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I'm aware of the regulations, thanks... might have actually done a fair amount of flying in close proximity to people - within TFRs even. Great point about North Korea and Russia. You should be able to point a gun at the guy - as long as you don't pull the trigger. Innocent until proven guilty...

Gee, I wonder why the Guard thing didn't work on 9/11, or when the Cessnas were crashed into the White House or CIA building... That you think being 1 mile inside of restricted airspace is equivalent to 2mph over is scary... and also wrong. We have expensive and powerful military jets to do...

A no-gyro approach is a combination of no-gyro vectors with a radar approach. No-gyro vectors are when the controller tells you "turn left... stop turn". That's only necessary if your primary attitude (specifically heading) indicator has failed. On a normal ASR or PAR the controller will tell...

If you're faster than max glide then by definition parasitic drag is greater than induced drag. The relationship between induced drag and AOA is proportional; parasitic drag rises exponentially with velocity. You get twice the payoff from trading parasitic drag for the induced drag, plus the...

FWIW, in the T-6b the first step of the engine failure EP is to zoom climb to best glide.

Good decision making. No gyro vectors aren't part of the ASR, but they are used for attitude indicator failures. ASR is simply a non-precision radar approach. I've shot a lot of PARs and a handful of ASRs, but I've never heard of a PSR. Is that a thing or just a typo?

Centerline thrust is no longer an issue for F/A-18 dudes. I imagine the same is true for the F-15.

I believe there is only 1 OBOGS generator though I could definitely be wrong. My hypoxia incident in the T-45 both of us got hypoxic, but that was obviously before whatever rework they just did to recommence training. I heard the same re new OBOGS procedures a few months ago; not sure if they've...

The important takeaway here is your faulty assumption that just because you think they heard you that means they heard you. They almost certainly did not. Their traffic advisory on you was likely due to radar. The other takeaway is that all you have to say is that you did make the report as...

Unless they edited the first sequence of the crash to make it appear as though the engine quit after it actually did, it probably had to do with interruption of airflow into the engine when he got squirrely on the landing. That lower set of wings are in a great place relative to the intakes to...

I thought there may be some waivers out there, but I'm an east coast guy and people actually live here so hitting the number within 10NM of land is a pretty big no-no, and I know it's an FAA prohibition. I don't remember it ever coming up in the training I've done out west. I don't know if it's...

FFS. Just because there's no requirement doesn't mean it's a good idea. Similarly, just because you live in BFE and think no one's listening doesn't mean that's true everywhere. Also, the hours on your chart are pretty close to meaningless and supersonic flight over land is prohibited. We are...

Were his wings silver or gold? He could have been an enlisted man wearing his silver EAWS "wings". Brown shoes are awarded to all student naval aviators and NFOs upon successful completion of the Navigation exam in API (very early on in training). They certainly aren't carrier qualed, nor are...

Velocity is right on this one. I don't know many military aviators who would risk their wings - or their lives - zorching around this low. You can only tie the low altitude record; can't break it. T-45's are usually at 500'. The lowest Hornets generally go is 100'; 200' is the standard, but...

Almost certain it's not CGI. This is a Croatian PC-9 (precursor to the T-6B primary trainer), possibly from their AF demo team. I imagine he'll get great GoPro footage of his death.

That's a shame. RIP. Obviously he was a good dude and good at his job or they wouldn't have transitioned him to pilot. Back then though, depending on the mission, there was an actual need for WSO's. And for a while the Air Force was actually putting another pilot in the back seat of F-4's.

Not sure how old your friend is, but the 9G has been the standard Navy issued kneeboard for quite some time. Same is probably true of the Army. Never seen any big plastic ones. Yet another reason not to have a WSO. And if by some stroke of misfortune you do have one, certainly a good reason...

Thanks. "The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: The pilot's delay in adding power during a power-on recovery from an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing and rollover. The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of...

So, if an unattractive non-movie star with 5,000 hours flew a few dozen feet over a 737 on his way to landing on a taxiway would you consider him a good pilot? Because I wouldn't. That's to say nothing of his other mishaps; he was found as a contributing factor in his helicopter crash and roll...

It's not impossible it's just not an efficient or particularly safe way to do things. Airplanes are designed and rated for symmetrical rather than asymmetrical G, and their asymmetrical load limits are correspondingly lower. Even in a fighter, a nose-low unusual attitude recovery involves first...