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Back to SearchFPP015 - Night Carrier Landings
Episode 15
While landing a high-performance jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier may be the most challenging task any naval aviator will ever face, truth is, aft…
7 years, 9 months ago
FPP014 - Day Carrier Landings (part 2)
Episode 14
Meatball – lineup – angle of attack.
Nothing matters more to a fixed-wing naval pilot during the final 17 seconds of a landing on an aircraft carrier …
7 years, 10 months ago
FPP013 - Day Carrier Landings (part 1)
Episode 13
Landing a high-performance jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier is the most difficult and challenging task any pilot will ever face, and is what disti…
7 years, 10 months ago
FPP012 - Aircraft Carriers (part 2)
Episode 12
This week we continue where we left off the previous episode with U.S. Navy Captain Eric "Pappy" Anduze: discussing what the various flight deck jers…
7 years, 10 months ago
FPP011 - Aircraft Carriers (part 1)
Episode 11
The nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier is the largest, most lethal warship to ever sail the high seas and the U.S. has 11 of them, each equipp…
7 years, 11 months ago
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We've been at it pretty steadily since launching on January 1st and the kids have been on spring break this past week--so we're taking a little pause…
7 years, 11 months ago
FPP010 - Aircraft Maintenance
Episode 10
When observing military aircraft in flight–be it at an airshow or during the flyover of a sporting event–most of us, most of the time, think nothing …
7 years, 11 months ago
FPP009 - Vietnam Ace
Episode 9
On May 10, 1972, U.S. Navy lieutenants Randy “Duke” Cunningham and Bill “Willy D” Driscoll launched from the aircraft carrier Constellation in an F-4…
8 years ago
FPP008 - Aircraft Nomenclature
Episode 8
Ever notice that a B-52 Stratofortress is a bomber, an F-14 Tomcat is a fighter, and a T-45 Goshawk is a trainer? What a coincidence! …well, not real…
8 years ago
FPP007 - TOPGUN vs Top Gun
Episode 7
TOPGUN – aka the Navy Fighter Weapons School. An institution that develops and provides graduate-level strike-fighter tactics.
Top Gun – A 1986 Americ…
8 years ago