Fast Jet Flying Statistics
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Fast Jet Flying Statistics
Calling all fast jet aircrew - WIWOP; WIWOB; WIWOJ; WIWOL; WIWOT and Harrier mates.
I thought it might be a good time to find out who will claim the gold medal in terms of hours and maybe a few other stats on ‘recent’ RAF fast jets.
I can only speak for the Fin so here it goes:
Tornado flying hours - 2023:20
Ratio of take-offs to landings - 1:1 (eternally grateful)
Simulator hours - more than I care to remember
AR5 drills - only 1 (thank goodness)
TACEVALs spent in a HAS - not enough (unfortunately)
Rev loft/toss at Deci - still looking for some of the bomb scores so tbd
IMC parallel track at Goose - see AR5 drills
OLF at Goose - one less than it should have been (see above)
Four-ship debrief taking longer than the sortie itself - way too many
Singleton strike, attack or recce sortie with a CR mate - too few (should have been a BTR)
Auth/DCF - no need to answer that
Plan as a four, brief as a three, walk as a pair, airborne alone and unafraid - ..........?
I am sure somebody can do better so come on share your stories!
I thought it might be a good time to find out who will claim the gold medal in terms of hours and maybe a few other stats on ‘recent’ RAF fast jets.
I can only speak for the Fin so here it goes:
Tornado flying hours - 2023:20
Ratio of take-offs to landings - 1:1 (eternally grateful)
Simulator hours - more than I care to remember
AR5 drills - only 1 (thank goodness)
TACEVALs spent in a HAS - not enough (unfortunately)
Rev loft/toss at Deci - still looking for some of the bomb scores so tbd
IMC parallel track at Goose - see AR5 drills
OLF at Goose - one less than it should have been (see above)
Four-ship debrief taking longer than the sortie itself - way too many
Singleton strike, attack or recce sortie with a CR mate - too few (should have been a BTR)
Auth/DCF - no need to answer that
Plan as a four, brief as a three, walk as a pair, airborne alone and unafraid - ..........?
I am sure somebody can do better so come on share your stories!
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FWIW Parallel Track I think that this was a great idea for a thread - I’m just not going to tell you about my various airborne inadequacies because they would remove the small vestige of anonymity which I value - not that I have any reason to suspect that Pprune inhabitants know or care who I am or was...and also the whole goat incident is still a little raw.
All the best,
Orca.
All the best,
Orca.
