What a genuinely nice humble fella. Will buy his book too, suffered with depression since 2000, lost a couple of jobs due to the debilitating illness. Thanks for the interview.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Thelma Viaduct he is a lovely bloke and doing wonders to help fight the stigma. I hope his book helps you Thelma and if you search for his book on FB there are plenty of links if you feel the need to visit them :)
@malcolmhales81814 жыл бұрын
Thelma, good luck with the job.
@pauldg8377 жыл бұрын
What a great interview and such a fantastic guy. And to give his book profits to such deserving causes, has my total admiration. I will most certainly buy his book. I am currently suffering from a severe depression, and I find it so encouraging that Roger is bringing this to the fore through his own personal experiences. Thank you so much.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Paul DG your very welcome Paul. He is certainly doing a great job and I shall pass on your regards. Stay strong Paul.
@Awesomes0074 жыл бұрын
Hang in there. Many know your type of pain and we’re fighting. Better days ahead.
@pauldg8374 жыл бұрын
@@Awesomes007 Thank you for your nice comment.
@randyrosy2 жыл бұрын
Great choice of an interview partner. A very empathic gentleman looking well beyond the horizon of his cockpit
@4evaavfc7 жыл бұрын
Awesome interview. It's great to see an achieved fast jet pilot talking openly about depression and mental health.
@studavies19673 жыл бұрын
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@chrisp41703 жыл бұрын
See also Joe Marler, England Rugby player, especially his interview with James Haskell
@brabhamfreaman1664 ай бұрын
Great interview with a really genuine personable chap, full of humility and plenty of life experience to share with the world. Will defo check out the book. Thanks.
@SingaporeSkaterSam6 жыл бұрын
Working my way through these military pilot interviews is proving riveting but strangely masochistic - while they regale us with their prowess in the air and their dream careers I can at least console myself that I can probably ski better than them. Then this guy - elite pilot and Olympic downhill skier... ski tours on his off days... bastard! Great video, top man, obviously.
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
He has also visited the Palace to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Operational Honours List. Well deserved too!
@malcolmhales81814 жыл бұрын
Depression killed my father. He's ex RAF, I really respect this young man for being so honest. I struggle sometimes with depression, but manage somehow. Great interview again.
@Aircrewinterview4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that, Malcolm.
@christinecrockford16546 жыл бұрын
I've suffers with bad depression all my life. I'm very lucky as learnt to deal with it, but with me it comes along for no apparent reason and somtimes ask myself why do i feel like this. But wow I bet your mum is watching you from the other side so proud of you. You certainty wow me. Thankyou xx
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
Christine Crockford Stay strong Christine and hopefully Rogers story can inspire you :)
@garyfuzz24344 жыл бұрын
What a great interview with a very humble guy.great insight to how the typhoon measures up and hope he has raised enough money to make a difference to a worthwhile cause.
@The_Unintelligent_Speculator4 жыл бұрын
This guy is a top bloke. Done a few Q stints at Lossie and the Falklands with him. Had plenty of time for the rest of us!
@Aircrewinterview4 жыл бұрын
He is indeed. A very personable chap.
@--Dani4 жыл бұрын
Great interview, in , sure glad guys like that have our backs if trouble ever heats up as an American. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
@FPVREVIEWS6 жыл бұрын
Fighter pilot is a safer career than Nurse. That's what I got out of it. I also played EF2000 as a young kid. was a great sim at the time, and helped shape my life too. great interview and nice guy!
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
FPVREVIEWS cheers :)
@bigcahoona79316 жыл бұрын
Wow....this is one great guy! The amount of "action" he's seen is amazing! You can tell how he really cares about people and I find that incredible. Much respect.
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
Rog is a top bloke.
@alexpage72925 жыл бұрын
These interviews are so interesting, I really love the informal feel and the fact that the pilots just enjoy chatting with you. I’m a huge fan of the Phoons so really enjoyed this one. The mental health discussion has also hit close to home for me so thanks so much for sharing
@Aircrewinterview5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Alex
@matt-f1c5 жыл бұрын
Another inspirational guy, very humble and down to earth ..
@KJV08127 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a very humble fighter pilot. In his position, being humble... takes you a long way in any situation. Good video.
@KJV08127 жыл бұрын
Bumblebug73 Even American forces get garbage equipment, from personal experience. I think a nations military should always have the best equipment relative to what is going on in current battlefields. The problem is politics and poor budgets will always dictate what the military will have.
@KJV08127 жыл бұрын
Well either way, you guys know how to master what you have and I respect that.
@AvengerII6 жыл бұрын
The Western air forces are facing some serious issues with the costs of the new equipment (it's WAY too expensive to operate at a decent tempo and get proper training) and training jets in general. In the US, they're being forced to keep a lot of the Teen Fighters well past the proper retirement date. F-15s going on to past 10,000-12,000 flight hours on frames that really were certified for 8,000 hours max but because they can't afford enough F-22s to replace the F-15 on one-for-one basis AND they don't want to rely on fighter-bombers (F-16, F-35) to replace dedicated air-superiority platforms! The other issue is training -- NOBODY can afford to train their pilots properly and get all the hours they need to come to grips with the new machines! It's at least $16,000/hr in gas, some planes going up to $30,000-$40,000 because of other issues that factor in addition to the gas (special maintenance -- stealth coatings and such)! In the US, there's no longer a proper lead-in jet to train for the new planes. Honestly, they should have retired the T-38 decades ago because it wasn't even up to really properly preparing pilots for the Fourth-Generation Fighters! (F-15, F-16, F-18.) They really need to get a trainer that's up to dealing with sustained high-G (better than 8G) and has performance characteristics closer to a frontline plane BUT is economical at the same time! T-38 or F-5 may be semi-economical but they're not representative of what's needed as a good lead-in trainer from what I understand. They're horrendously underpowered, don't accelerate anywhere near an average Fourth-Gen fighter-bomber(!), and can't simulate the G-force of the latest planes -- they're 6-7G sustained max, and that's with them losing thousands of feet of altitude in their max turn rates! Cheapest I can figure would have been to buy something like an F-5G (simplified F-20, minimum change to F404 engine, basic avionics/glass cockpit) but, of course, that didn't happen because the US military wanted to sell more F-16s! The good news is that the guys the Western alliances would probably fight in another war are in no better shape than us! Nobody can afford the new equipment, there's the usual breaking in/debug business (it takes 10 years to really employ these systems properly and get them semi-reliable), and again, training is probably not what it should be. You think our procurement systems are screwed up in the West, China is going in 3-4 different directions with as many fighter designs and they STILL can't manufacture reliable jet engines for their own planes! They're having to source fighter engines from Russia!!! And the Russians? They can afford a Fifth-Gen plane even less than any country in the West.
@neuropilot73106 жыл бұрын
Some of the finest fighter pilots are also the most humble people to meet. e.g Capt. Dale "snort" Snodgrass, the famous F-14 pilot.
@spawnof2006 жыл бұрын
"In the US, they're being forced to keep a lot of the Teen Fighters well past the proper retirement date." sounds a alot like what happened to us with our lightnings - operated from 1959 to 1988
@gnashings5 жыл бұрын
Just an amazing person. I am really in awe of this man, to show this kind of emotion and sensitivity and insight, and just humanity is just incredible. What a genuinely good human. And then he got the the "what's your favourite aircraft?" question correct:D
@paulyflyer81544 жыл бұрын
What a man. Such a sad story. I'm getting the book today. Thank you.
@richf61117 жыл бұрын
Lovely , sincere guy who has been through hell. Mum was a nurse, has two sisters. I would also guess had pets growing up and didn't do the usual boarding, single sex school. Makes him come across as much more balanced than some of the other 'stiffer' pilots interviewed on this channel. It makes a world of difference having a connection with opposite sex when you are growing up. As is evident here, you see a person who is an elite airman, but obviously humble, empathetic and human.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
He is a great guy, Rich.
@rohampasha96676 жыл бұрын
Rich F he didnt go to Eton colleague with thag accent
@phillipneal92896 жыл бұрын
Another excellent interview. Good to see the exposure being given (again) to mental health. Excellent work guys
@distortedreality46037 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video! For an aircraft geek like me, your videos are excellent! Informative and interesting and all the guys seem like genuinely nice people
@Zinnia827 жыл бұрын
Superb insight into the Typhoon and Roger himself. What a top bloke!
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
He is like a real life action man!
@nicholasroberts69546 жыл бұрын
Lovely lad - great series - I'm blowing my monthly data allowance watching all of these over Easter
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
He is a top bloke. I hope you don’t go over and get charged!
@charalamposkatsogr85663 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Very happy to see someone talking about mental health in between all the aircraft stuff. Thank you both.
@James-me6dx4 жыл бұрын
Amazing interview - just found it tonight and has both moved and inspired me :)
@Aircrewinterview4 жыл бұрын
Thanks again James.
@jager68633 жыл бұрын
Thanks Roger for the aviation stories and especially for your book and work in support of mental health. Well done.
@darkedge87354 жыл бұрын
What a great GREAT interview! HUGE respect for Roger.
@ronpirie3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Roger Cruickshank for highlighting what is one of the biggest killers in our society today - mental health and lack of awareness/ support. Particularly poignant to me is the fact that your first taste of flight was at Dinnet, like myself (I grew up in Peterculter, just down the road) and the mention of your sister flying over Lochnagar. Lochnagar was my favourite mountain for rock AND winter climbing. I am 54 now but worked 30 years in the offshore drilling industry, where talk of depression would have sounded like an admission of weakness. Thankfully times are changing and more and more of us are losing that fear to admit we are struggling sometimes. I myself had a lot of "challenging" times, particularly during the breakdown of my marriage whilst working overseas. I know how it feels to contemplate that decision to press the STOP button. It is down to friends who understood me and who took notice, that I am still here today. It is also the support of those friends that gave me the courage to approach my neighbour (who was making some serious self harm attempts and had frequent 'door busting visits' from the police). I am glad to say that she has gone from almost daily 'events' to almost none in 3 months ... because, as she said in her own words, she feels it is OK to talk to someone now. We all need to keep a look out for each other, especially recently with lockdown etc
@davidbarrett14872 жыл бұрын
A truly nice honest man, yes life is not all plain sailing for almost everybody, we should all be aware that it is not a sign of weakness, we are human and complex. Compassion & care for everybody is extremely important for us all. 👍👍👍Top gun tells it straight. 🇬🇧
@MurrayC3 жыл бұрын
My personal experience would be to talk to a stranger - the barber, the ticket collector, the person at the bus stop. Thank you for sharing and its not anyone's fault, including the person who took their life.
@manuwilson4695 Жыл бұрын
Good Man!...That's the kind of Typhoon pilot I want.
@paunixon3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful interview & thanks Roger for your candid words on mental health...and flying. Loved it. Bought book. My brother comitted suicide 35 years ago, and it still hurts. I was flying at the time, and it took the wind out of my sails and I stopped flying. I sail, ride and will likely get back to flying again soon. Cheers.
@rckchp6 жыл бұрын
As an aviation aficionado (private pilot) I find the Aircrew Interview series very well done and enjoyable viewing. My only suggestion would be that the interviewer stand closer to the microphone.....sometimes hard to hear the questions he asks.
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you enjoy the videos. Thanks for the feedback and we are in the middle of setting up a second mic so the questions can be heard clearly.
@zooneylazoon43545 жыл бұрын
Also, see if you can ask a question without prefixing it with “So” Just kidding. Terrific series!
@lenfirewood40895 жыл бұрын
So sorry to hear about your mum Roger - really admire the way you have handled such a terrible tragedy.
@Aircrewinterview5 жыл бұрын
His book is excellent and worth picking up.
@lenfirewood40895 жыл бұрын
@@Aircrewinterview thank you as I am now looking forward to reading the book even more as I bought the kindle version straight after watching this video interview. Good work you are doing too btw - a big thumbs up from me.
@hughesja19757 жыл бұрын
EF2000, what a sim! Wonder if Rog has ever seen DCS World? They are releasing a Spitfire soon (and a Harrier ;-)) Another great video in a compelling series
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
hughesja1975 you never know he might do! Glad you enjoyed it.
@gbornitz3 жыл бұрын
They are even about to release the Typhoon in DCS
@nicholasdavies87957 жыл бұрын
What a nice chap! Well done to you!
@warrenchambers48192 жыл бұрын
Best interview I have seen on this channel yet made me tear up. I know what he's talking about I've been there. Lost my wife to mental illness. Shits tough.
@victornalin3 жыл бұрын
Great lad! And flies Typhoons and loves the Spitfire!
@robadzso4 жыл бұрын
Thanks A/I, stellar interview! So much more than just aviation chit chat! I just watched it in one go and it kept me involved so much from the beginning on. An exemplary man with a mission, well multiple missions. Does he have a twin brother or what to cope with all of those activities?
@PhantomMark5 жыл бұрын
Ef2000 was an awesome game for its time.....so awesome to fly it for real, good lad.
@robadzso4 жыл бұрын
Hey, looks like it's coming to DCS World. In about 2 more years at least, I guess? If you enjoyed EF 2000 have a look at it!
@PhantomMark11 ай бұрын
@@robadzso hahaha yes, sadly the German version it seems, I think I have pretty much every other module of DCS now, with park it with those :D
@Feuerleger6 жыл бұрын
Typhoon is KING!!!
@caleblarsen54904 жыл бұрын
Said the Typhoon as a Raptor sneaks up and rips it to pieces.
@finchleyflyer7 жыл бұрын
Superb. Fantastic stories from a current operational pilot, with huge enthusiasm for the Typhoon and flying in general. Has his tour on 6 Sqn finished now? What's he doing next?
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Cheers Peter. It has, he is now on 29 Sqn at Coningsby. His first day there was the day after we filmed the interview.
@graemedicks31395 жыл бұрын
Awesome Guy and allround interview !
@hgrgic5 жыл бұрын
EJ200`s are maybe the best part of the Typhoon aside from aerodynamics, amazing engines.
@WeeRosieOurFrenchie7 жыл бұрын
Still in awe of your achievements :-) keep it up
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much David, its much appreciated!
@chrisp41703 жыл бұрын
This guy is a star. If we went to war, these are the types of people that make you proud to be British and who you are happy are on your side. Awesome. The Typhoon is a good plane, sure, but the combination of that plane and people like this is what makes other nations sit up and take notice of our armed services. We may not have as many planes, ships and tanks as others, but we do have the best service people.
@paracelsus95106 жыл бұрын
I just can't get over it - look at our warriors , our knights in the sky - enlightened ,caring , compassionate men and women . The RAF has chosen so well in this man, these jets must be entrusted to the best of us - the word best invokes visions of cutthroat Machiavellian meritocracy in our society , which just like suicide , and depression , isn't commonly looked at . Every pilot and their families lives on an edge so to speak, risk and death are so complex . I wish I knew what it all meant but we never will if we do not come together and take our guards down and look at what's really going on , underneath the surface .
@iancouzens6 жыл бұрын
Cool genuine guy.
@Aeronaut19757 жыл бұрын
Drinking game: Every time he says "Epic bit of kit", take a shot of Vodka. See if you can still see straight by the end of the video :)
@gr0wler1477 жыл бұрын
What a great guy.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Andrew Potter a very down to earth bloke.
@paracelsus95106 жыл бұрын
Thanks roger thanks for sharing talking about the darker shades we need to turn the rocks over in life
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
He is a top bloke.
@elizabethnilsson18153 жыл бұрын
I use to follow you on the twitter and see what is happening in your world, and than I lost your twitter account and name, and there is come the covid. I never bouth your book that you wrote about your mother but it impressed me. Missed your though. Happy to find you again.
@elizabethnilsson18153 жыл бұрын
correction: I never bought
@elizabethnilsson18152 жыл бұрын
To fly the TYPHOON is not jus PREVELEGE but DEMAND of the VERY BEST OF A PILOTS.
@sfertonoc6 жыл бұрын
Yep, Typhoon is powerful. A minus of the Rafale is that it is comparatively underpowered. India chose it though because of nuclear capability and other things.
@ianrkav7 жыл бұрын
What's the aircraft he mentions at about 34:00 minutes? It sounds like he's saying 'curl.' If so what aircraft is that the codename for?
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
ianrkav it's a AN-26
@simmat7753 Жыл бұрын
He’s filming at newark air museum
@Aircrewinterview Жыл бұрын
Yep
@bret97415 жыл бұрын
I always worry, at least a little, that our enemies are learning not only our tactics but also building a knowledge base of our pilots and the foundation of how our pilots have arrived at their current tactics and capabilities. How little we know about our potential enemies. I’m thankful for the videos, don’t get me wrong. Im glad we have then and in a free society, I believe it’s important for the general population to see how amazing our Air Force is.
@agdgdgwngo6 жыл бұрын
What a guy
@mercyreaper58657 жыл бұрын
I wish we could have done one with the v bomber guys.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
We are working on these types of interviews for the future.
@matthayward78895 жыл бұрын
Aircrew Interview the guys who look after the Vulcan at Southend airport are brilliant, love their cockpit tours 👍
@sgtrexy14792 жыл бұрын
Newark air museum that's the Draken there
@Peorhum6 жыл бұрын
A record for saying "kit" in a hour
@benterrell91395 жыл бұрын
I wonder, ... Is an excellent bit of kit better or worse than an epic bit of kit. 🙂
@Scoobydcs6 жыл бұрын
hes stood in front of a draken isnt he? great looking plane, especially for the time!
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
He is, it’s based at Newark Air Museum. It really was a great jet from that era!
@mudabudda4 жыл бұрын
Great guy. I wonder what would happen if scotland get independence would his job go ?
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
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@mookie26377 жыл бұрын
What's he standing next to? Draken?
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
mookie2637 it is
@patthewoodboy7 жыл бұрын
Hawker Hunter
@magna41007 жыл бұрын
Saab Draken @ Newark Air Museum.
@johnferguson52197 жыл бұрын
The silver aircraft he's next to is a Vampire T11 'T' for Trainer. If you could see the entire aircraft, you'd see that it has yellow bands on the twin-booms and on each wing. This is what identifies aircraft of the FTC (Flying Training Command). I worked with and on these aircraft in the early-to-mid fifties - great!
@Pow3llMorgan6 жыл бұрын
First one is a Royal Danish Air Force SAAB 35 Draken out of 729th squadron which, I'm afraid, has disbanded.
@DJBoysToys7 жыл бұрын
lovely video
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Declan.
@TechGaming457 жыл бұрын
Great vid.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Cheers.
@TechGaming457 жыл бұрын
Will defo get the book sometime next year.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
You wont be disappointed.
@paulsayer4265 жыл бұрын
Great video , suffered myself with deppression, such a taboo subject , what a life he`s had , the good and the bad.
@Twirlyhead7 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Subd.
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated.
@hondansx10005 жыл бұрын
4 Foxhounds jeez...surprised they even let you get close
@sergarlantyrell78473 жыл бұрын
What we want to know is how the Typhoon compares with the French Rafale...
@colderwar5 жыл бұрын
Another veteran of EF2000 then :)))
@willfoley12115 жыл бұрын
gosh i loved EF2000
@Scoobydcs6 жыл бұрын
Intercepting mig 31s? Wow didn't realise they put them up this way
@Aircrewinterview6 жыл бұрын
Very occasionally they do.
@Feuerleger5 жыл бұрын
33:13 Through the Intelligence? How was the Code Name? May be MR. BOND? :-D
@UncleBoratagain3 жыл бұрын
Great airshow gadget but thats about it!
@planpitz41905 жыл бұрын
I am not sure if giving some of this information is a good thing ...very entertaining though.Hope they coordinated with RAF PR beforehand.
@parkpunk26 жыл бұрын
...bit...of...kit
@het61yt6 жыл бұрын
Easily do a drinking game to that
@KRGruner5 жыл бұрын
What a great guy! Awesome interview. As far as the Typhoon, he obviously loves it but that aircraft won't be top-notch until it gets an electronically scanned radar. I know it's supposedly coming, but it's a crying shame that it's not even close to being operational. Second criticism of Typhoon is that it's a giant radar reflector. I don't care how much radar absorbent materials they stuck on that thing, it's just shaped to optimally reflect radar waves back to the emitter. What were they thinking? Look at the French Rafale, and you see something that was obviously designed with radar cross-section minimization in mind. Typhoon? LOL...
@aerogray25007 ай бұрын
Book bought.
@Aircrewinterview7 ай бұрын
Nice one.
@paulsayer4265 жыл бұрын
Can't work out the jet behind him?
@Aircrewinterview5 жыл бұрын
Saab Draken.
@paulsayer4265 жыл бұрын
Yeah , got it now thanks, love your video`s , many thanks !
@mudabudda4 жыл бұрын
On that note should the british government be training Scottish as it would be money wasted 🤔.
Another brilliant video! For an aircraft geek like me your videos are excellent and interesting! And all the guys you interview seem like genuinely nice people
@Aircrewinterview7 жыл бұрын
lab rat thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoy them as much as I do filming them. They are lovely people and I have not met anyone yet with an ego.