Originally Posted by
42go
I recall once being shown a 'home movie' (8mm?) of early VSTOL attempts by pilots on the embryo Harrier Conversion course. Great entertainment! Does anyone know if this film has been put on Vimeo/YouTube or whatever?
This is the one I remember being shown in the phase brief but since it includes a fatality I'll suggest it was more sobering than entertaining.
There's another that was shown during the Air Combat phase brief which consisted of hud footage from a jet that departed shortly after a 1v1v1 Mercedes split in the ACMI range. I seem to recall being told the pilot blacked out and came to with both legs on the same side of the cockpit such was the violence of the departure. That one was truly eye watering to watch.