Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 1
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English - July 27, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAviation Leisure Science aviation history fast jet fighter jet war military flying air force combat fighter pilot Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:57 - Nick's background
00:03:00 - Joining the RAF
00:03:49 - Basic flight training and holding
00:04:35 - 100 Squadron as an Ops Officer
00:05:17 - TAC Weapons course at RAF Valley
00:12:30 - Weather and impact on Flight Training
00:16:55 - Methods of instruction while a student at RAF Valley
00:22:02 - Instructing at RAF Valley
00:27:21 - Hopes and dreams for next assignment after training
00:30:25 - Type of person for a single seat vs crewed assignment
00:34:33 - How does the physical realities of flying impact a student?
00:37:14 - Did the early assignment to GR1 change the approach to Tac Weapons course?
00:39:21 - How many fast jet hours by the time of course completion?
00:40:53 - How do you stay focused with the breaks between training?
00:43:30 - Learning about and flying the aircraft at 13 SQN
00:45:08 - Did flying in the Tornado at 13 SQN help when on course later in career?
00:47:40 - The academics at Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE)
00:51:31 - Learn and dump
00:55:08 - A TTTE student washed out - what happened?
00:56:34 - Did TTTE instructors only instruct their own nationals?
00:57:56 - Were there differences in instruction techniques between different nationalities of instructors?
01:00:46 - Difference between TTTE and TWCU
01:05:15 - Loss of Tornados at TRCU and the importance of correct attack profiles
01:07:47 - Communications between front and back seats in the Tornado
01:10:30 - TTTE and TRCU - pairing up with students during the course
01:11:50 - Details on loft bombing attacks in to Tornado
01:13:17 - Steve's Sim Session in the Tornado IDS
01:13:56 - Particularities of flying the Tornado (Wing sweep, flying AOA, different stores=different limits)
01:19:00 - Flying with the SPILS turned off (Spin and Incidence Limiting System)
01:22:13 - Response to getting bounced when flying in the Tornado IDS
01:30:40 - Tornado GR1 EW Suite discussion
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