10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit
10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit
Steve Davies
Air Force Test Pilot - Jim Jimenez
1 hour 44 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
Intro and welcome back Jim0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology?7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego9:20 Test pilot school ambition/aspiration/evaluation15:20 Weapons school not a priority 16:55 Evaluation flights and data points 20:20 Variations in sample data25:10 School 28:05 Balance of classroom/flying and type variation and contemporaries 39:05 Did it feel safe?42:10 Is there a type of person that excels as a test pilot44:30 System testing? No thanks, I want to go back48:10 Strike Eagle55:50 Commercial break56:44 Testing on the 111 and AMRAAM1:03:50 The B-1 and shooting at it!1:10:08 Have Nap AGM-1421:11:40 Weapons separation?1:15:15 Did weapon testing ease the “pain” of not being on frontline / Desert Storm begins1:19:20 Planning for a brand new fighter (F-15E) with new crews and little operational capability1:24:40 ACE - airborne command element 1:25:50 Back to Elgin and then “somewhere else” with a polygraph required1:30:25 En exclusive bar in an undisclosed location1:34:42 Will this work ever be declassified? 1:36:00 Close calls and reflection? 1:41:40 A promise to return and reflect on Air Force Training CommandSupport the Show.
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Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs: https://www.10percenttrue.com/shopSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology?7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego9:20 Test pilot school - ambition/aspiration/evaluation15:20 Weapons school not a priority 16:55 Evaluation flights and data points 20:20 Variations in sample data25:10 School 28:05 Balance of classroom/flying and type variation and contemporaries 39:05 Did it feel safe?42:10 Is there a type of person that excels as a test pilot44:30 System testing? No thanks, I want to go back48:10 Strike Eagle55:50 Commercial break56:44 Testing on the 111 and AMRAAM1:03:50 The B-1 and shooting at it!1:10:08 Have Nap AGM-1421:11:40 Weapons separation?1:15:15 Did weapon testing ease the “pain” of not being on frontline / Desert Storm begins1:19:20 Planning for a brand new fighter (F-15E) with new crews and little operational capability1:24:40 ACE - airborne command element 1:25:50 Back to Elgin and then “somewhere else” with a polygraph required1:30:25 En exclusive bar in an undisclosed location1:34:42 Will this work ever be declassified? 1:36:00 Close calls and reflection? 1:41:40 A promise to return and reflect on Air Force Training CommandSupport the Show.