T-45 Spin Test
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Allan Reed! He's the man
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"Just relax"- lol!
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This spin was conducted during the testing phase of the 45 and coming out of the spin had nothing to do with density of the atmosphere lol The 45 is difficult to spin as it is, and it's my understanding the aircraft required specific equipment to get it to spin and the parachute was used to get it out of the spin. I fly the 45C on a daily basis and certainly glad it doesn't easily enter into the spin regime.
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I want to be a Test Pilot : )
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It doesn't necessarily matter what 'dense atmosphere' the jet needs to recover. The manual says that if you're still out of control and passing through 10,000' AGL, you eject.
Any pilot who doesn't not only risks death, but losing his wings. I leave it to you to decide which is worse.
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Man, what a chicken. Don't these new jacks learn the history of fighter spin testing? Most fighters and high performance jets will not come out until they travel to the more dense atmosphere. Proper preflight would have shown what altitude that was on the particular day.
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@0:58 passed out from the G-forces. Lot's of repect for him.
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yep, definitely a Goshawk
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Balls of steel and nicely done, would have got my heart rate up more than that
pretty sure thats a T-45.....in case anyone cares....rah
kwill2009 3 years ago
ok. you're looking at the video writing I see that now.
sharpypilfong 3 years ago
thats not a F4 Phantom, its a T-45 Goshawk used by the Navy, replaced the Skyhawk and Buckeye
jase3 4 years ago 3
ahh, so i bet it has more aerobatics
sharpypilfong 4 years ago
balls of steel man he was sort of freaking out by the tone of his voice but didnt bail! the negative g forces alone would have been too much for me
DYIFFAW 4 years ago 5
I know there's a lot of history to that. It shows his style. That video is priceless.
sharpypilfong 4 years ago