Super cool!! I love that you didn’t add music. The actual sounds gives us a good feeling of what’s going on. Keep it up and keep the videos coming. Great job!
It reminds me of the first ride I got in the rear seat of an F-100 Super Sabre back in the 1970's. It was also a very cloudy day. Eventually we went back into afterburner and climbed up through the cloud deck until we broke out into the blue sky above.
When I was in AFROTC in 1974 we were flown from Wright-Patterson in a Starlifter to Vance AF Base in Oklahoma. All cadets were given an introductory ride in a T-37. Believe me it was nothing like you got in the F-16. Lucky guy or gal.
I've gotten to sit in the Cockpit of an F-16 in Chicago. It was at the Daley Center Plaza. Love our Air Force, Navy & Marine Pilots. And let me not forget our Brave Men and Women of our US Coast Guard. They save lives everyday, or confiscate TONS of illegal drugs headed to our country and others.
Imagine going for the ride of your life in a F-16, and during the entire takeoff you still haven't figured out how to attach your camera to the canopy. Up, down, left, right, move it here, move it there, knock it against everything... and before you know it, you've missed the entire takeoff.
Witnessing the take off from the back seat of this tandem Viper adds drama to what' s coming up next mainly thanks to the mid canopy frame. It's like watching the whole scene from one side of the tunnel while everything else taking place afar and impossible to anticipate!!!.
love these short videos and your podcast are awesome. Can I request one plane to do a podcast on. If you could get someone on to talk about the space shuttle that would be cool. Remember every time you get these guest on to talk your helping record there experiences for history so there voices are not lost. Its important the people who where there on the coal face so to speak have a voice.
Roland Tom Kellam typically yes, in USAF Vipers, but not always required depending on availability and experience of the pilot. Despite the lower internal fuel availability in the D-model due to the second seat, they still pack quite the punch - a 2 seater even scored the first AMRAAM kill in a US F-16!
@G E T R E K T a good question and I am not really qualified to answer as I was an Army helicopter pilot, but I don't think the F-16 ever had an electronic warfare officer or radar officer. I assume it was to make the transition from the T-38 to your mission aircraft.
They're for training purposes. Navy has Aggressor Squadrons that fly F16s and even some foreign aircraft, because they can mimic the handling of potential adversary aircraft like the Mig-29 for instance.
At 4 years old I got an F4 Phantom as a present. I carried it with me everywhere. It flew in front of me where ever I walked. I was going to be a fighter pilot. I knew it my entire childhood. It wasn't what I "wanted" to be. It was I was going to be. Freshman year of HS (mid 80's) I found out that they didn't allow corrected vision. My world as I knew it ended and a year later Top Gun came out... talk about salt in the wounds.
@@FighterPilotPodcast Thank you! I was invited to fly the A10 sim at Whiteman AFB 2 years ago. The absolute best experience I have ever had in my life.
The military is the only thing I wholeheartedly support with my tax dollars. You can actually see tax dollars at work. Merry Christmas to all my brothers in arms. You make America proud.
You need to learn about the military industrial complex. As much as 30% of military spend goes to rich middle men while veterans can't afford food or medicine.
Question for a pilot...when you bank 90 degrees and the lift vector is parallel to the horizon shouldn't the aircraft drop like rock since lift is no longer being produced to counter against gravity?
Me Too if no other control surfaces were on the aircraft, yes, but the vertical tail and the thrust would provide enough speed and lift to keep it airborne.
The Fighter Pilot Podcast The chines position for the F16B variant are the same as single seat or is more forward /aft located due second seat and longer cockpit?
In rolling I believe due to bigger lateral cross section, NOT in pitch, so more sluggish.Can you tell me the CG location on F16 BETWEEN AFT LANDING GEAR AND FRONT LANDING GEAR ? IT IS MORE CLOSE FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ? I doing my set up for F16 BLOCK10
@@FighterPilotPodcast And the other way? What are things in the Hornet that you dont get in the Viper? BTW its extremely nice to see you answer to this many questions, very refreshing!
@@dominikwagner5544 Well that's a tricky one because the only F-16s I ever flew were the Navy's un-upgraded Block 15 As and Bs and so their cockpit layouts were extremely basic. Newer Vipers have comparable cockpits to the F/A-18.
The Fighter Pilot Podcast As a career Viper pilot (retired 2014), I’d say the Hornet’s slow speed handling and ability to jack the nose around. Nothing more frustrating than to be stuck in lag with my pipper just a few mils shy and maxed out on AoA. Haha
I posted footage of the backseat of one of these dinosaur Vipers on Instagram and a viewer got all indignant about compromising "OPSEC" so I have not done as much as I could.
The Fighter Pilot Podcast, when the F16 is banked for horizontal turns the G's presented in the HUD is lower than the 1.It is dependent upon the angle of bank e.g. more angle show little G ?
It depends what else the pilot is doing with the stick. If you roll into an angle of bank and do nothing then, yes, the aircraft will begin to descend as less lift is being applied to counteract gravity. On the other hand, the pilot could roll and pull up to 9 Gs.
Although it probably be practical to takeoff at MIL cause Viper aint carry much gas and I cant see wing tanks here. Polish pilots Ive spoke to told me that MIL takeoff can save a gas that translates to up to 20 additional minutes up on 20some thousand ft at cruising speed. That how much gas AB consumes in 30 some seconds on takeoff run.
@@spookyNorbert Not sure if it's that much but it could be. Another consideration is safety: with only one engine you want to get some speed on the aircraft as quickly as possible so you have some options should that one engine have a problem during that critical transition from ground to flight.
What’s with all this “Viper” crap?? I worked F-16’s for 6 years and NEVER HEARD ANYONE call it the “Viper”....if someone asked what you were “on” (worked on) we said “I work sixteens”...Viper....pffffft
How often do fighter pilots get to actually “fly”? and which branch of military flysmore, navy or AF? Also thank you for your service and sharing these awesome video’s.
Depends on what you're doing. On deployment you may fly at least once every day, other times you may go a week between flights. Can't answer your second question.
I got an incentive ride in the backseat of an F-15D out of Kadena in 1981. I was having a blast going supersonic and doing loops and since we were above the clouds over the ocean, I was doing aileron rolls and when I was done having my fun the Pilot who was an awesome Colonel with Vietnam combat experience had to let me know that I had stopped my rolls upside down and it is really amazing how I could be flying along upside down and not have a clue because I was not experienced enough with the instruments, but it was awesome, the power of the jet was unbelievable.
I think plane rides are much more entertaining 100 ft or less off the ground . There’s no scale of speed reference once they climb . A jet 50 ft off the deck at 650 miles per hr now that’s entertaining
I had two rides in the back seat of an F-16 when I was in the Air Force but my old supercharged Trans Am actually accelerated from 0-100 quicker. Unfortunately, my TA couldn’t turn like a viper!😂
Disappointing -- I was expecting, like the title stated, that you would go "through" the clouds, but you didn't. With a F-16, I was expecting you to go straight up and punch through the clouds that way. But I guessed wrong.
In the commercial sense , it is a takeoff at full power followed by a landing. One cycle on the engine and one cycle on the airframe. Small Regional Jets average around a 1 to 1 ratio of hours to cycles. A long haul airliner like a 747-400 may average more like 6-7 hours to a cycle, or even more.
@@jamessamuel1611 Gotcha. Military aircraft are not measured like that. There are flight hours and aircraft age. Other components are measured per use, such as landing gear parts.
Same old boring mach 2 fly to tne edge of space take off, need a little more excitement like getting shot out of a circus cannon while eating a can if breany weanies or something
@@FighterPilotPodcast No such success, too daunting because no one can seem to find insurance to cover the health dangers of eating the can of beany-weanies!
