Network footage of F-14 Tomcat flat spin recovery procedures. This video was recorded around the time of the original Topgun movie with interest in flat spin recovery. Recorded 1980’s.
I still would like to know how they are over the desert, enter into a flat spin, then drift so far out over and into the ocean there isn't any land in sight.
Testing tomcat did 1600mph+ not the production f-14 was throttled back to mach 2.34 navy requirement. Tomcat was the most beautiful jet fighter ever made.
Looks like Linda Shaffer-Vanaria did become a test pilot and according to her LinkedIn profile had a successful career in the Navy and then went on to a career as a consultant and public speaker. Nice! Also: 1) Look at the turn needle 2) Rudder Opposite 3) Stick into it. Got it. Hopefully I'll only crash half as much in DCS. 😂
Except 'Rudder opposite' does NOT work on a swept wing configuration, unlike the straight wings of say a Cessna 172, and is the worst thing to do as it will tighten the spin. Power to Idle, Nose down, opposite AILERON. This is because the wing roots stall first on a swept wing, not the tips. This is from official recovery procedures!
Its a Kfir C2.. the USN operated a few for some tome as F-21 Lion as agressor.. they sim well the early MIG-23 vaiants and delta wing jets of the period
@@sightline4004 Cnn used to do things like this all the time back when this film was made to become popular and to draw in viewers. Unfortunately for cool tv spots everywhere, they do less and less and less things like this and thats rly sad lol xd
Spin recovery is pretty much the same for any fixed wing. It doesn't particularly matter in which order you do the things, but that you do them all, one after another without delay, which is practically all at once. Throttle back, opposite rudder, aileron neutral or into the spin (aircraft type specific), stick forward. Recover from dive when yaw stops. And if in the off chance something is broken and none of that is working, your impact with terrain or water is imminent, and your jump out handle isn't working or you don't have one...throw a Hail Mary and jam the throttles to the firewall and kick rudder into the spin, and neutral elevator or slight aft stick. The increase in rotational spin will flatten the nose down attitude and also slow vertical descent slightly because the aircraft just became a rotor blade. No guarantees, but maybe, just maybe, if you hit water or soft or sloped ground, the impact speed might be low enough that you survive. Maybe 1-5% chance, but it's a chance. Probably broken neck or spine, head trauma, but it's a better chance than hitting the ground at a faster vertical speed, with nose down attitude if you don't have altitude for the full recovery to develop. It would be worse at low altitude to convert all of that yaw into nothing more than a 30*-60* dive and end up a lawn dart hoping you can pull the nose above the horizon without causing an accelerated second stall. Mostly though, at low altitude, everyone panics and pulls back on the stick/yolk and ends themselves because their brain short circuits because they haven't practiced spin recovery enough, like the twin prop commuter in Brazil that spun in about a month ago. They almost had spin recovery with the nose down and yaw stabilized but then entered a second departure/spin because aft stick was too aggressive. Probably didn't have altitude to save it by then either, but they kept pulling aft stick until they hit the ground, and that was obvious from the video.
At some point, nobody’s gonna care that a female, or whatever, did anything. So tired of people that don’t want special treatment, but actually want special treatment.
That's easy, the "hate Gubment", "hate Taxes" crowd that rubs out to Airshows where most of the new stuff never replaces the old stuff. It's called the MIC and while the "hate Taxes" crowd NEVER runs the numbers, the MIC drains the General Fund (whereas Social Security is funded by it's own Tax; the "Payroll Tax" or FICA on your paystub). Then compare price tags to S.S. benefits. The MIC lies to Americans. Don't get me started on "Stealth". No one seems to wonder how rain and snow can't hide but big aircraft can?
I think a better question is would we even be here if non of this existed? If you haven't noticed, most of the world isn't very nice. Yes, protecting a nation is expensive.
