Hello my name is Ryan Luellen, currently 28 years old active duty navy. I am applying for the high school to flight school program due to my separation date being next month June 4th 2024. My recruiter and the testing center both told me it would be easier to finish my packet as a prior service member rather than jumping through all the hoops while still being in the navy. I’m currently scheduled to take my test next month and I’m looking to start a dialogue to get letter of recommendation. I’m willing to talk to anyone or if anyone is stationed or knows someone at Joint base Lewis McCord I can drive there and meet in person while I still have base access. I’ve been struggling to find someone so anything helps. Thank you in advance

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Did you ever manage the switch? I would see Aircrane when I flew my motorglider over to Winder.

This has got to be a bot.

yea, dragging an 8 lb GPU would be unheard of. too bad not allowed to carry any type of battery onboard, I guess none of the medical equipment has a battery either. , flashlights, cell phones, portable radios.....

You use whatever method the flight manual tells you to use. I don't think you can drag the GPU around with you as it would be considered HAZMAT. Never heard of it or seen it done.

thats why you carry the GPU with you

An excerpt from my post outlines the major issue I found with battery/gpu starts- "The only issue with this procedure was the occasional weak battery being discovered at the worst possible time, with a marginal or failed start with the helo remote from maintenance and patient loaded." All starts at the base were done on the GPU for a while. The idea was that the on-board battery would not have been depleted and would be 'freshened' on the leg to the pickup point. That didn't always work as intended, the battery would, indeed, be brought to it's highest energy state charging enroute (unless a very short distance). Problem not addressed was that on-board batteries wear out, they're used throughout the flight and an old battery's "highest energy state" might be a near normal high amperage over a very brief time, so the battery would deliver less and less current as the start progressed. An old battery in this situation might deliver all the single button-push starts you need with no problem... until you have an abnormal situation, say one must abort, shut down during the start without recharging. GPU starts obscure the issue until one is stuck somewhere with an aborted start and dead battery.

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Well, that issue can be resolved with a portable starting GPU. Aerolithium has them, What's your opinion of those ?