Nasty had me sitting on the edge of my seat throughout his incredibly well told ejection tale. He had me right there with him almost as if it was happening to me, in the cockpit, in the chute, and in the raft. What a vivid exposition as I listened with rapt attention while time stood still for me. I am a Marine Corps Naval Aviator, A-4 and A-6, who joined the Air National Guard's 173rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron flying RF-4C Phantoms for 14 years out of Lincoln, Nebraska. I had a similar experience to Nasty's which fortunately didn't end with an ejection. It happened on a routine annual basic aircraft and instrument checkride with a fellow squadron pilot acting as evaluator in my backseat. One of the evaluation items was a high speed accelerated stall recovery. As I recall, we entered the maneuver at 350 to 400 kts, rolled into a nose low, 90° to 120° banked high-G turn and pulled until observing one of the F-4's classic stall indications, nose rise, nose slice or 25 units AOA, then unloading to a nose low attitude back to normal flight. I'd done many of them over the years of flying the Phantom. No big deal, right? Just filling the square on the checkride profile. In all the accelerated stalls I had done as a planned maneuver, as well as during many BFMs, I had never experienced an instance of an airplane exhibiting "nose slice"....until the day of that checkride! And boy did it slice! As soon as i saw it, I immediately neutralized the stick expecting instantaneous recovery to zero-G flight, but the airplane had other ideas. Dramatically buffeting and shuddering, the airspeed indicator hit the bottom peg as we entered a series of slow, moderate-G rolls in both directions with a very high yaw rate. Altitude was unwinding as my brain told me this might be an incipient upright spin phase. Just as I was reaching for the drag chute handle, the aircraft suddenly unloaded to zero-G in a nose low attitude and we were flying again! We lost about 7,000 feet from our entry altitude. We were on intercom hot mike, and my evaluator was breathing as hard as I was! I accelerated back to a comfortable 300K. He said, "Okay, what shall we do next?" I replied, "How about we just fly around in circles for bot while I try to get ny heart back inside my rib cage?" I busted the check ride of course and had to successfully perform an accelerated stall maneuver with a check pilot in the pit, and then they signed me off for another year, but I learned to respect the F-4's post stall gyration bad manners a lot more than before when cavalierly yanking and banking. Amen!

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@hoghogwild

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. You RF-4C guys flew alone, unarmed and unafraid over Vietnam with over with an 85% mission capable rate at the start of Desert Storm, but apparently fell to 78% with 6 aircraft logging 1800 sorties, with a single airframe flying 172 sorties. Amazing numbers for a platform of such maturity. The Air Commander for Kosovo 1999, Gen. Michael Short, said that he would have used the RF-4C's capabilities had they been available. A question if I may. Were most missions loaded out with 3 bags? All same size, or larger 600 gallon centerline and the smaller outer wing ones? Was there any difference in a ferry/transit loadout and the actual combat loadout in regards to external fuel carriage. During typical RF-4 recce missions, would there be much supersonic flight? Were you able to photo over Mach in the RF-4C? You guys gave the decision makers the photo proof of what was going on in the battlespace.. Excellent work from the techs on the ground to the pilots up risking it all. Your career must have been quite the ride, Cheers!

Airplane hands are the best part of a good flying story.

Who wouldn’t love to serve under someone like Nasty? What a solid individual.

@staubsauger2305

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, he's a total legend. More than five thousand people had that pleasure as he was C/O of CVN-68 Nimitz www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Manazir-Michael.pdf

Aircrew Interview , Great work. You introduced Nasty , then you got out of the way. ALWAYS the best way to interview.

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate that

Nasty always tells a great story (although it left out the "doctor" part)! I've been in some accidents myself and it's really interesting how the brain slows down time. Too bad we can't do that on command!

Wow thanks for sharing. I worked on the F-14 an TF-30 engines for 23yrs in F-14 flight test and carrier suitability trials. Yes the TF 30 engines were let’s just say not very reliable. We were always told the plane would not get caught in a flat spin. I worked on a/c # 2 the spin flight test plane flown by our chief test pilot Chuck Sewell. Thanks again for sharing 🇺🇸👍

@patrickflohe7427

5 ай бұрын

I worked on TF30s too, and still have a love for them. It was never intended to be a high throttle cycle engine. They were actually trailblazing engines, doing things that hadn’t been done before. The TF30 was the first afterburning supersonic turbofan engine, and it was more efficient. That gave the F-111 & F-14 the range that wasn’t possible before.

This guy is a great storyteller. Many TomCat drivers are.... but this guy is just enjoyable to listen too.

@patrickflohe7427

5 ай бұрын

I think a lot of guys that flew an older generation of high performance aircraft like that, were. They had a lot of experiences in aircraft that didn’t fix everything for you, to keep you from killing yourself. F-100, F-102, F-104,F-105, F-106, F-111….B-47, B-52, B-58, U-2, SR-71…. F-104 was one that was particularly unforgiving of mistakes, failure to pay attention, etc.

Nasty's stories are always great. He is so enthusiastic the entire story.

The greatest thing about his ejection is told the investigators of his failures and truly wanted to teach others to learn from without ejecting themselves! He did that even knowing he could have been grounded. Too bad the aircraft was destroyed but both survived the incident!

USAF F-15C Weapon School exchange officer at TOPGUN 91-93. Hadn’t heard Slammer’s name in a long time….one of the best tours of my career…he was there. Great story!

Nasty is a gifted storyteller 😮

Yes Mike! This is the good stuff. This is why we come back! 👏🏼

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I really enjoyed Liev Schreiber interviewing Brian Cranston 🥳👍

the enthusiasm, the honesty, brilliant loved it thank you Nasty.

He's a great story teller. Puts you right in the story with his descriptions of sounds and feelings. Wonderful interview

Nasty is what's known as "a good guy".

I watched all of that. It seemed to take ten minutes but was closer to forty. Very interesting account and very well told.

Thanks Nasty!

They dont make em like that anymore! Great interview! Thank you, for your service to our country Mike! 🇺🇸🤙

Great story, as a retired Navy "PR", I always found it interesting to hear about when aircrew used the equipment I was responsible to maintain. I noticed one of the Helmets in the background was most likely from when he was skipper of the USS Nimitz.

I have heard this countless times but it never gets old! 😄

What a great guy and true professional.. "Nasty's" honest and direct recounting of the incident shows what a big man you need to be to don a fighter pilot's flying suit. Great interview Mike!

Great interview. Always great to hear from Nasty. Slammer Richardson is another amazing F-14 guy who has great F-14 stories including his dogfights with MIG-29

What an incredible story and what an incredible narration. The way he puts humor into the tense , deadly moments is just superb.

Loved it ! USAF F4D 66-70

Listening to someone own their actions without excuse is refreshing in this day and age, Salute !

What a fantastic interview! Nasty is like the Energizer Bunny: you wind him up and let him go! It will be difficult to top his combination of EXCITING story, technical knowledge and ability to relate it to novices, and ENTHUSIASM for telling the story.

None of my car stories will ever equal this one.

Great to live and 'tell the tale'. Once in a life time experience. I've parachuted into the ocean on a demonstration and on the descent lost what essentially were 'blow up' kid's 'water wings' used as a floatating device. All the gear (including reserve parachute) started getting a bit heavy. If the rescue boat had taken any longer I would have had to ditch it all.

Taught him everything he knows 😎

As an Egress System Specialist in the USAF on B-52G and Aces II ejection system on the F-117A airframe, I thankfully never had the experience with one of our pilots having to pull the handles. It wasnt till I was out that two of our Bandits had to eject. One in an airshow with a catastrophic wing seperation and one of my favorite Bandits Captain Dale Zelko over Serbia. I cant be positive but theres a good chance my initials were still attached to the logbooks on the seat/canopy. Thank God for the naval aircrew survival specialists who saved the lives of Nasty and Slammer! Well done sir and kudos to youre no BS recollection. I loved your book by the way!

GREAT STORY AND GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU SIR !

I'm laughing...I'm sobbing...what a story! Thank you for your service & thank God you & you RIO didn't get eaten by the sea monster! It was a beautiful day after all - your day! (Oh, and glad he wifey finally forgave you, too!)

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

It’s amazing how adrenaline will slow down time perception. Fight or flight. I’ve heard many pilots ejecting say the same.

Giant Seamonster! classic!

Gotta get his book now, such a great storyteller.

@Aircrewinterview

3 ай бұрын

Nice one.

Glad you and Slammer ejected OK. I wish I could have flown F-14’s. Loved my time spent on vultures row, watching flight ops. Stood watches w/ Lt. CDR Bennet at A1W. Bumped into him (CDR by then) in the 2nd deck passageway and he recognized me! “Teamwork! A Tradition!” MM1 G. Hood, RL Div, USS Nimitz, CVN-68 82-86.

Mike Manazir's book is fantastic. I got the Audible book version too and Mike has such a wonderful voice delivery...

@samuellp1146

9 ай бұрын

was he a rear admiral?

@benjaminperez7328

3 ай бұрын

@@samuellp1146 Yep.

Great story Nasty. I was a helicopter guy, so never ejected but had my share of mishaps. Those refelections if training are priceless.

Great story ! i love Nasty's enthusiasm telling the story. !! 😀👍

Absolutely just ordered his book!

What an excellent story teller! Loved this episode.

@Aircrewinterview

5 ай бұрын

Cheers

Nasty is a true American icon 🇺🇸

This guy is amazing...... I can listen to him all day 😊😊😊

Great story. Great guy.

What a character 😊

"Once it gets itself under control then you go flying" do we understand just how crazy that sounds?? Awesome.

Awesome story

I see the VF-51 Black Tails Tomcat behind him. I was in VF-51 when we went from F-4 to the F-14A Tomcats it was a very good command I also made 79-80 west-pac on the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Likewise, I was turn quail for low and high power and I had some engines stall on the high power trim pads when you were doing some engine checks he is right about the TF30 they can stall and that fireball come out of the intake and roll right-over the canopy and the engine kept stalling till you get control of it. A lot of the time M/C would send a back seat tech checking out his crap while we were at high power and at the end of the turns they always were not done with what they were checking out in the back seat, so I would watch them and when they had their head down some and very into their stuff I would make the engine stall and when that fireball goes over that canopy they would always pop their head up and say are we on fire, and they want out of the aircraft and I would then tell them it ok it was just a stall engine. That was my way of having a little fun with the back seat tech. I was in the Navy 22 years and I enjoy it. To this day it was the best part of my life I even worked on Navy aircraft after I retired I went to work for a company that did rework for Navy aircraft and I worked for another 18 years. Now I am an older man think back and wishing I had more time working on aircraft for me, I loved it but it not for everybody.

@patrickflohe7427

5 ай бұрын

LOL ANY jet engine can belch fire out the front AND back, when they stall. It’s not only a TF30 thing, it’s just that they were famous for it. Being anywhere near it, will get your attention, & make you nearly piss your pants.

Great story glad he was ok and learned from it

Jim Leslie was no fan of the Pratt TF-30 engine he flew in the F-14A either. The best stories he has is after leaving the Navy and being hired by Pratt & Whitney and representing the company to his former "shipmates" who were still flying the A.

Really enjoyed this interview. Looking forward to more in this series.

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Cheers

What a great interview. These military fighter pilots are all, Superheroes. In more ways than you can, imagine. I wanted to become, a US military jet fighter pilot. When I was 18. As I already knew how to fly. My dad became a private pilot.. And I went up with him for all of his, flight lessons with his instructor in the Piper Cherokee mostly 140 and 180's. And I learned how to fly when I was 13. I was good enough to solo by the time I was 15. But you had to wait until 16. But then my parents got divorced and we moved away. And strangely enough. Dad never flew again. I think it had something to do with their deteriorating marriage. He could get out of the house on Saturday afternoons to take flying lessons. And take his kids along with him. Of which I loved. Of which my brother would get airsick and turn pale green. He really did. Danny was not wild about, Stalls. I didn't mind them. And I learned how to recover from a stall. Nosedown throttle in. Pull up slowly. Not too far. But I found out I did not qualify to become a US military fighter pilot. As I had no college. They didn't care that I knew how to fly. They didn't care that I was in FCC licensed broadcaster also. And had also been since I was 15. Working in college radio at 15. The military was not interested in me. In the early days of Voluntary Military.. They got snobby and picky. Though interestingly. 35 years later. Since I last flew. As an NBC-TV Engineer. My side also was doing the same thing. And I got hired on as a video camera operator. For the Air Force Association Conventions in Washington DC. I was very honored. To work such events. And as I wandered around the convention room floor. I saw this, Boeing simulator. Of the just entering service, Lockheed, F-22 Raptor. And it looks like it's a challenging aircraft to fly. As I watch all of these US military jet fighter pilots. Checking out the new All Glass Cockpit. By Boeing. For the new Lockheed F-22. Because the Lockheed cockpit. Still had steam gauges. And the US military pilots. Would be flying it with the Boeing cockpit. And they were debuting this cockpit. At the end of the day of the convention. Because I was Media. With the exhibitors. I could still be on the convention floor. So I wandered up to the Boeing guy. And I asked him if I could try out the F-22 simulator? To which she asked me. If I had flown, the F-14, F-15 or F-16's? I said no. Never a jet. Never multiengine. Never fast. Never military. Just a Piper Cherokee 140 mostly. 35 years ago. And I haven't flown since. So he said okey-dokey. And told me to get into the cockpit. And he would clue me in. And as he started pointing things out. I was one step ahead of him. He was start to point at something and I would immediately identify it. At that confused him. When he asked me again about the 14th, 15th or 16th? I said no never. In the end. Because of my lack of flying skills. And with his instructional prompting.. As I really couldn't have done this alone. We may have uncovered a glitch in the programming of this simulator. As one of the 6 then, Silicon Graphics, 6 foot tall, computers. Running this Boeing simulator and programmed simulation. It screwed up on me. And the Boeing guy was surprised. And told me they had been flying this simulation. For the past few days for the convention. And it's never done this before. It was unresponsive to a input. He was telling me to give it. And nothing was happening. So he came around to the cockpit. And tried it. And it was like hmmm? So he tells me. This was the preprogrammed portion of the simulation. And what would I like to do now? He asks me. Well? Having overflown the last target. I would like to double back. Swing around. Come back to it and take it out. He said sure. Go for it. And that's when the simulator actually got kind of fun. Because I was now flying it even more manually. As he had to disable that computer. Note no more preprogrammed whatever. And I had fun throwing it around a bit to do that. And I lined up the target. I took out that target. And that was the end of the simulation. So as I'm getting out of the cockpit. He shakes my hand and said I did a really fabulous job. I said it was awesome. I had never experienced anything like that before. And while the simulator did not move. The display definitely made you feel like it was. And when I turned around to leave. I was surprised to find. Five US military fighter pilots. Had been watching me. And they proceeded to ask me. If I had flown, 14, 15 or 16''s? Again I said nope, never. And we talked a bit. They said I did really well. They thought I had flown stuff like this before. I said I wish. They asked me why I didn't join the Air Force? I told them I tried. They told me I missed my calling. I said no. No I didn't. But the US military missed a good pilot. To which they absolutely agreed with me. They all shook my hand. We patted each other on the back. And went our separate ways. So while I did not eject. I came close to doing something that, kind of is the first part of that word, eject. But it's sticky. And you shouldn't do that while flying a jet fighter simulator. But it's sure easy to come close. Oh my goodness. I would not want to eject. Not when the ejection seat company gives you a medal. For having survived there ejection seat. Somehow that just doesn't seem right? Martin Baker is it? I don't want one for my car nor my motorcycle. I also discovered. There is not as much, force feedback. In the fly by wire jets. As there is in the,, purely mechanical hydraulic controlled jets. Oh my God! The following year. I was able to try out a Grumman/Fairchild, A-10 Warthog. And that is hydraulic and steam gauge cockpit. And I tried a continuation of the same simulation. Eight US military pilot had flown before me. And so as I take control. The first thing I realized. The force feedback in the, Stick. Is extreme. The stick is pulling heavily to the left. It's taking all of my strength. To pull it, level. And I think there's something wrong with the simulator? And I asked the Grumman guy what's the matter? It's pulling my arm out of my shoulder socket. Well he told me. The previous pilot had dropped all of the ordinance under the right wing. But hadn't dropped any of the ordinance from under the left wing. And I am feeling the drag. I was completely freaked by that. My God! You have to be a WWE Wrestler. To fly that A-10 Warthog. You have to have some kind of biceps. You have to be physically very strong with incredible stamina. To fly that airplane. And so I found that equally fascinating. And I did not fly that as well as I flew the, F-22 the previous year. I liked the way that F-22, flew. The Warthog, not so much. That required quite a bit more effort and strength. And a little more intelligence. To not drop all of your ordinance from under only one wing. And that guy was a trained military pilot? He had to be. I didn't have to be. I was part of the Media Pool. And I was originally a high school dropout and have nothing more than a GED. But this interview was truly fabulous. He is beyond impressive. Every one of these guys are. And they absolutely have risked their lives for our country and us. I salute use! My hats off to you. Thank you for your service. Thanks for this terrific story. So glad you survived that Martin Baker ejection seat. And didn't end up like Goose. And I liked him much better with hair. But then we all looked good when we were younger. When I look in the mirror today. All I see is this strange old person looking at me. Who just didn't celebrate her 68th birthday. Oh my God! Where'd the hell did the time go? It's time that I Eject Eject Eject! And go to, sleep. After all, I'm old…. I mean I, mold. Now, Both! RemyRAD

@Aircrewinterview

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Bought his book it’s amazing the stories and life lessons learned in it love the book love the man even more he seems like he has set the standard of a great leader

i remember a story i heard about a pilot talking to someone they were giving a show ride to. he said "if we have to bail out I will say eject eject eject, and if your still in the cockpit when I say the 3rd eject you'll be sitting in it by yourself.

Parachute collisions happen. Because the chute canopies are large, the bodies may never come in contact. Even if the parachutists get tangled up, we had procedures to land together, by both doing a right landing, that way we landed away from each other. And you had company all the way down. AND we know misery likes company.

Just fantastic! what an energetic individual.

And this story, right here, is why people should shut up about what they would have done differently in a high stress situation. This guy was a fully trained and capable pilot who found himself in an extremely high pressure situation and reacted to it imperfectly, the way all humans do. Talk is cheap on the internet and a lot of people love to pick apart mistakes other make under extreme pressure, but this video goes to show that no one can predict how they’ll react, regardless of training or knowledge, and that even the most proficient people make errors in these situations because that’s how the human brain works. When the shit hits the fan we can only hope that we make smaller errors than someone else might. Anyone who tells you they don’t make mistake in situations like this are flat out lying. Thankfully in this situation his mistakes didn’t cost their lives, and that both of them were willing participants, and he has the accountability to admit his mistakes. Unlike some other profession that regularly results in tragedy because one person was scared…and refuses to admit they screwed up and take accountability for it.

@20chocsaday

9 ай бұрын

I don't make mistakes when flying and so far neither have any of my pilots. If they don't know how they hit the ground first, I am well behind. But when he had explained that the plane was starting to slide back down vertically and his trained response for an engine out was to put both to idle, yes I saw the problem with the working engine as he opened his mouth to describe it. I never thought of the exploded engine, he had lost his engines. He brought us to that realisation very skillfully.

@HE-162

9 ай бұрын

@@20chocsaday and hopefully you never find yourself in a situation as disorienting and stressful as his, because humans are fallible and they make mistakes. The beauty of hindsight is 20/20, a luxury we don’t have in split second, adrenaline filled and sensory overloaded situations. No doubt, you and your pilots can and will make mistakes, just hopefully in situations with a bit more room for error.

@20chocsaday

9 ай бұрын

@@HE-162 Too late. I have already made many mistakes and so have you if you are human. Even bots make mistakes. Why, or did you not follow the logic of my comment?

@HE-162

9 ай бұрын

@@20chocsaday clearly I didn’t follow the logic of your original comment. Starting it off with “I don’t make mistakes when flying” really is a strange into if you were in agreement with my initial point?

@20chocsaday

9 ай бұрын

@@HE-162 generally I lean back and go to sleep. My mistake, if it is such, has already been made. But his training, well, he saw what had happened too.

Great story Mike. Nasty is a great raconteur

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Cheers, Mike!

That is exceptional! What a stunning man. I'd happily serve under him.

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

What a crew Nasty Slammer, who could have made the story or incident any better....! Loved the paring...😂

Excellent interview!

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love it. Please, please do Paco Geisler, flew F15's, Fighter Weapon School, and even Tonopah. A ton to talk about with him and a true American such as Nasty.

@guaporeturns9472

9 ай бұрын

I work at a grocery store. I’m also a true American. My neighbor is a teacher.. she’s a true American as well.

@patrickflohe7427

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@guaporeturns9472 No kidding? Welcome to the club, we all are. -it’s just that most of us don’t put our lives on the line for ungrateful people that we don’t even know. There’s a difference.

@guaporeturns9472

5 ай бұрын

@@patrickflohe7427 No there isn’t. If you choose to go into the military and be a pawn of our corrupt government leaders and die on foreign soil that’s on you , not me. They aren’t dying for me , that’s just the bullshit patriotic myth they tell the young kids so they’ll enlist. A teacher or a roofer or a volunteer at the local soup kitchen is helping our country more than some Americans kid in Afghanistan. Not hating on these kids , it’s not their fault the got fooled , but that doesn’t change the fact that they should not be there.

@guaporeturns9472

5 ай бұрын

@@patrickflohe7427 They get paid too. And I logged and crabbed the Bering sea for over 20 years , to provide food and lumber , and those are very dangerous jobs too , so I guess I am a "true American" like that pilot as well. So if your job isn’t dangerous you aren’t a true American? 😂 What a crock.

My Dad retired from General Electric Aircraft Engines in 1998, but was a consultant until 2018. He told me what the Pilots flying GE Engines vs Pratt and Whitney Engines, told him. Here's what he said; The Pilots said that they could fly the Plane with GE Engines and with Pratt and Whitney Engines, they had to fly the Engine. My Dad was a Top Gun in Compressor Design. He traveled to Every NATO Country and dealt with top brass of their Airforce's respectively. He spoke Fluent Spanish and some French. He also speaks some other languages some Japanese and Hebrew. They all speak English though!

Nasty rules!

Wow that was an amazing story!

@Aircrewinterview

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

WOW! It's not every day you consider being shark food.

I was a AME on North Island, I may remember this day. Word went through the shop a F14 ejection over the water around mission beach area. Maybe time of 83/84 .

Fantastic story! My wife s from SD and Miramar and North Island are part of her childhood with F14s and CH46s an everyday sight for her.

"Pratt & Whitney. Dependable Engines"...

@benjaminperez7328

9 ай бұрын

To be fair, the TF-30 was shoehorned into the Tomcat. Not enough engine for that big of a bird. Once the GE F110s came around, well………….🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great story

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Cheers

This is one of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard. Believe I heard it first on Ward Carroll’s channel but I’ll listen to it as many times as it’s told! Thanks for sharing

No idea why I watched this and it fascinates me and terrifies me as my daughter flies Growlers. I know she has had outstanding IPs but even the best have issues.

Great story!!!

That was superb.

Great!

Great ejectulation story.

Great video thanks.

@Aircrewinterview

4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it.

Wow.... what a great story.... Thanks to you both!

@Aircrewinterview

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

The F-14 cockpit picture is that of a test prototype. Not a production F-14 as it is missing the two screens

Wow. Incredible story! Awesome. I didn't join after seeing TOPGUN(the original) but I did join in 1995(after some college) Airforce Structural Mechanic (Structures) VFA-113 STINGERS.

@patrickflohe7427

5 ай бұрын

Air Force structural mechanic, in a Navy squadron?

Awesome

Wild fun

I beleieve we met on the Wash is 2004 or 2019 on the Ike

Wow, pretty confident doing such manuervers in such a ‘bad’ engine!

👍

Just as well you had the altitude to play with.

You should try to get an interview with Pilot Major Michael "Cash" Maeder or WSO Steven "BUDA" Bofferding, of the late F-15E Demo would be sick to see! miss the demo so much.

@SavageHenry0311

9 ай бұрын

When you say "the late so-and so", it means that the person is dead. If I were to tell you "Hey! You should interview the late President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt!" you'd think I was nuts. I'm not talking trash to you, just explaining a strange English phrase. I suspect you speak more languages than I do.

@20chocsaday

9 ай бұрын

​@@SavageHenry0311Is the F-15E Demo still a live thing?

Oddly, Mike is selling ejection for me! I want to eject from a plane now!

We had a pilot in our squadron that no one liked. The parachute riggers slipped a copy of the novel “Jaws!” in his survival gear. He never had to utilize his survival gear.

do they tried to recover the Tomcat or was is too deep in the water ?

There's just something sad about seeing your f14 that was just flying you through the skys minutes ago, reduced to sinking in the ocean right next to you. Lol well told story.

The ol P&W F-14 stall, wondering what % of F-14A crews ejected ?

The Navy reminds me of some airline hiring that cherry pick all the better guys.

That man would make a great U.S. President !

He didn't get that call sign because he's a nice guy.

WWWD? What would Ward do?

I thought VF-101 lost an F-14 in a similar dual flameout in a nose-high ACM maneuver?

F-14 Tomcat pilots are my heroes

Thank you for not being like Ward Carrol’s channel and interrupting the speaker every 15 seconds. Great video!!