See three-part series
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun Thursdays at 8.30pm from 19 May on SBS VICELAND.
Episodes will be available at SBS On Demand after they air.
What does it take to become a real top gun? Skill, of course, but also nerves of steel – what one instructor in Fighter Pilot calls "the X factor ... that ability to think clearly under pressure".
For the recruits hoping to be selected to fly the UK Royal Air Force's incredible F35 Lightning jets, the pressure is intense, as this three-part documentary series shows. Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun follows a trio of fighter pilot recruits as they attempt to become the best of the best, along with a pilot already in the Lightning force and deep in training to fly the F35.
Narrated by actress Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey), the series makes the most of access to the RAF's new 100 million-pound (A$177 million) fighter program, and gives a glimpse of the many challenges faced by those chasing their dreams.
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