Hahaha you got to see this BBC reporter enjoying an F15 flight
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Hahaha you got to see this BBC reporter enjoying an F15 flight
Even has in flight catering at about 2 mins 
BBC News - BBC Look East reporter hitches a ride in a F15 jet
BBC News - BBC Look East reporter hitches a ride in a F15 jet
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Lucky boy.
It's tough coping with the g if you're not used to it, and he can join the club of those of us who've used the bags in a back of a fast jet, which in itself is something of a feat.
9G though...that ain’t good for no body....
Oh, and that's not quite what I'd call a 'vertical take off', but impressive climb out none the less.
It's tough coping with the g if you're not used to it, and he can join the club of those of us who've used the bags in a back of a fast jet, which in itself is something of a feat.
9G though...that ain’t good for no body....
Oh, and that's not quite what I'd call a 'vertical take off', but impressive climb out none the less.
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Well, I'm afraid that USAF driver scores very low on my scale of professional. I just cannot believe he put the guy through all that after he was sick, and 9g for someone unused to high g is just positively dangerous and can cause injury. What a pratt!
Once the pax has used the bag, you should fly like on rails for a bit, see if they recover and if not just go home. To continue as he did shows no concern for the pax and a complete lack of professionalism. As for 9 g!!!! what is he trying to prove?
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I sympathise hugely with this guy. When I was watching it the first time it was broadcast, he picked up a Video camera. I said to 'o ohh' that will do it. I was right. Many years ago, as a PPL, I made a video with my old instructor of an aeros trip. I spent the rest of the day lying on a bed!. I wasn't sick, but boy, when you look through a viewfinder, believe me, the nausea builds up extremely quickly. It was no surprise to hear him remark that he was fine until he used the camera!!. No visual clues as to what position your body is in, pushed this way and that. Not the drivers fault. The camera did it.
Bingo, after he barfed he was straight and level. We have no idea how long for, and any pilot who flies new pax in these circumstances knows damn well that he has to have the O.K from the passenger, after briefing them, as to what he is going to perform. If the reporter didn't want to continue, he would have called to knock it off.
I have it on very good authority that he thoroughly enjoyed the trip, apart from the camera business.
Bingo, after he barfed he was straight and level. We have no idea how long for, and any pilot who flies new pax in these circumstances knows damn well that he has to have the O.K from the passenger, after briefing them, as to what he is going to perform. If the reporter didn't want to continue, he would have called to knock it off.
I have it on very good authority that he thoroughly enjoyed the trip, apart from the camera business.
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Originally Posted by jem
We have no idea how long for, and any pilot who flies new pax in these circumstances knows damn well that he has to have the O.K from the passenger, after briefing them, as to what he is going to perform. If the reporter didn't want to continue, he would have called to knock it off.
In any case, stressing a full sickbag to 9g is not on my list of good ideas
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Although the 9g bit occurs,in the film, after the reporter had been unwell... there is the possibility that the film had been edited and the sequence as shown may not be the sequence in which the events occurred. I do agree that 9g is rather too much for the untrained subject...
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The reporter sems to have become Look East's spotter in residence. I remember seeing earlier films of him riding in other stuff, like Tiger Moth's and Tornado's. I did send them my CV earlier, only to be told to.....
Nice to know he's now in the exclusive club of 'honking-aboard-F15's', just like Mr Clarkson!
Nice to know he's now in the exclusive club of 'honking-aboard-F15's', just like Mr Clarkson!
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If I were lucky enough to get a flight in an F-15, I'd be disappointed if I didn't get the full 9g experience, sickness or no sickness. You're only here once, so enjoy it. If you're not happy with those conditions, don't get in the f***er, pretty simple really.
It's a once in a lifetime experience, to not take advantage would be like diving a Ferrari F1 car around a car park i.e. pointless
It's a once in a lifetime experience, to not take advantage would be like diving a Ferrari F1 car around a car park i.e. pointless
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This is all TOO SILLY!
Quite right. Lets all be terribly sensible about this.No more than 25deg aob when hand flying and none of that silly -ve g - it might spill the first class g&t.
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I am glad he did. Few people get to fly in fast jets so it is a valued experience for most
I have it on very good authority that he thoroughly enjoyed the trip, apart from the camera business.
Watching that, I put Ramses in that annoying class of men, such as the fairground types who spin the walzter carriages around and around and around and....
The women seem to love them.
The women seem to love them.
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I think the editing presents a slightly unfair perspective of what 'Ramses' did or didn't do - beware of trial by tv and the editing suite etc etc. Would a loose, bulky item such as that handcam have been allowed though - what if there had been an ejection.. wouldn't it have taken his head off?
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Don't you think you should have used that advice when you posted on the defence cuts thread, when critising the RAF in Kandahar. They were as much the victim of editing.
beware of trial by tv and the editing suite etc etc.