Fighter Pilot - The real top gun

[Old Blue 2]

Maybe slightly off thread but the title of this thread reminded me of the story of Keith Miller the Australian Cricketing all-rounder. During the war, he flew Spitfires and was in the Battle of Britain. A Cricket interviewer once asked him did he ever experience pressure when playing cricket. Keith Miller said 'no, never'. 'Pressure is when you have a Messerschmidt up your arse at 20,000 feet'.

Keith Miller was not in the Battle of Britain...

 

[Dylan]

I will always be a horndog for the F-16...it's just a pure sexay biznatch.

Let's be honest, though...you could be in either one on the tarmac and then this rolls up next to you and you're now little man on the totem pole. All hail the king of birds, RIP.

Think you would more marvel at how much fluid was leaking out of it!!

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Think you would more marvel at how much fluid was leaking out of it!!

By design, though...true insanity!

 

[f.t.r.s]

Except it doesn't work

Just catching up with this now. Was on it tonight.

Makes me kinda wish I'd signed up for the RAF and given it a go.

This F35 Lightning seems helluva piece of kit. Can do what the old harriers do and take off and land hovering!

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Load of Ruperts flying fast planes. You will never fly fast jets for the RAF unless you went to Cambridge. Still seems like a posh boys club to me chaps.

I know a guy who did 12 years in fast jets who's dad was a Cumbrian sheep farmer. The army is by far the worst of the forces for that sort of thing.

 

[f.t.r.s]

Load of Ruperts flying fast planes. You will never fly fast jets for the RAF unless you went to Cambridge. Still seems like a posh boys club to me chaps.

Like that across the services,
I still remember the reaction at Portsmouth to my accent,
One of the lads who I lapped in the fitness tests and schooled in the leadership tests got in ahead of me, only to be medically invalided out in the first month.
But he had a posh accent, money and daddy had friends in high places....
Remember going for a pre application visit to the forces college, when asked the lad how he prepared to get in he replied, 'when I failed to get into such and such father made a phone call and here I am:
Not bitter, honest haha

 

[Bungle]

@ItsOKImAPilot Are you able to give us some insight into the world of flying fast jets with a toddler in the backseat?

 

[Billy Dean]

After chasing sunsets, one of life's simple joys is playing with the boys.

 

[ItsOKImAPilot]

@ItsOKImAPilot Are you able to give us some insight into the world of flying fast jets with a toddler in the backseat?

What do you want to know? And they’re called “WSOs” not toddlers.

 

[Bungle]

What do you want to know? And they’re called “WSOs” not toddlers.

Oh you did a little joke there haha

Anyway, welcome back, please could you provide evidence of your jet flying credentials as they seem to be in some doubt.

 

[ItsOKImAPilot]

Oh you did a little joke there haha

Anyway, welcome back, please could you provide evidence of your jet flying credentials as they seem to be in some doubt.

Sure. I’ll send it to one of the moderators I trust. If that gets you to STFU about my kid.

 

[Bungle]

Sure. I’ll send it to one of the moderators I trust. If that gets you to STFU about my kid.

No need to be rude is there? I'd like to nominate @Bruce Wayne

 

[Moomin]

All we need now is the return of @Robertor and we could open up a creche for imaginary children.

 

[Moomin]

@caught

 

[DualityNSNO]

Think you would more marvel at how much fluid was leaking out of it!!

Wasn't it something like a few drips a minute or something? Surely, considering what's done, it's not that bad?