Blue Angel ride, Reporter passes out.

[Godspeed]

I got quite a chuckle out of these, despite the fact that I would probably do the same damn thing. Enjoy.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/extra/blueangels/

 

[Whalebite]

I cant beleive the chewing gum passed the stupidity test. How did they let him do that? It seams to me it would be a bad idea to pass out with gum in your mouth, being pushed around by maneuvers.

 

[Fezz CB]

I too found it difficult not to chuckle when he passed out.

Do those who select Super Hornets (pilots and FOs) go through some type of centrifuge exercise to make sure we can sustain all those G's? If so, when?

 

[skizkit]

thats amazing!

 

[pilot_man]

Post advanced, where you’ve already pulled 6-7 g’s doing ACM. (I forget the T-45’s g limit).

 

[HeyJoe]

I too found it difficult not to chuckle when he passed out.

Do those who select Super Hornets (pilots and FOs) go through some type of centrifuge exercise to make sure we can sustain all those G's? If so, when?

Blue Angels do not wear G-suits and appears they don't provide them for Tough Guys like this reporter either. Lemoore has a centrifuge (used by Blues as well to learn how to strain without aid of G-suit). You'll get used to G in T-45 and moving up to Hornet isn't that bad. This guy went from 0 to sixty so to speak....and suffered the predictable result...cool choice of t-shirt BTW...not!

 

[A4sForever]

I too found it difficult not to chuckle when he passed out. ...

Chuckle?? CHUCKLE ??? GUFFAW !!! BELLY LAUGH !!! IT WAS GREAT!!! IT WAS BEAUTIFUL !!! IT WAS RIGHTEOUS !!!

It reminded me a little of a "visit" we had in Beeville from a group of MIDN from Prairie View A&M ... the typical look-see, pointee-touchee dog & pony show to demonstrate why not everyone is cut out to be a fighter pilot.

The Middie I drew was MIDN 2/C Leon Love ... kid you not ... that was his name ... ... Leon was @ 6'4"/220 pounds --- he barely could fit into the backseat of the TA4J.

Off we went over South Texas, doing all the "normal" yank-n-bank, over the top, over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we went .... Leon was doin' O.K. -- hangin' in there --- he even managed to gurgle a couple of strangled sounds in response to my cheerful inquiries and general upbeat tour guide banter.

I thought we had a budding, nascent fighter pilot until I did a warp-overdrive, max "G" break ... Leon's head was rattling off the canopy like a pebble in a beer bottle ... and then, on short final, looking back into the mirror to see how Leon was ... I saw his head slipping lower, and lower ..... he started puking , PUKING , PUKING all over himself and the rear cockpit !!!! And the approach and landing wasn't all that bad, either .... but as you can see, Leon was feelin' no "Love" .....

Two hours later when he finished cleaning up the rear cockpit ... Leon decided he wanted to be a boat driver. Mission accomplished.

Someone asked about a centrifuge??? I WAS the F'ing Centrifuge !!! :icon_rast

 

[Fezz CB]

Someone asked about a centrifuge??? I WAS the F'ing Centrifuge !!! :icon_rast

A4....thats awesome.

 

[ZoomByU]

repost :icon_king http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16132
edit: that was funny

 

[skizkit]

repost :icon_king http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16132

I believe thats a different video...

Also,

...the typical look-see, pointee-touchee dog & pony show to demonstrate why not everyone is cut out to be a fighter pilot. ...

Maybe I'm slightly missing the point or just out in left field on this, but why would u take potential aviator students and throw them directly into the cockpit and start pulling high G maneuvers when you know the outcome will probably be exactly what happened in this video... it seems as if going "zero to sixty" (quoted from above) is highly ineffective... Perhaps to get a feel for the ride is one thing, but as a measuring tool... ?? I guess my question is that if one passes out in their first high G flight due to inexperience, that outcome yields a prediction of a poor fighter pilot?

 

[Brett327]

I believe thats a different video...

Also,



Maybe I'm slightly missing the point or just out in left field on this, but why would u take potential aviator students and throw them directly into the cockpit and start pulling high G maneuvers when you know the outcome will probably be exactly what happened in this video... it seems as if going "zero to sixty" (quoted from above) is highly ineffective... Perhaps to get a feel for the ride is one thing, but as a measuring tool... ?? I guess my question is that if one passes out in their first high G flight due to inexperience, that outcome yields a prediction of a poor fighter pilot?

The point is not to teach them something, it's to punish them for being midies - part of the standard harassment package.

Brett

 

[rcastor426]

I know the pilot Kevin in the vid. and the last thing he wants to do is make people pass out or throw up. He takes 3 people up a weekend in the 7 jet, that is supposed to be a good time for people, that guy terry stopped having fun after the first time he passed out and that is not the goal of the rides.

 

[A4sForever]

.......Maybe I'm slightly missing the point or just out in left field .......

Definitely .... most definitely.

...I guess my question is that if one passes out in their first high G flight due to inexperience, that outcome yields a prediction of a poor fighter pilot?

I guess reading and comprehension is still one of the challenges you face. Not to worry ... there is still time .... yes ??? I said Leon might make it .....

.... Leon was doin' O.K. -- hangin' in there .... I thought we had a budding, nascent fighter pilot ...

But Leon didn't make the gut-cut .... and where did the "one passes out" stuff come from ??? That's what YOU said -- not me. He just puked his guts out .... big, greasy TEX-MEX luncheon fare from the base ops cafeteria. Slimy, toxic, industrial grade stuff .... two hours to clean up the back cockpit. No passing out ....

...he started puking , PUKING , PUKING ...

Like I said ... Leon was feelin' no "Love" ... and that WAS one of the reasons for the indoctrination flights and it WAS a winnowing process of sorts.

Look: at that stage in their training --- ALL of those MIDN were cocky and thought they were "gonna' be sh!t-hot fighter pilots" .... without having a clue as to what it was all about. They rolled into Beeville/Kingsville smart and cool, and after their indoc rides, there was just pile of warm bodies laying around the floor in base ops, with glazed half-closed eyes and little rivulets of saliva trickling down their chins.

Those rides saved the USN a lot of money, future instructors a lot of BS, and some of those boys a lot of heartache later on. It was a quick, easy, cost-effective, and meaningful lesson in the realities of Naval Aviation. Time tested, tried and true --- men from boys -- wheat from chaff --- it was a staple of MIDDIE aviation indoc hops back-in-the-day until the "kinder, gentler" Navy started its endless hand wringing and caring and sharing. Sounds like you don't like the "old ways"??? Then I suggest you don't take an "indoc" ride in my backseat or that of any of my Amigos .... :icon_rast

Cheers ....

 

[Schnugg]

That was really funny...I was laughing so loud people came over to my desk to see what I was looking at....

I think I found my next Avatar....

 

[Godspeed]

That was really funny...I was laughing so loud people came over to my desk to see what I was looking at....

I think I found my next Avatar....

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Schnugg again." Awesome. If you don't use it, I will.