Speed and Angels (pt.5)

follow the story of two young naval aviators as they realize their dreams in the cockpits of fighter jets

http://speedandangels.com/

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[atlboy82]

Oh well. Still a good documentary, don't you agree?

[mfrontenac]

"US Navy pilots are the only pilots in the world who land on aircraft carriers both day and night".

Who's the jerk who wrote that?

French Navy (night landing of a Rafale on aircraft carrier CDG): search for "Landing by night onboard Rafale" on youtube

I'm not sure for the Royal Navy and its Harrier, but I guess they pretty do the same. So I confirm that US Navy pilots are NOT the only pilots in the world who land on aircraft carriers both day and night.

[kayakutah]

@rabd1967 Hah! That's what I get for being so serious.

[rabd1967]

@kayakutah mate i was being funny i have no idea what your tlaking about lolol

[kayakutah]

@rabd1967 I'm speaking in terms of VSI during approach on speed. 700 to 800 FPM would be ball park for an F-14 at max trap. The 600 FPM state would be to correct for being below glide path. If you are low, you have to reduce the sink rate to get back onto the glide path. It would be transitory, probably lasting a couple of seconds. It's all about flying the ball.

[rabd1967]

@kayakutah 600 feet per minute is really really slow for a jet fighter

[carsismeZ06]

Here's to the women and men of the armed forces of the United States of America. Thank you ladies and gents.

[Bennewman11]

I agree with one of the comments thats said with women in the cockpit its becoming sissy! Men fight wars woman help any other way Ie on home front if a woman is injured a man will try to rescue her. War is evil sorry they shouldn't be there!

[kayakutah]

@paintballmassaker That's excellent. Keep flying and build the hours. In about 5 years, there will be a huge flood of retirees from the majors (I'll be one of them) and, if you are available with an ATP rating when that occurs, you'll have it made! The hiring will be frantic.

[paintballmassaker]

@kayakutah oh wow that's awesome, i definitely don't have your background and probably never will but i fly general aviation so i can eventually fly for commercial airlines. that may be a shock considering (not to be selfish) i know what im talking about for the most part. but that's really awesome that you got to do those things, i wanted to be a fighter pilot for as long as i could remember.

[kayakutah]

@paintballmassaker ...I flew two cruises in the F-14 in VF-114 on the USS Enterprise, before that one cruise in RF-8s on the Indy. Spent 2 years flying active duty adversary at Miramar (F-16N, A-4) and spent 6 years flying adversary in the reserves in VFC-13 (Super Foxes). I have to admit, most guys liked the call outs, and most used autothrottles at night. Oddball that I am, I flew manual at night and made the RIO keep quiet. Were you Navy?