Originally Posted by
605carsten
Does a front seater in a Apache actually fly the thing or is he just manning the guns?
William was a bonafide rescue pilot, no?
The front seat is the "Copilot/Gunner" position, much like the front seat in the AH-1 Cobra series. There is a full set of flight controls, power levers, etc. The primary mission duties are operating the target acquisition/navigation systems and target designation for the weapons systems. You can perform pilot/instructor pilot duties in the front seat also.