January 8, 20224 yr Moderator I stumbled onto this very interesting video lecture whilst perusing one of my Quora feeds. This engineer, test pilot and F-22 pilot is fascinating and engaging: Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 8, 20224 yr "We send our worst pilots to helicopter school." Wow. I'm glad I did not know that when I was in the Navy.
January 9, 20224 yr Yes, I saw this video quite a while back. Interesting how vectored thrust improves manoverability at high altitudes when there's less air over the wings. Something I hadn't considered before. Makes me wonder what the "true" max altitude of the F22 is.
January 9, 20224 yr 16 hours ago, Tim_Capps said: "We send our worst pilots to helicopter school." Wow. I'm glad I did not know that when I was in the Navy. The worst pilots are still awesome pilots. Just that the ones that get fast jets like the F22 are very talented.
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