Phantom close call

[Austin Prefect]

https://x.com/TheAviationist/status/19176033474748...

[Southerner]

Farkin’ ell!

[TGCOTF-dewey]

That pilot appears to be confusing real life for war thunder

[Ledaig]

If that was the Turkish equivalent of a PDA, he may not have passed...

[Southerner]

I’m amazed he didn’t eject!

[TGCOTF-dewey]

I mean, you have to give him props for keeping his foot in.

[eharding]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

I mean, you have to give him props for keeping his foot in.

"The superior pilot uses superior judgment to avoid being obliged to exercise superior handling oh-sht-oh-fk-pull-like-a-basrd skills"

[Narcisus]

Think of the Worms !

[POIDH]

That flight suit needs a clean afterwards

[TGCOTF-dewey]

eharding said:

TGCOTF-dewey said:

I mean, you have to give him props for keeping his foot in.

"The superior pilot uses superior judgment to avoid being obliged to exercise superior handling oh-sht-oh-fk-pull-like-a-basrd skills"

I guess he'd reached peak cognition as you don't even hear him push through the detent into oh fk power.

[Writhing]

Bucc pilot would be watching that and wondering why Mr Phantom isn't doing low-level stuff.

[Stick Legs]

Given the sink rate and the Phantom being an 'energy' aircraft as opposed to a 'thrust' aircraft I would guess there a lot more luck than judgment going on there!

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Writhing said:

Bucc pilot would be watching that and wondering why Mr Phantom isn't doing low-level stuff.

Bucc backseat to pilot. Was that a phantom that just flew over the top of us?

[aeropilot]

Stick Legs said:

Given the sink rate and the Phantom being an 'energy' aircraft as opposed to a 'thrust' aircraft I would guess there a lot more luck than judgment going on there!

I wonder if that turns out to be that pilots last ever F-4 flight after the no tea and biscuits debrief.....?

[Austin Prefect]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

I guess he'd reached peak cognition as you don't even hear him push through the detent into oh fk power.

Apparently the engines on a Phantom are angled so the thrust is slightly downwards. So slamming the throttle open tends to push the nose down

[hidetheelephants]

It can't be helpful for turkish airforce recruiters to have to explain how you might end up flying the same plane as grandpa, I assume it's now just a grudge match with Greece to see who can keep them flying the longest.

[Stick Legs]

hidetheelephants said:

It can't be helpful for turkish airforce recruiters to have to explain how you might end up flying the same plane as grandpa, I assume it's now just a grudge match with Greece to see who can keep them flying the longest.

I just hope they keep bringing them to the RIAT at Fairford.

[Austin Prefect]

hidetheelephants said:

It can't be helpful for turkish airforce recruiters to have to explain how you might end up flying the same plane as grandpa, I assume it's now just a grudge match with Greece to see who can keep them flying the longest.

I think if flying an F4 is the worst part of the job nobody is going to be too reluctant.
Even if they all still training newbies to fly Phantoms the upside is they will probably get to retrain on something else within a few years. Might be preferable to staying on one type for your whole career.

[48k]

Southerner said:

I’m amazed he didn’t eject!

I think he probably did.

[Tango13]

Judging by the lack of black smoke I'm inclined to think it might be AI generated...