Originally Posted by
IFMU
Firstly, that was not a flight of (an
actual FVL aircraft) Defiant. Secondly, I must have missed the part in there where Charlie was permitted to make a single comment about the Raider flight (specifically the vibration). The fact it was explicitly mentioned that he was muzzled about the experience is telling.
When I first saw the article, I was expecting that a customer pilot was finally flying the SB>1 Defiant. I can’t quite understand all the hype for an Army customer Pilot flying the S 97. I would’ve expected this to have already occurred years ago.
The article did note that an Army customer Pilot flew the V-280 back in February 2018. Would have enjoyed reading an article comparing the handling qualities of the two aircraft by the same pilot.
It's definitely eyebrow raising that it took over 5 years for a pilot to set foot into the S-97. The V-280 had the Army XP flight 2 months after
first flight!