As a 3000 hr T-38 instructor at Laughlin (Del Rio by the Sea) TX, it was THE best job of my life. Now a retired B787 captain with over 38,000 hours and still flying corporate jets I'll never equal that experience in the T-38
One of the best years (actually 53 weeks) of my life - going through USAF pilot training - Class 68B At Laughlin AFB, TX - from there to F-4s - 26 GREAT years in the AF flying fighters - a dream which came true for me -
Earned my wings at Webb AFB class 70-02. First of the T-38 IPs at Columbus AFB January 1970. Loved strappng on my go-fast pants and flying formation. Best people I knew were fellow IPs; every one was a class act.
One of the reasons i wanted to join back in 79.. Yall flew a lowlevel route behind our house. I miss hearing and seeing the birds. Be safe and fly on the wings of eagles.
Nice job! I loved getting glimpses of the new cockpit, HUD, and no chutes to walk out to the jet. Great strides in preparing the pilots of tomorrow for the electronic jets. BTW, nice on speed touchdown in the zone on the final landing. Well done.
Remember all the times walked out to the flight-line without their chute and you would wait to see how long it took them to realize they forgot it ??? wr@@andrewkubinski
Looking at these pilots and thought........Do their mothers know where they are at? 24 years in the JAG CORP I'm definitely getting old. This is a great video. I good friend of mine is flying the A models down in Louisiana in the USAF Reserves
Why so low on likes? This video is amazing! Two question, if I may: What is that smoke/steam coming up from behind the seat in 4:13? And what is that pin for. I mean the one you are putting back somewhere after landing. Thanks a lot.
Thanks! That smoke is just water condensation from the AC, happens all the time when its hot an humid! There are 2 pins inside the cockpit, one for the emergency canopy release handle, and one for the ejection seat! Both are removed before takeoff and returned once at a safe taxi speed after the flight.
Kubes, im slightly embarrassed to say this, but the whole time we worked together in the STUS, I never knew which plane you flew. I just knew it wasnt T-1s.
james allgren good catch! Nobody has noticed in almost a year! Some of the clips were flipped to fit a different video, so you are actually seeing a mirror image in some of the shots
95% of the time instructors sit in the rear cockpit, although some student navigation rides are flown from the front seat while students learn to navigate using only instruments from the back seat.
My uncle was the guy that if you failing flight school that you would have to prove that you what it takes to pass. If all yee who enter here have fear.
