Instructors. People aske would I do it all over again absolutely.
That was my dream too but, it never happened. I am so proud and happy of you. You keep going enjoy and stay safe also, in the future, if you're in a position to help a future pilot please don't forget your beginnings and help him or her to see how great flying it too. Thanks for your service!!
I’ve just been accepted as a Navy Pilot last week. I’m excited for what the future holds.
Marcos Diaz congrats! Me too, see you in flight school.
Congratulations, hope that is still going well!
How's it going
@@elmo-nu2qmThey never answer back
Everyone of my grandparents are buried out on that base at barrancas in Pensacola. I love my hometown.
Proud of you ma'am. The Navy takes SAFETY seriously. Go Navy. The Navy is the best. Go Navy. God bless you all and thank you for your service.
Air force is better
The Navigation Instructor Chad Swan, retired Nov '12 and now is a consultant in the UAV Industry as well as the owner of Creative Development Solutions, Inc. a holding company, government contractor and veteran-owned small business.
Chad Swan
+Chad Swan That is impressive. I am going Air Force once I graduate after a semester and summer, and will hopefully pass Officer School, and apply for pilot. If things go well, I may have a pilots license before I enter the USAF. What I really would like to do is fly as an aggressor pilot, and help train new pilots for various scenarios that may happen, to keep out pilots ready for anything, or at least that much more ahead of any competition. If I were the last fighter pilot in the USAF, I would be honored, since air power in regards to fighters may one day be obsolete, with new technology emerging. And industry of contracted fighters may be the next best thing, to be used in developing nations, nations that hold great potential as business partners to the USA. It would e nice to train some of these underdeveloped nations air power, so they can defeat any threats they may have to their development, to their freedom to prosper, etc.
How would u know
asdasda How would I know, or someone else ? And if asking me, I need to know what you mean when you ask "How would you know ?"
Safe travels, schwanee! o7
I was here 10 years ago, good times! It was the best experience I had in my life as a student. Some of the instructors I had they are present in this video. Now I’m flying the F-15 Strike Eagle.. Thanks to everyone was involved in my training. Naval aviation is and will always be the best. ‘ AirForce Pilot ‘
Just to update y’all, she ended up not getting jets OR helicopters but ended up getting a P-3, which is basically a big 4 engine observer plane
CAVU skies to all service aviators! I got to fly every w/e for 3 years....I was grounded for a week for a hassle with the army and it made me cry. All the very best....practise, practise!
I used to live in Pensacola,Florida! Ever since I was 3 I said I would become a Navy pilot and that's still my goal
Laureleiy Allison-Williams you get it
Did you make it ??
Did you get your wings? Answer us please!
I live in Corpus Christi, So seeing 2:54 made super excited, because I too, will be doing this, hopefully they station me here for flight training, that would be such a trip
Love it!!! Thank you for everything you do for all of us!!!!! God bless you!!!
4:19 Look at that smile!!!
Thanks for the video and good luck. Thanks for your service
Good for her, and good luck to all of my aspiring pilots out there 😙
Interesting to watch. I went through Air Force UPT and everyday was a nightmare, barely any smiles/laughs throughout the 12 hour day
I have been to that naval base in Pensacola its amazing
I had thought that all the old propeller driven aircraft were decommissioned and marked outdated. I guess it makes sense to have a few around for training though. Congrats on the propeller driven flight lady. Being in a propeller driven aircraft is a rare pleasure that many people don't get to see these days. The P51 was a pleasure to fly but their age is long over.
That was an awesome video!
If you guys are curious about what she ended up choosing. She chose the P-3 Orion. It is a plane used for maritime patrol and surveillance.
Her instructor in Primary is my old PPC from VP-47!!! Random I came across this video!
I was with VP-48
I had a dream about being in military training, it would be nighttime and there's a fifteen meter concrete tower which you jump out from to a lake to overcome your fears, instead of simply parachuting to do that, the jumpboard method felt much more effective! Sadly i didn't get to parachute, twas what i liked about the dream, i had this dream two times but the one which just happened was a bit different, i felt like i was also roaming around the city, the feeling of these exercises were SO REAL FEELING!
I'm 18 going into naval aviation, This inspires me.
I admire those who choose the path and endure the challenges to become Naval Aviators, especially Marine Aviators! Back in the 70s, my goal in high school was to become a Marine Aviator and fly an F4 off of a carrier deck! My path there was to attend a university and join the Naval ROTC program. My objective was two part. Part one was my personal goal and the second was to honor my father. I wished to continue the Marine Corps tradition started by my dad who was by then a three war veteran (WWII, Korea and Vietnam).
Alas, this was not to be as my vision was poor (20/200) which made me ineligible. Of course, I was pissed that my dream was dashed. But, it was what it was. I was stubborn and refused to entertain any other MOS or RATE no matter how enticing the recruiters made them sound! I figured since I couldn't be a pilot, the military life was not for me.
Anyway, for those of you young men and women who choose the Naval Aviator path, I salute you and wish you all the success in attaining your objectives! Go NAVY and Semper Fi to all Marine Aviators active duty and retired..Ooh Rah!,
Great Video Boston University
God bless these brave warriors. I sleep better knowing they exist.
3:01 They still use those? Wow, that is awesome.
GamePlayWithNolan It's only for training purposes and not in combat I think.
GamePlayWithNolan look how long ago this was
GamePlayWithNolan For training.
GamePlayWithNolan this video is at least 8 years old. Not sure what they are using today.
@@MrFlyboy1313 T-6 Texan II
Cool video, nice insight. Uses to want to do this.
God bless you!good luck...
Inspirational. Especially my 7 year old wants to be a fighter pilot one day.
All naval pilots for Helicopters or Planes are required to know at least the basics of Fixed Wing Aircraft. Once they know that then they can get their specialized training in whatever category of flight the Navy needs them in. Think of it as the same idea the marines have that "Whatever a marines job, every marine is a rifleman" the navy has it with their pilots.
RaistlianMajerie same with the Air Force. No matter if you are a drone pilot, heli, or fighter- you start on the same fixed wing.
Great video! But can someone please break down, and explain, the types of air frames (and the fleet percentage) operated by the USN?
I was very surprised that she got a non-jet drop. The USN has a smaller inventory than the USAF, so wouldn’t the majority of their air frames be jets?
Stay safe.
Nice.. good for her..
I simply love what I do right now for a living, but in my next life I'm coming back as a jet pilot for the NAVY
Respect!
Does anyone know if the Navy or any other branch will let you take the Farnsworth Lantern Test for color vision?
Awesome!😎👍🏾
2:55 is that a pc7?
ever since i could walk i always wanted to be a pilot. i’m 13 and still want to be one but i still haven’t decided commercial or Navy.
That decision really lies on you and whether or not you’re willing to serve our country and be an officer. Both are cool tho! Good luck my friend
Why not do both? You’ll get free education if you do navy first
How do u join that program though I really want to be an aviator I'm a sophmore in high school and I want to know what I can do to become an aviator
Navy ROTC "NROTC" for Navy and Air Force ROTC "AFROTC" for Air Force. There is also the service academies if you have something close to a 4.0 GPA and above a 32 ACT test score. Once you are in at a service academy though you have a higher chance of getting a slot within UPT since you are competing against people at the academy and not people at every AFROTC/NROTC attachment across the country.
Go to college. You have to have at least a bachelors degree to be an officer so you can fly. Either through NROTC or OCS. Then you'll have to get a flight contract.
Adam Malaney hey do you know what to do or did you did it haha it’s been like 3 years
Look it up Google each program is different. If you want, research it.
My son is in the Navy and went to Pensacola for Navy Pilot School. They sent him to Vance AFB for JPATS.
Many of the Navy were scorned by the Air Force and he flunked out. He is a Doctor now and treats the pilots for DNIF. He still regrets not being given the opportunity to stay at Pensacola and go through Navy pilot training vice Air Force. He said the Navy takes more time and invests more individual effort into student pilots than the Air Force. He said he would not have failed had he had Navy instructors.
Awesome..👍
Anyone know what I need to do to go into the air force w the intention not to become a fighter pilot but a cargo pilot
GO NAVY !!
Good luck to you
All the best 😇😇
I live 15 minutes away from there and my dad was in the navy so I get to go a lot
Awesome video! But hey, I have a huge question. Which would be better for becoming a pilot, NROTC or OCS?
depends on your budget. If you can afford college straight up, definitely go OCS. Normal college is hard enough and you'll get to have a social life and be able to sleep and get good grades with ease. If you can't afford college, apply ROTC. Be ready though, it ruins college. You never sleep because you are juggling sleep and 5am PT and extra military classes and events and meetings u have to do pretty much daily. You have no social life and you'll barely pass your classes, but its paid for if you can earn a scholarship and you're ready for the military upon graduation because u've been inactive reserve in uniform for 4 years. It definitely depends on the school as all ROTC units are different, but I wouldn't wish Rotc where I went to school on my worst enemy. I slept maybe 4 hours a night if I was lucky for 4 years straight. If I had a 40 minute break, I would sleep in the library. Spent all day Saturday catching up on sleep and Sundays catching up on studying. Worth it. but hell.
Hint: if you go ROTC. Do not go Engineering or any other crazy degrees unless your a God. The Navy doesn't give a fuck what your degree is in once your in the pipeline because they start from scratch. A 4.0 basket weaver will beat a 2.8 engineer any day, even though one never slept and can get a job at Nasa and the other ran a frat house for 4 years. I've seen too many people try to be a God and fall out 2... even 3 years in while the underwater basket weaving drinking majors end up pilots in the navy.
Also. Get ur eyes tested and retested in highschool. Nothing worse than putting you're entire soul into something for years and then being medically dq'd
Christian NROTC ocs is pretty hard to get selected for let alone a pilot slot and NROTC is already really selective
If you want to stay in the service for a career, the Academy or NROTC can be better if you get a Regular commission. But the obligation is 6 years (it was in 1971). NROTC has a Reserve commission route, too, but they only pay for 2 years of your college. You get a commission when you graduate from college.
OCS doesn't pay for college. You go through after you graduate.
I went NROTC Regular, but didn't decide on flying 'til I'd been at sea for 6 months. After I'd been there a year, I got orders to Flight School, right where you see the first part of this video. It was smaller then, & had other bases in the area.
My T-34 experience was in the piston version, and I went to T-28 radial engine trainers after that, in Milton, FL near Pensacola.
OCS gives you a guarantee before you show up. You start OCS with a pilot slot, and you go to MEPS beforehand, though your actual flight physical is the first week at OCS where a lot of people get NPQ'd from flight (you are free to drop at this point). ROTC is a bit of a gamble. People generally get what they want, but they're usually short on submariners. Not many people get caught by the nuke draft, but some do. You can always be a SWO if you get attrited or NPQ'd or DOR from aviation. Seldom can you go SWO to pilot (though it does happen occasionally). They can make a bunch of people student pilots and NFOs and then fill in the other communities with aviation attrites and DORs.
PS: Which platform did she get?
The article says P-3 Orion
Justin Nole Good question....
+Justin Nole "By the time she is done, at the end of this past summer, a funny thing has happened. Helicopters have lost their luster. Jets no longer soar through her dreams. The machine Miller wants to pilot these days is the famously reliable four-engine turboprop P-3 Orion, a long-range surveillance and reconnaissance workhorse that has served the Navy for 50 years.“I chose the P-3 for lifestyle,” she says. “I really wanted to work with a crew and be part of a team.” Miller will fly P-3s with a copilot and crews of up to 10 people. “And it’s more secretive. People on the ground in tactical areas will have no idea we’re up there.”
+Justin Nole She went P-3C She was actually in my squadron. What's up Denise!
Lockheed P-3 Orion
How hard was the academic stage?
API in 1990. 28 years, 4 months 15 days. 2200 hrs. Fly Navy!
What's the insignia of the instructor at 0:52? I am somewhat savvy about military insignia, but I have never seen that before.
Really dude youve never seen a chiefs anchors?
I'm just starting high school but I'm doing Rotc after I graduate high school and go to college I want to know if it's hard to become a pilot in the air force its been my dream to fly in the air force for ever is it hard and do I need to be mega smart I'm kinda average but I'm trying to study more please info is needed even tho I have 4 years of high school left thanks
Sam
Not necessarily; It’s just very competitive and you really have to work hard. But If you really want it though, you can have it... Promise you that. Use the Law of Attraction. Visualize it, feel it in your heart, and work hard for it ☀️
I live next to the naval air station in Pensacola 😁
What a space cadet!
Just got selected !!!!!!
So how do you get here if you are enlisted not college commissioned
Is there an update about the program
Nice to be a pilot
How long does it take to become a naval pilot
Great job describing Navy Flight School!
What can you fly in the navy, like cargo, fighter, helicopters, all?
I want to be a pilot and i dont know if go to airforce or Navy!
Im sure i dont want to fly helicopters, i want to fly cargo amd an oportunity to fly a figther jet that it was my real dream sense i find out they are fighters amd is what they do, kill each other so i dont want to die!
Another question: is the same path way to become a pilot in the Navy and the Airforce?
Like:
#1: Be ome an officer that require a 4 year degree
#2: Fisical test
#3 : Pilot Test
#4: Fligth training
Base of what i know!
I will apresiate so much for an answere
whats the oldest age to be eligible for this pathway?
I would love to be a navy pilot. Is 28 and college graduate too old to fly?
At the end of the day just be happy to even be in the flight program
They make it hard enough to be accepted for sure.
Is it similar to become a pilot in the air force?
ayee represent CC
What is the medal ribbon?
Bravo Zulu from FlyNavy
I am curious, when she said she got an engineering degree, what kind? I am thinking of basically the same route and I am trying to find colleges that will best fit my future hopes of becoming a pilot.
The Navy/Air Force don't look at your major when they select pilots. They are going to be based on your AFOQT and PCSM scores if Air Force or ASTB and PCSM scores if Navy. Only time major matters is for post-career and if you want to apply to TPS.
Kate Heryla I'm not sure what she studied but have you looked into aeronautical engineering? That's what I'm considering doing
pretend you're in a room of 100 people - someone asks who wants to be a fighter pilot - you all put up your hands - after about three years - THREE of you will be fighter pilots
Cool. I did that 40 something years ago
can someone please explain to me why the majority of the attention on jet pilots goes to the navy and not the Air Force?
Marines and Navy ALL fly the T-6t Texan ii now, in replace of the T-34. Then we can go Helos, Jets, Ospreys, or C-130s.The Army is the only branch that will only train Helo pilots exclusively helo maneuvers.
+Justin Nole How hard is it to go jets?
I want to be a navy pilot
Nice
My dad was at pg school and I think he was on break from class at there was a blue angel in his class and he was eating acandy bar and threw the wrapper on the ground and left it there
Ah I live in Pensacola
I love to fly
When I grow up I want to be a Fighter Pilot and when I saw, 0:51 I was like, 😥
But when I saw this at, 3:28 I changed my mind as was like, 😁
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
When you're an pilot, you kind off get addicted to airplanes.
I’ve been an army infantryman for two years and feel like my life was wasted.... time to be a pilot
Go Marine air. Sign up for the guaranteed Aviation Contract while your still on active duty. (Thank me later)
Fantastic, I wish my oldest son can meet them too.
does boston university have ROTC
it would seem when they crash into a body of water they loose their boots?
I'm struggling in school, and I'm worried I won't be able to get here... I feel as though my motivation is dwindling... how to fix :/
@Greedo College is a pain and it was a rough start but I want to get through and do OCS.
All the T-34s are now retired, correct?
do u get to choose to be a pilot and what to fly?
You have to get a flying contract and be an officer in the Navy to become a pilot. As she said in the video, you can choose a preference, but usually, you'll be assigned to what the Navy needs at the time.
Diamond MC nope
They don't wear boots anymore in the 1 mile swim?
Aye that’s where I live
I hope someday I will be a blue angel
I'm signing up for a Navy Pilot, preferably a F-18, or a WSO for a F-18
I'm trying to become a Naval Fighter pilot too
I as of now, am a Senior in high-school
Does anyone have an tips and information that I absolutely need to know?
If I become a Pilot
I will also be the first in my family to fly fighter aircraft in the navy
Here are a few tips and facts. It's super competitive, I'll state that one more time,...it's super competitive. Every one wants fighters. Now, keep yourself very squared away and do not settle for a 3.8 grade average in any way, ever! Now put your head down and just get to it! It's that simple. Good luck and stay safe.
If the Navy doesnt give you "the nod".... stroll a few more doors down to the Marine corps Officer recruiting liason. Inquire about their gauranteed Aviation contract. The Marines are ALWAYS looking for pilots....
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Best of the Best.
Cream of the Crop,....etc.