Viper demo pilot tells all

[Ryan Dembroski]

Ok ok ok so that's maybe a liiiiittle hyperbolic :D...

Annnnd I know technically the F-16 Viper isn't an ex-military aircraft, but I figured the crew here might like hearing what it's like to be serving our country in a fighter jet right now - you've maybe even seen Toro and Venom on the (limited) airshow circuit this year:


https://youtu.be/Fe2bJ88BsIs?t=298

[Ryan Dembroski]

Oh.... I've got another one you might like!
Kevin Quinn (STOL DRAG, Bush Pilot Guy) just fell in love with a Stearman.....

https://youtu.be/Z7q3NRaigvs

[CraigCantwell]

For those that wonder what the pilot sees during a Viper demo....Here's a HUD video from one of our guys practicing for a customer demo, long years ago. Probably the closest most pilots will ever get to pulling some serious g's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1yhmwC-aE

[Ryan Dembroski]

For those that wonder what the pilot sees during a Viper demo....Here's a HUD video from one of our guys practicing for a customer demo, long years ago. Probably the closest most pilots will ever get to pulling some serious g's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1yhmwC-aE

Yeah that's a REALLY interesting perspective when you compare it to the demo footage looking aft towards the pilot that Toro shared. BLARFFF HAHAHA

[CraigCantwell]

Yeah that's a REALLY interesting perspective when you compare it to the demo footage looking aft towards the pilot that Toro shared. BLARFFF HAHAHA


What will really tumble your gyros, is that our demo pilots would fly that routine once a day for a couple of weeks prior to the week before the demo. Then they would fly it twice a day until the day of the demo.:rollseyes:

[Ryan Dembroski]

What will really tumble your gyros, is that our demo pilots would fly that routine once a day for a couple of weeks prior to the week before the demo. Then they would fly it twice a day until the day of the demo.:rollseyes:

I think I need to work the phrase "that'll really tumble your gyros" into my daily conversations!