F-16 Engine-Out Instrument Approach

[Colonel]

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I love this video ...

Get any TC Inspector to demonstrate this for you.

[Colonel]

... and TC thinks this "isn't much of a pilot" compared to their
Inspectors - you know, their "hot sticks":


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[ScudRunner-d95]

I would frame that log sheet and put it on the wall of my office.

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Get any TC Inspector to demonstrate this for you.
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Who was the guy with the loudest voice ? His navigator ? Another pilot ?

[Nark1]

Digits,


Most likely his wingman.
The Air Force can't seem to go anywhere without someone holding their hand the whole time.

[Colonel]

[quote]His navigator ?[/quote]

F-16 is single-engine, single-seat.  Well, except
for the weird two-seat training versions.

I believe we are listening to a flight of four F-16's
(they travel in packs, as Nark observes) and #4
is having an interesting day. 

#3 talks a lot.  He is the element lead of #4, and
is almost certainly a more experienced pilot than
#4.  The USAF expects him to have a lot of interest
in the problems of his wing.  It's his job to take care
of the less experienced pilot on his wing.

We rarely hear from #1, the flight lead, and never,
ever from #2, who is on #1's wing, which composes
the other (lead) element.

So, #1 / #2 are a two-plane element (#1 is lead,
#2 is wing) and #3 / #4 is a two-plane element
(#3 is lead, #4 is wing).

#1 is the flight lead and is conventionally the most
experienced pilot, followed by #3.  #2 and #4 are
the least experienced, flying wing.  They keep their
lead in sight, but do not hit them.

They probably took off in pairs, and #3 (with #4 on
his wing) joined up on #1/#2 after takeoff, to form
the flight of four.  That's typical.

Normally they would land sequentially after an
overhead break to provide spacing.  While two-plane
formation takeoffs are common, formation landings
not as much, unless you're on a demonstration team.

If you care about such nuances.

[JMACK]

Cool video! I love watching the bird(flight path vector) on the HUD it shows that he will impact before runway but he has lots of energy in his speed then as he bleeds it you see the bird come up past threshold.


Also nice notation in your dads log book CS and he did it with the mark one eyeball no HUD in a sword!


Thanks for posting that, I'm gonna watch it a few more times!


J