Great interview ! I didn’t know the F-16 was such a hot rod in the very beginning!
@bazej10802 жыл бұрын
One of the best interview I heard on your Channel! What the fantastic memory, so many details, as flight control system changes and their impact on F-16 maneuverability. G-tolerance training increasing blood pressure. Or classified wartime-only codes for the radars and listening to the electromagnetic emissions between US and USSR inside each others territory. Plus MiG-21 and MiG-23 flight characteristics. Great interview and great guest.
@10percenttrue2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It was lots of fun chatting to Gabby again. He'll be back in the New Year to talk F-4...
@jcheck6 Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Drake looks like the American cowboy actor Gabby Hayes with his beard. Through out the interview I was thinking that is how he got the name "Gabby."
@boggy85572 жыл бұрын
How was that nearly 2 hrs!? It went by so quickly. So much interesting info and amazing detail. How does Gabby remember all these details? I can't even remember what I had for breakfast! Hope there will be more with Gabby!
@Crunch104 Жыл бұрын
History recorded and preserved! Thanks for your work. Awesome info on the F-16.
@Haurdead1232 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best channels on youtube. These interviews are priceless and a window into history
@eicjc2 жыл бұрын
New Intro rocks (GJ Jacks!!). Dripping with glorious detail again Steve. Thank you and thanks to Ted for his time and great stories.
@varzat64162 жыл бұрын
Superb interview! Appreciate your ability to listen more then talk, it really brought forward Gabby, who was excellent aswell! The questions were perfect! Cheers!
@rsuminsby Жыл бұрын
Great episode! I’m astonished at Gabby’s memory. Fascinating history.
@10percenttrue Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's a thing to behold, Junior.
@stuartb91942 жыл бұрын
Gabby is outstandingly entertaining, the long format seemed to run as quick as the excerpts.
@Paco7b573f2 жыл бұрын
Congrats for the content. This kind of stories first hand from the pilots are priceless.
@fisadev2 жыл бұрын
This was one of the most interesting interviews I've seen :)
@tbyte0072 жыл бұрын
The only thing I can say is : THAT WAS AWESOME VIDEO AND THE GUY IS DOUBLE AWESOME ! :)
@laMoort2 жыл бұрын
wonderful episode once more, i could listen to Gabby talking all day long easily. thank you all so much.
@robzettel5502 жыл бұрын
Outstanding interview Steve. Equally great effort Gabby!! 1:40:52
@BChopko322 жыл бұрын
great video and I like the new intro!
@acefox12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview. Gabby and Paco told amazing and incredibly interesting stories. Thank you for doing this!
@jonathannuckolls56602 жыл бұрын
Love the new logo, Steve. Amazing interview.
@sedlo2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Gabby is a great guest, love this whole thing! The new intro rocks, too.
@CCPJerBear2 жыл бұрын
New intro looks sweet Steve
@manolog.99622 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video! I was especially caught off by the Russian Winnebagos collecting radar intelligence. I didn't know both US and Russia would agree to that, especially during the Cold War. Fascinating information. Great work and interview. Now I'm going to watch the unveiling of the B-21 Raider!
@joekreider80502 жыл бұрын
Great interview Steve. Love the channel hope it continues . Endlessly fascinating. Have watched many episodes several times because there is so much information to absorb. Keep up the great work,
@posohm2 жыл бұрын
Another absolutely fascinating interview. Keep up the great work! Coffee inbound!
@radoslawbiernacki2 жыл бұрын
Wow this is one of the best interviews!
@oporim Жыл бұрын
39:00 Anyone can try to (sort of) G-loc at home. Sit relaxed on a sofa for 20 minutes, breathe shallow, get your pulse down as much as possible. After 20 minutes, then stand up quickly, stretch away both your arms and legs, expand your torso and stretch amrs/legs muscles so they soak up all the (low) bloodpressure and you will start having these symptoms: - shrinking field of view (kind of gray / pinkish on the edges, with maybe reflections of blood vessels inside the eye visible on the edges) - FoV shrinks towards center in say 2 seconds - when you are close to zero visibility, you start perceiving sound as distant, echoing sounds, that you dont pay attention to any more, you dont pay attention to what someone is saying, it just passes by you - at say 4-5 seconds you get into a kind of pre-dream state where you dont discern what reality is, your thoughts float away quickly, you lose focus, interestingly enough - you feel a warm fuzzy feeling (like it is ok to just faint and fall asleep). When I was young and planning to enter the pilot program, I was regulary inducing this "towards LOC action" that got me to full field of view loss, but then I would strain my lower belly and torso and do the breathing thing and push blood back to my brain and the field of view opened up immediately. I was just training how to quickly regain blood in brain and prevent fainting. It was only once that I did not strain the torso fast enough, stupidly enough I was on a hallway near stairs, I lost all view, hearing was echoing, I did not think anything any more obviously and I felt at peace and fuzzy, next thing I remember I was holding on to the rail of the stairs and I was squatting. Basically in that small loss of ability to control my body, I grabbed the fence and squatted and then bloddpressure and blood came back to my brain (otherwise I would go flat on the floor). Of course if you dont relax enough, this wont work. You really have to bring your body from one extreme (full rest) to the other extreme (full physical muscle activity) in 1 second. And I never did fully go out.
@Dan-qp1el2 жыл бұрын
Great interview.
@Senor0Droolcup2 жыл бұрын
I was a freshman in high school when Lieutenant General Bond was killed in the MiG-23 crash in the Nellis range. I remember reading a New York Times article, right afterward, where they claimed that general bond had died flying a MiG23 from a secret base in the Nevada desert. And I’m thinking “oh my God what nonsense:are these guys high!?!” 😂😂
@RedTail1-14 ай бұрын
I'm an F-15 guy and I'll never argue that a clean F-16A is unbeatable in the visual regime. Heck I'm not even sure if the F-22 could beat it.
@jaynuck2 жыл бұрын
New logo looks like something a Raptor nerd would do 😂 Good stuff Jacks
@GunniesLetsFlyVFR10 ай бұрын
Wow that was great. You find the coolest old guys ... Cause I am one haha. All these guys you bring on are from my period in the RAAF. Weapons etc. 😂
@alexpitts76342 жыл бұрын
Amazing as always
@danbrandon3180 Жыл бұрын
I believe the individual they are talking about who was killed in the mishap at 1:34:-00 is LT General Robert Bond.
@singlesprocket2 жыл бұрын
Shutdown checklist… brilliant!!!!!😂 And is that THE longest call sign explanation in existence?! Thanks Gabby for your stories and thanks Steve for your intelligent questions👍🏼
@jato622 жыл бұрын
Love the intro!
@paristo11 ай бұрын
27:25 The reclined seat is told as a myth for pilots that it improves the G-forces withstanding. It is exactly solely and only for the reason that pilot can fit under the canopy. This was tested already back then that 30 degree reclined seat is unoptimal for G forces, and the best possible pilot position for the increased withstanding of the G forces is when the eye and heart are at the same vertical plane to the force, and that is about 18 degrees. This same angle is confirmed by NASA, Soviets, Chinese etc. And best is where you can have your head supported on the headrest, as when you are pulling 9 G, your normal head by average 4.5 kg turns to be with aviation helmet about 5.5 kg and it becomes about 50 kg weight on your head alone, that is just start of your spine, and the whole neck part becomes huge lever to increase already head weight. A study published in the journal 'Surgical Technology International' shows that when you are standing or sitting straight your head weighs 10 to 12 lbs. on average (5 kg). But if you lean 15 degrees forward, the head weight is more like 12.7 kg. With a 30-degree tilt, 18 kg, a 45-degree angle and it feels like 22 kg. And when you are hunched over at a 60-degree angle looking at a mobile device on your lap, your head puts a 27 kg strain on your neck. Why the G forces pulling head backward is actually helping counter that, but as the angle is so badly toward down that it worsen it even more.
@jinzhang82412 жыл бұрын
40:56 Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System - A-GCAS
@Jim6102 жыл бұрын
The RAF Harrier was never based at RAF Valley. It was RAF Wittering, Gütersloh and latterly RAF Cottesmore. In the early 80's RAF Valley was home to, and still is, Advanced Fast jet Training using the Hawk and the now retired Sea King SAR Helo.
@10percenttrue2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jim.
@acoustic57382 жыл бұрын
The sexstache puts this channel at a whole different level. ✌️
@dryphtyr Жыл бұрын
It's always funny to me to see how much thicker F-16 drivers' necks are compared to other pilots 🤣
@Q_822 жыл бұрын
ist das ne neue Challenge ? Wieviel Werbung kann man in ein Video laden? :D
@10percenttrue2 жыл бұрын
This episode is not monetised. You have not been shown a single advertisement.
@hboyd50482 жыл бұрын
INSPIRING 💪😍!! Do not waste your time > *promo sm*.