10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit Steve Davies
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Interviews and anecdotes from military pilots and aircrew from across the globe. As the rule says, so long as it's 10 percent true, you're allowed to tell the story! Head over to the 10 Percent True YouTube channel to listen and watch at the same time.
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Dave Berke talks F-35B Lightning II
Dave Berke, the only Marine Corps pilot to fly the F-22 and F-35, discusses 5th generation fighter technology and the F-35B.
Thanks to Authentic Media (www.authenticmedia.io) for allowing me to post this on my channel.
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Teaching the Next Generation of Fighter Pilots. Jim Jimenez [Part 3]
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Air Force Test Pilot - Jim Jimenez
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0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim
0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid
3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology?
7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego
9:20 Test pilot school - ambition/aspiration/evaluation
15:20 Weapons school not a priority
16:55 Evaluation flights and data points
20:20 Variations in sample data
25:10 School
28:05 Balance of classroom/flying and type variation and contemporaries
39:05 Did it feel safe?
42:10 Is there a type of person that excels as a test pilot
44:30 System testing? No thanks, I want to go back
48:10 Strike Eagle
55:50 Commercial break
56:44 Testing on the 111 and AMRAAM
1:03:50 The B-1 and shooting at it!
1:10:08 Have Nap AGM-142
1:11:40 Weapons separation?
1:15:15 Did weapon testing ease the “pain” of not being on frontline / Desert Storm begins
1:19:20 Planning for a brand new fighter (F-15E) with new crews and little operational capability
1:24:40 ACE - airborne command element
1:25:50 Back to Elgin and then “somewhere else” with a polygraph required
1:30:25 En exclusive bar in an undisclosed location
1:34:42 Will this work ever be declassified?
1:36:00 Close calls and reflection?
1:41:40 A promise to return and reflect on Air Force Training Command
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Libya Raider - Flying on El Dorado Canyon. Jim Jimenez [Full]
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0:00 Intro and Jim’s background
6:18 Turning initial (F-111) disappointment into determination
11:44 How she wants to kill you, but WSOs are good!
16:36 Arriving at Lakenheath and an overview of the F-111F
29:25 The mission
33:35 Flying heavy/the end of the world/not all pylons pivot
38:14 Genesis of the Libya raid, accumulation of “indicators”
47:20 Stepping to the jets, time to go
49:30 The “original” small scale plan, crew selection
54:57 An ad break we can all get behind!
55:50 Planning, involvement of actual participants, deconfliction with the Navy
1:01:40 CSAR plan?
1:03:30 Practice of long missions?
1:05:30 Deception plan
1:07:50 Planning in more detail
1:11:32 The step in more detail
1:13:36 Emotions and managing them throughout this phase?
1:16:08 Vietnam lessons passed down by vets
1:18:40 The SAM threat and mitigation?
1:21:17 A couple of side stories before “we” drop off the tanker
1:27:01 Lights off and dropping off the tanker……
1:41:50 Downtown - approaching the target
1:45:14 Off target - delousing ship and 662kts!
1:49:01 First go pill - time to tank
1:52:22 The BBC keeping the crews company on RTB
1:54:55 Coasting in/sunrise/ national anthems
1:57:10 Handing piddle packs to the “welcoming committee”
1:59:20 Debrief and details
2:07:38 Any lasting after effects/thoughts?
2:10:10 Loss of Karma 52
2:14:25 The influence of the raid on remaining service
2:16:20 The “red headed stepchild” lives up to the moment
2:18:10 Why the raiders avoided any limelight
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USMC F/A-18 Hornet Exchange. Tug Wilson, Part 2
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0:00 Intro
1:00 On today's menu…..
2:02 Timeframe for the move to VMFA-134 - swapping brand new Ds for old As and meeting the Reserves
10:51 Brown Hornets but not Aggressors
13:30 What sort of BFM competency can a reservist expect to maintain?
19:00 Sharing space with Topgun?
20:45 AF weapons instructors looking down on Marines, some tales…..
28:03 Elmendorf deployment - staying at the crackhouse, Eagle squadron arrogance and redressing the balance
4525 Lessons learned?
48:04 Comparing Eagle and Hornet in BVR
53:45 Secret squirrel AMRAAM stuff and access to materials
59:30 Prevalence of numbers over seat of the pants in the reserves?
1:03:40 APG-73 (D) vs APG-65 (A) practical differences?
1:10:20 AMRAAM multiple launch?
1:14:55 Sorting “the sort” and not wasting shots
1:19:02 More on cheating (yes you were taping the bit before about bending fins on bombs)
1:23:10 Does experience give you the ability to make the numbers without studying them and F3 strafe story.
1:29:22 Dropping bombs
1:38:28 A cautionary tale among the “fun”
1:42:54 Mortality coming more into the frame?
1:46:30 What threat was training (in the marines) focussed on?
1:50:20 Key West Det
1:54:20 Any learning from missile shots?
1:57:30 Nellis/Vegas burnout
1:59:20 Tax on family life/finding balance
2:10:00 Closing thoughts, keeping in contact, reunions and a possible return
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USMC F/A-18 Hornet Exchange. Tug Wilson, Part 1
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Tug's F-4 Episodes 👇🏼
https://youtu.be/CWJd8AVS-Dk?si=OAQtR_hGJNFGP8D9
https://youtu.be/JuZV_cWQNOk?si=4v1FTDGkCRl2-23D )
0:00 Welcome back, Tug
1:25 Life beyond the Phantom & hoping for an exchange tour
5:28 What the FAC? /pre-tour apprehensions
10:48 Purpose of exchange given Tug’s background
15:25 initial impressions of Hornet and overview
20:35 Phantom or Hornet?
21:55 getting the most out of the Hornet? (Jesus that was a long question!!)
27:48 AoA…….
29:40 airflow disruptions to engines at high alpha? (Don’t be such a nerd!)
33:40 avionics and ergonomics
41:50 crew coordination
47:08 cultural differences and calling out less able WSOs
50:25 building experience in MC aviation
53:20 “working up” to night bombing including a strafing sortie
1:00:20 can you get comfortable with night bombing and live drops.
1:05:15 AIM-9 shots and Marine Corps can do attitude
1:06:18 FAC-A
1:13:45 banter?
1:16:38 the best dogfighter? Hornet vs friendly contemporaries (EM Nerds look away)
1:30:30 connection to the aircraft
1:33:05 the numbers game, flying as prescribed?
1:36:10 leaving the envelope
1:43:55 any repercussions?
1:46:20 carefree handling vs not abusing it
1:51:30 emotional steady state in fighter pilot life?
1:55:20 a story to finish “best weekend in an airplane”
2:05:05 outro and preview
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Avis
An awesome collection of details
What an incredible podcast!
Thank you very much for inviting so many fascinating pilots and keeping it real. It is such a pleasure to listen to those and not having an explanation for every single technical terms.
Please keep on this great work.
Wishing you a beautiful Christmas season.
Maxime