Flying Fighters In Bad Weather

How do fighter pilots takeoff and land in bad weather? Discussing the various options for flights when the weather gets bad.
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[@CWLemoine]

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[@AmyAnnLand]

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[@f-16guy30]

Great video !! Fun to watch Flew Navy A-7 VA-93, VA-204 then Air Force A-7 and F-16 ANG. Great career ! Love the books too ! More !

[@fredhill3565]

F-16 Guy Buckley AFB, CO used to have A-7 then converted to F-16. I think they first converted to A model then converted to C model. I don’t know what block they are. I think they have Block 50. Not 100% sure.

[@f-16guy30]

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[@stevebroadbent5080]

Fascinating! As an ex airforce tech and later IFR pilot this vid really connected many dots. Some years ago had the privilege of chatting to a family friend who flew Spitfires in WWII. Those guys had nothing - other than perhaps a very patchy ADF.... Truly a wonder that more were not lost to wx rather than enemy fire.

[@snakeandnape9252]

When it comes to aircraft carriers during inclement weather or night it's called a Case 3 recovery. No formation flying within 10 nautical miles from the boat. Have you ever done carrier ops? I was on board the Theodore Roosevelt in 2003 during the start of Iraqi Freedom. Our deployment was rushed and moved up 5 months. One of our F/A-18 squadrons wasn't ready so they slotted VFA-201 the Hunters, a reserve squadron out of NAS Dallas, to fill in. They came out there and kicked ass.

[@marekczarnecki6714]

Hi C.W. Lemoine! That is a truly awesome video! You got me thinking about equipment in airplanes once more. I have done instrument training on PA-28R and now I'm looking to start flying PA-34. This is huge discrepancy in equipement between GA aircraft, commercial jets like B737 and F/A-18. In our airplanes we have got an LPV approach capability that's something is not pressent on comercial jets (in favour of LNAV/Baro VNAV). And its quite weird that Hornet as amazing as it is lacking that vital equipment. "Steam gauges" and no autopilot will make you better in IFR flying for sure! All the best!

[@rocketology1105]

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[@travisgoff99]

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[@paramjyottiwana1625]

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[@preacherF-15]

Ive been out of the tac air community for nearly 25 years now (Where does it go??) You brought back memories. I loved flying the eagle in weather, it was a friendly bird in the soup. But I had a few knee knocker flights in the Talon in IMC! Absolutely love that airplane but I love it best CAVU lol. Interesting to hear the changes since I left in '96. Thanks brother, good video!

[@1roanstephen]

How well I remember a four ship of F-4s in which we all had the leans. There were eight heads pushed up against the right side of the canopy. It was funny until we burst into VMC and we all got a violent reorientation to reality.

[@Axepilot]

Great topic, Mover. When I was a student pilot seeking my PPL, I had a very cool instructor. When we did the night flying part of the syllabus, he asked me if I wanted to do an ASR approach (AF Aero Club). I was game, put on the foggles, and it was intense....and tons of fun. I felt like I was watching a Jimmy Stuart movie while I was sniffing for the runway.

[@brenttaylordotus]

On a sidenote, that's the most perfect printed T I've ever seen. 1. it's and airplane 2. it's supremely subtle and perfectly placed.

[@harrisonbutler5236]

Had no idea you are River Rattler! Saw the artwork on the back of your helmet. I got to visit VFA-204 two years ago with my NJROTC unit.

[@insanitysean4939]

Excellent video, as always!!

[@JL-uv1ms]

Thank You Mover, for all you do,wish you happiness and success,always

[@rammphillips3002]

Mover, Rammer here. Man, I hear ya WRT the lack of precision approach capability in the Hornet. The Phantom, Tomcat, same thing. We had "needles" on the ship, which was called, "SPN-41". The Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS) was very good in the Phantom. It was a system named, "SPN-42" neither of which were available ashore, as you astutely point out in the video. Every time I think about this, I roll my eyes (while giving thanks that I could fly fighters to begin with). The Tomcat was not certified SPN-42 when I was flying it. Yet, SPN-41 was good at the ship. When we were marshalling at night (CASE III) up at 15K, we could line up our jet on the final bearing (same as runway heading, except it would move if the ship turned one way or another) with the vertical needle. Getting a good start (on lineup, tip over intercepting the glideslope at 1200 feet AGL) was key to a good night carrier landing. We rarely used ACLS, as it was a macho thing. I did one during training workups just to exercise the system for the CATCC (Carrier Air Traffic Control Center) folks and myself. Everything coupled up, the system was amazing. I rode the controls until we crossed the ramp and I hit the paddle switch to go full manual as planned. Well, the nose dumped and I caught it before I plowed into the flight deck. Boltered. Turns out the Auto Pitch Trim motor was burnt out and the system wasn't trimmed when I went manual. I took a lot of razzing in the Ready Room for boltering on a Mode 1A ACLS approach. Excuses just don't work in that environment. I am sure you understand. Lots of fun nevertheless.

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[@kevinmadore1794]

Interesting. As a long-time GA pilot, I have followed military aviation really closely for decades and never really considered how little weather capability fighters really have. Your revelation in a previous video that none of the fighters you've flown had any ice protection just floored me. AF friends had long told me that T-38s were scared to death of ice, but 4th gen fighters? Wow. I have even more respect for the pilots of single-seat fighters after hearing that. WRT Radar-Assisted-Trail, if you want to read an amusing story, do some Google searches regarding an incident that the Thunderbirds had departing Andrews after the memorial day show in May of 2000. Eight F-16s attempted a radar trail departure in bad weather. The first four (diamond) departed in trail and made a successful rendezvous, but one of the later departures broke lock and at least three of the trailing jets ended up as lost wingmen, flying through the DC airspace in the clag at 300 KIAS with their transponders shut off. As I understand it, one caused a loss of separation with a civilian airliner, one most likely busted the prohibited airspace over the VPs house, and another had a near encounter with terrain. For a few minutes, ATC was pulling their hair out tracking fast primary targets. I recall hearing an audio clip on the evening news in which a frustrated controller told an airliner to: "Standby one.....I've got Thunderbirds all over the place right now." We can laugh about it now, but even a highly-trained unit like that can sometimes have "OS" moments! Love your channel, man!

[@veg1run]

Great story !

[@solarwizzo8667]

Mover, great video! Love it! Nice video footage out of the cockpit! I would like to add one (old fashioned) bad wx approach option for military fighters/bombers to your list, which I have flown very often during my time as a Tornado WSO. The Internal Aids Approach(IAA). The F-4 community called it Airborne Radar Approach (ARA). Basically what you do, is that the backseater uses his Ground mapping Radar and acts as a GCA (PAR) controller. During mission planning I needed the threshold coordinate for the runway to land on, the true heading of the runway and the touchdown zone elevation. Then I designed a 5 mile final with a 3 degree glideslope, which gave me a descent point out of 1500ft above TD at 5 miles out. During the recovery I worked my radar, identified the runway, marked the Touch Down Zone (TDZ) and gave my pilot a talk-down pretty much like a PAR Controller does. I had the glidepath and localizer information on my display. He followed my commands and usually ended up right on Glidepath at minimum. He had a little Target cross in his HUD in order to know where to look for the TDZ. The minima were officially non-precision (TACAN Minima), but this kind of approach worked very well down to 200ft and half mile (800m) visibility. During exercises we flew this totally silent - without any calls, just based on pre-briefed times with 3 minutes spacing inbetween each aircraft. We only transmitted a beep over UHF radio at the 5 mile point, so that tower knew, we were coming and being within timing contract of +/- 30 seconds. Absence of ATC call meant, you were cleared to land. Cold War! Landing without clearance totally legal - HA! This Approach worked for every runway in the world night/IMC. The old fashioned non-Doppler Radar required quite some tuning, to get a clear picture of the airfield, but as a WSO you took pride into putting that mark right on the threshold and talk your pilot down to the overrun. I loved these approaches!

[@Alan-gp7yn]

That's awesome thanks for sharing!

[@johnp2110]

8:47 Lockheed is probably irate that the f-35 is referred to as “fat Amy” by the pilots.😂 it’s a hilarious name!

[@owensparks5013]

Well they should have made a sexier airframe then.

[@HiddenOne22]

Owen Sparks I honestly think it’s a pretty sexy airframe.

[@lt.x-02s-wyvern25]

@@random99999 Now that bird deserves, "fat amy"

[@DragonPilot]

"Steam gauges"...hahahaha...we didn't have that term when that's all we had. Love it! OK...former US Army Aviator here...routinely performed ILS approaches in the venerable UH-1H (aka Huey) using steam gauges, no auto pilot and our hands we full of chopper. That said, we always had the other guy there to work the radios and NAVAIDS. I was also a Cobra jock, and the only NAVAID we had was the ADF, so we could only do NDB approaches...or ASR/PARs...if it was available, which outside of training usually wasn't. Love your vids!

[@harrybush2207]

This guy had me go make a cup a coffee real quick and kick back on my recliner. First 30 seconds i knew this was going to be interesting.

[@cw5865]

Great info to us pilots that didn’t get the ticket the hard way. Have flown formation for funeral fly-bys to know just enough to respect those that do it on a regular basis. Had the pleasure to fly a couple tight formations with airshow quality pilots finding myself glad I was taking pictures, to stay distracted with a prop spinning just a wing length away. Thanks again as I always wondered about how it was done in IMC...

[@supernut1978]

Hey Mover, Your the coolest dude I listen to at sleep time , you're like my Mr Roger's. People say sleep with a book under your pillow you learn more. I say listen to Mover! In all fun I love all your videos and for some reason this old school one came that I didn't see lol. Best luck. Mike

[@rusnsc7622]

Spectre series is a great read. Enjoying them immensely. Highly recommend! Thx Mover

[@kevinwells4986]

I actually wrote this comment on another video, but it was old - and I hope you might notice what wrote to you, so I'll repeat it here. Thank you! Hi, I'm loving the Spectre series by the way. There's nothing average about you, except that like many pilots I have known you have a fair amount of humility. That's awesome. My dream as a kid was to be a pilot. I joined the Army for helicopter & I hoped fixed wing training. I was on orders for Ft Rucker. I'll skip what could also be a book, if I chose to write one - but I ended up losing that opportunity, and yet I ended up in an organization at Holloman & White Sands (National Range Recovery) where I did mission coordination, missile countdowns, got 'drafted' by Army Air to be an observer (but not a WIZ), and so I ended up doing quite a bit of flying from the back (or side seats - read Huey). I also joined the flight club at Condron field, and got to fly a considerable number of aircraft (Piper, Cessna, Mooney, and even a T-38 trainer (prop)). I loved the area (still do), I did get to fly, and I have missed it ever since. Your books, your website, your videos are so much fun for me that if I am not yet, I will soon be one of your biggest fans! I'm 63, so my time is winding down, and I have not flown a plane in a long time - but I do love reading and hearing about your adventures. Thanks Mr. Lemoine for being you.

[@billymac6794]

Great video, really enjoyed it and learned a lot including another reason why Navy flying is harder than Air Force. As if landing on carriers wasn’t hard enough by itself. Thank you for your service!

[@r.d.w2437]

Awesome video! It's been a long time since I was driving pointy jets, but I clearly remember one of my most stressful flights was where I lost electrical stuff in the area, and we had weather down to 100 feet above minimums back at the base (Okinawa, so we weren't going to be landing anywhere else) so I was on the wing in fingertip through the weather and got the drop off just shy of a formation landing like you described. The clouds were thick as hell so even in fingertip, lead's plane was in and out, and I've never had such bad spatial D, especially the turns coming back to base before the ILS. I'd swear we were upside down half the time...Back then, we did formation take off and landings for currency and for a whim, but sounds like they don't do that much anymore.

[@Crommy5]

Is that Tyndall?? I was an automated test station avionics journeyman there on the F-15 back in the day, 325th CRS.

[@fredhill3565]

I was assigned to the F-111D in New Mexico in the mid 80. A Pilot friend was doing a cross country from NM to Colorado then back the next day. He tried get up and around a thunderhead in southern Colorado. He was a single ship. He told me it scared the crap out of him. By the time all said and done he said they were saying it was over 100,000 ft. The only thing that didn’t happen was get hit by lightning. He hated getting even close to thunderheads.

[@TRZ0612]

Great video!! As a civilian pilot and aviation geek, I enjoy these technical videos, with real world footage, like this one more than the opinion videos. This is the type of video I was hoping for with your Iron Eagle review, since that is one of my favorite all time movies as a kid.

[@jayski9410]

I once saw four A-10's do an interesting spacing maneuver at Nellis AFB back around 1990. They were in a straight line on the downwind leg, then the first one turned base, the others flew beyond a few seconds, then the second one turned base, a few more seconds the third, a few more seconds the fourth. So they all flew the same downwind and final legs of the pattern but 4 separate base legs. It was good weather and I think they were just returning from the Gunsmoke exercises that day. But frankly I think watching the sky's around central Nevada are some of the best unofficial airshows in the country.

[@-Spatz-]

Hey Mover, great video! I have enjoyed your previous videos and am looking forward to more great content! Also would like to see some more DCS or GTA. I appreciate what you do.

[@paulbrooks4395]

That’s so interesting. I found that I do exactly as you described when flying the Hornet in DCS. If there’s a TACAN, I get close, scope the field, use AG MAP radar mode and R ALT. If I can visually land, then cool, otherwise gotta divert to someplace where there’s a field visible. It’s even more of a pain in the Tomcat which has no MFDs, just direction and range on the TID. I imagine it could be easier with a real RIO, but God knows having a real HUD and HSI page is glorious on the Hornet.

[@thepilotconnor]

Landed at MSY last weekend, grabbed some canes, went to the end of runway 2 to watch some planes and eat. Heard River 1-1 flight of 2 on atclive. Flew over MSY at around 3,500. Good stuff.

[@welfare521]

Just wanted to say just finished the first of the spectre novel and loving them.

[@dr6884]

KZbin suggested your videos (I guess based upon my Air Force Academy video views) and glad they did. I really enjoy and appreciate your videos Started reading your Spectre series of books and am hooked. I have much respect for all that you have done and are doing. ✌🏻

[@TheMcshawn]

Splitting up a flight of fighters is one of the most fun things a controller can do. Used to do splits all the time in the AF, but my last one was a flight of 4 F-14's inbound to ADW when I worked for the FAA. Mako12 and Mako12 only turn left heading 360 and descend and maintain 12 thousand, twelve thousand. When clear of flight squawk 0453 and Ident. I'm having flash backs.

[@craiglieberman]

Remember that scene in the Final Countdown? The one where two F14s shoot down A6M zeroes? Would love to see your review of that scene.

[@jamiehancock6296]

Just read Fini Flight...great read and love your videos.

[@toddstovall9274]

In the GA civilian world RNAV GPS LPV approaches more often than not give you a decision altitude of 250agl which makes them comparable to precision approaches like an ILS. In fact the IFR ACS allows DPEs to substitute an RNAV LPV for an ILS as the precision approach on the instrument checkride. The beauty of WAAS GPS is it allows a significant number of airports in the US to have at or near precision min approaches where before most had only non-precision approaches (ie NDB or VOR) with significantly higher mins.

[@catdaddy57]

Hi Mover, I found your channel just today..I left that comment on your final f18 flight earlier ...thanks for the ❤ On my post.... also thank you for your service to our country. For me The F14 was a beast to fly but man I loved it... no fly-by-wire on that one... S!...I have to say though the DCS F14 is a very good simulation ... Only flaw is they can't simulate a competent RIO!!...Lol...i do fly online DCS hopefully will see you online..it'd be a blast to do some BFM with you...

[@TakeDeadAim]

At sea and if a mass departure, a moving marshal stack will be established. Aircraft will cat, climb and circle up to a "spit out" altitude depending on time and number of aircraft. Arrival is kinda the same. You'll be called down out of the stack and either down to the boat or if you need gas...to a tanker toad. Oh, and yes there are other methods using NTDS however I'm not sure now how it's being used...been a few years since I dealt with it and I'm sure things have changed. An SLQ can also be utilized...

[@jerrellarmstrong7026]

Enjoing your videos.. And I will be getting your books.. Thank you for your work.

[@thedude5-6]

Love the channel. Keep it up

[@arcmaintenance7993]

So glad you're on our side Mover.. What an amazing career. Love the videos. Thank you.

[@HeyBigChriss]

Hello C.W. I have a strange/simple question for you. As an aspiring A-10 pilot, I have to wonder- Are fighter jet seats “comfy?” Always been curious about this. It’s not a make or break question, just curious lol.

[@CWLemoine]

I wouldn't describe them as "comfy." Tolerable, yes.

[@KutWrite]

When I was in the Navy, fighters had hard, butt-shaped metal on the seat pan. It had to be, or ejection would break your spine or tailbone. With the newer rocket seats, they might have a bit of padding, but not much. The newer jets recline the pilot more, too. Your weight is distributed along the spine and not just on the tailbone. But if you're looking for "comfy," don't go fighter. In my day, the patrol P-3 and cargo C-9 were the most comfy, but that's not saying much. "Needs of the service," "lowest bidder" and all that.

[@wtscl]

FYI- there are no longer any ICLS (TRN-28) systems on any Navy runway. A new system is planned for several bases, but it will be a while before they are active.

[@gregorymaupin6388]

Always enjoy your videos

[@yusripp]

nice sharing. Never know the fighter was not equipped with weather radar. No wonder the Euro Typhoon from oman air based having a hard time reaching our country due to monsoon season last year. Even when they arrived they request for short approach and ILS localizer. Even so still 2 of em need to go around.

[@danielciacco4633]

Sir, i will never meet you. I’ve only seen a few of your videos and while I enjoy your content I’m as average a viewer as it gets I guess.. however, yesterday I watched a video where for the first time in 34 years on this planet you made a statement that hit me hard. “ make them tell you no.” For whatever reason this stuck with me and wouldn’t you know the very next day, something big happened in my life. And all I could think. I’m going to make them tell me no... there’s little chance I’ll ever meet you but. If I do I’d like to shake your hand and thank you from the bottom of my heart. You never know how your content will effect people and if you every questioned it was worth the effort. At list for this person, you were messenger from something. I don’t want to invoke any kind of divinity or supernatural as I am a man of science. But damn if that wasn’t good timing. Thank you again. And I’m going to buy your books because I don’t much know how else to thank you. Except I guess.. thank you.

[@sharizabel4204]

I loved flying at night, in the weather, in the mountains, 600 knots, and 300 AGL. Of course that was TFR.

[@pilotguy1141]

As a fellow pilot just ordered your books looking forward to reading them.

[@krstcs]

@C.W. Lemoine I tested TADIL-A/J data links on the E-3 20/25 and 30/35 block mods in my first tour (mid-late 90's) at Tinker, we got to test controlling an F-15 through the link (it was a simulator, not the actual bird). Pretty cool stuff.

[@larrymadd9084]

Be good to see a video about life in the cockpit, how comfortable (or uncomfortable) it is, do you take rations with you if it's a long flight and if so how's that work, and so on. The other side of being a pilot, not just the Gucci flying fast doing cool stuff side of flying

[@Mesofs9]

Mover i have a question, did you ever joined the Nato excercise "Frysian Flag"? it is held in the netherlands. as im not in the military i believe most of the operations are launched from Leeuwarden (EHLW). i lived in a small town that was usually in the departure route. it looks to me that in the daily operations the local F16's follow a radar trail. once you spot the first plane the oters usually follow at a 30 - 60 seconds interval. keep these clips coming, they are very interesting especially with some on-board camera footage!

[@phantomx2003]

I'm so lost in the technical language of video but it is still awesome to watch. :D

[@Buthajeb]

we have ILS for our hornets here in Kuwait Air Force, COMM 3 also.

[@shaunroberts9361]

Right on Mover

[@KumaKawazaki]

Just got the Audiobook version of your book. Can't wait to listen to it.

[@gleeeeer]

Mover, I'm new to your channel and I absolutely love it. You have probably answered this question many times before regarding the F-16 vs F-18. Since you're in a unique position, can you compare the two and give us your personal pros and cons of each (take off, landing, flying, fighting). Also, if both were sitting on a runway ready to go, which would you take to a dogfight? Can you answer here or do an episode. Also, like many young people around the country my son is home from college. He will be a senior in September. I gave him some of the life wisdom that I picked up from your channel. Don't self eliminate, make them tell you no and be humble, approachable incredible.

[@christosantonopoulos2018]

radar to keep sight of each other in heavy clouds, yeah right only to a certain distance as have you heard the latest that clouds are made of water droplets and emf spectrum that radar works off actually refracts passing through different mediums so radar is affected in heavy weather as radar works of reflected emf spectrum in its different forms.

[@xmodfreak2011]

We just recently went full stop on form landings in all of AETC.

[@TheMuhaAdventures]

Love the videos of you flying .

[@yxeaviationphotog]

I've heard plenty of PAR approaches up in Cold Lake (RCAF Hornet base). Two years ago, day one of EX Maple Flag, wx was crap. Everyone did a PAR approach coming back....both waves for the day, and the first wave of day two. Kind of neat to listen to them on the scanner (well, for me as an aviation enthusiast).

[@GrizzAxxemann]

Hey Mover, I picked up the box set and Origins last night, I'm liking what I'm reading so far! 👍

[@JST106]

Interesting videos...looking forward to reading your books.

[@PnwOnTour]

I saw one low in the rain the other day, two at night 4 minutes apart, and one during summer, couldn't ID them wish I knew the models.

[@copflyer6569]

“My worst military flight” - Landing in limited visibility is pretty scary for the pilot AND the passenger when looking out the window on descent and not knowing when you see the runway. We were headed back to Otis ANGB in a C-130 after 2 weeks at Tyndall with our F-106’s. Somewhere over the eastern seaboard, the #3 engine caught on fire. It was extinguished and we diverted to a Guard base in Tennessee. They loaned us one of their older 130’s with limited instrumentation and we had to transfer all of our spare parts, tools, a jet engine, and more. After about 3 hrs., we left for Otis. A lot of guys had packed shrimp and oysters in foam coolers to bring back. The ice melted and people started throwing up from the odor and a bumpy ride. We diverted to Pease after 3 landing attempts at Otis that was at zero visibility. We then diverted to Hanscom AFB and landed ok. We had to ride in one of those old Blue Air Force school buses on a 2 hour ride to Otis. We left Tyndall at 0900 and I arrived home at 0300 the next day. This video reminded me of that terrible flight back in the early 80’s that I hope will pass some time for us subscribers while being shuttered in. Great video as always Mover! (Bill from Slidell).

[@joeycarr1398]

I do remember those F-106. I was in Tyndall for Air Weapons Controller school.

[@marshie1337]

shout out to my boy mover. be safe out there buddy. love the vids

[@fishon7301]

Best times in the T-38 flying wing approach to Circling mins, we pealed off to do the circle, noted that the visibility was not going to let us take "normal" distance from rwy, and had to fly about 7 to 7.5 AOA around the level turn to final at 600'. Two IP's, one watching the AOA guage and vvi and the other watching the runway airspeed and flying the jet. I think I saw 7.8 AOA for a second, but no vvi drop at all as he had some power applied to pull 'er around. Awesome day. Any swing of the vvi and I was to command roll out and burners to get out of it. It was a sucky day where the weather closed in and we didn't have a lot of gas. If you know what I mean. Oh yeah, we were circling to the outside parallel runway and there was another guy coming in on the ILS and our belly was up to them 500' ft away. They said it was an awesome sight to see us in the turn with such shitty vis.

[@AV4Life]

You were flying @ 7.5 angle of attack in a level turn? Also I’ve never once in my life heard someone say “7 to 7.5 angle of attack.” I thought you just said what your vertical speed was. Interesting though.

[@AV4Life]

Oh ok so I guess Vertical Velocity Indicator (VVI) measures in Angle of Attack (AOA) rather than a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) which also measures rate of climb / decent but does in degrees. Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here but, anyways, interesting.

[@AV4Life]

Ohhhh ok now I finally figured out what you were trying to say. VSI and VVI are the same thing. The nose of your plane was pitched upward 7 degrees to 7.5 degrees but you said it as AOA instead of in degrees which was confusing the hell out of me.

[@fishon7301]

@@AV4Life AOA in the T-38 is a measure of angle nose up relative to the air you are flying through. On final approach configured on speed, the normal AOA was .6. .8 was the limit for automatic stall recovery. You can be at .6 and descending, but your nose is still up relative to the air you are flying through. VVI is vertical velocity Indicator (rate of climb/descent in ft/min) which is probably the same as your VSI. We never used that term.

[@rmk1283]

Cool video. Didn't know you were on Iracing. Hope to see you in a race sometime!

[@Maxwelhouser66]

Thanks for the special price for the Spectre series- just bought it!!!

[@jimcosgrove292]

Love your Vette. 7 speed manual

[@stonelaughter]

Can you do a feature on HOW an aircraft stays parallel to the ground underneath it (despite the Earth's curvature)? e.g. discussing how the CofG is FORWARD of the CofP; how gravity acts toward the centre of the Earth and not in parallel lines etc. Also explaining how an aircraft is ALWAYS flying through the AIR as opposed to relative to the ground (which is utterly irrelevant of course until you hit it...).

[@bobshaw4063]

Hi Mover how long did you fly for the Navy & now for the Air Force ? How's the new Corvette ? How long have you been an Airline pilot? Are you furloughed from the Airline until further notice? Be well & stay safe , Cheers Mover ! How's your Pilot buddy Gonky doing ?

[@laurynhogan4602]

Hey Mover, Learned a lot about flying into around and out of weather on this video. Made a lot of sense. So I just purchased the box set. Going to start reading it on Thursday. Flying back to Colorado from Florida. Looking forward to it. Have you ever read the Punk series from Ward Carroll? I enjoyed those a lot. I really am excited to read the Spectre books. In the words of the immortal Joe Dirt. “Keep on keepin on”!!

[@johnp2110]

Alright! Mover’s putting on the Ricky Bobby hat! If ya ain’t first yer last.

[@Lozzie74]

I just bought Spectre Rising. I love your videos and your wisdom, so I was only too happy to buy the first of your book series

[@WOLFMANF14DFIGHTER]

Who the hell put 3 dislike there nothing wrong with this channel

[@danielfernandes5451]

Soviets...

[@jamestorrentera]

This legendary book series should be turned into a movie series with some help from Steven Spielberg and Will Smith!

[@jakesanders269]

Great content as always. Was just curious have you ever watched the History Channel's Dogfight series back in 2006-2008? I've always loved this series and was wondering if you ever watched these and would ever do a watch along with these episodes giving your expertise? Thanks again!

[@WaldoIsLegit]

Jake Sanders loves that show!

[@JerDog1984]

Awesome info. Thanks!

[@kayakutah]

In "the olden days" I seem to remember a PAR going down to 200 feet and 1/2 mile. Flying an A-4 (T with a P8 in the reserve adversary squadron) into Lemoore with a stash ensign low state, we're on final. The stash - great guy - says, "sir, would you like me to review the missed approach"? I said, "we're not going missed approach.....we don't have enough gas!". All was quiet after that! Minimums were "more of a guideline". Turning on the landing light and hearing "paddles contact" was good enough, even if you only saw the island after the trap at the boat. Ah, the good old days. I know.... "Okay boomer". 😊

[@veg1run]

Awesome story !

[@grandfrosty]

Thanks Mover! As always, your vids are great!! Thanks for mentioning the Twitch account, I have X-Plane 11, and picked up the F-18, and the F-16 more recently...I wanted to give Operation Opera a try... But it's a solo run, not with a unit. Maybe we could do some online mission together...I haven't invested in DCS, but if you have X-Plane 11, the mission comes with the F-16 pack. And the Israeli livery. Let me know what you think

[@BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy]

Is there a video you have done that explains why the instrument screens (green LED lit screens) are doing some kind of funky patterns? Is that security features or just camera shutter roll?

[@CWLemoine]

No need to do a video. Just frame rates of video vs screens.

[@dereklchung]

Thanks - very informative.

[@amberplatinummusicgroup1844]

Great content as always , Mr Lemoine. Cool t shirt as well. Is that an F4?:))

[@slartybarfastb3648]

It looks like T-38 to me.

[@CWLemoine]

T-38. The SnackoBros website (in description) has F-22 shirts like this for sale by our squadron Snacko.

[@amberplatinummusicgroup1844]

@@CWLemoine Ordered one for myself after seeing your video. All the best to you!

[@MohsinexploresCanada]

Can you provide a review on a little dog fight which occurred between Greece mirage and a Turkish block 52 f 16. From the video it looked like, the Turkish pilot had no clue how to get the mirage off his tail. He looked super slaggy and shitty with his block 52 f 16. The incident happened few days ago.

[@rkmyersuk]

Hay mover. Could you do a similar explanation of an approach to the boat please... Case1 vs Case 3. Appreciate the detail you can share might be low 👍

[@GennaroAvolio]

Some ancient history. Did many 2 ship formation approaches in F94-B, F89 d,-H, J, and F102.

[@MursicDrummer]

Great video. MCAS Miramar on that final approach?

[@asm1030]

Hi Mover Have you flown in Russian/Soviet jets like Flankers or Fulcrums? If you did how was it compared to the US ones?

[@joesmith389]

Wow will look into your books my friend. I’m a single engine pilot and competitive shooter/govt contractor and all that crap etc.

[@Brack_Etman]

I like the F-22's on the ground during the dual take off.

[@johnhoward3159]

Most informative video about fighter jests thanks

[@securityguy1984]

2:15 Tyndall !!! Oh how I miss the base before Michael hit it #850Strong. And Spartans sound off 325th security!!

[@regiondeltas]

Hey Mover, something that fascinates me a bit as a civilian private pilot is the hud and avionics in general. Can you talk more about what you see on the HUD, how it works and visualises RADAR locks etc? I'm always intrigued by how certain fighters are classified as "all weather" etc and what exactly that means from a capability perspective

[@iTz_JLAR]

The hud shows altitude and speed along with your EHSI and heading. Most fighters have a camera that records the hud to a FDR (flight data recorder). You can also see gun sights, pickle bombs (depending on aircraft) , and enemy aircraft info. Ace combat does a good job depicting a fighter HUD.

[@bulldog282]

Thanks for the educational video.