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Fighter Pilot Podcast

FPP115 - NASA Flight Test

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

Leisure, History, Aviation, Technology, Personal Journals, Government, Society & Culture

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

A discussion on the NASA Flight Test history, mission, and aircraft from the X-1 through the X-59. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

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0:09.5

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0:13.7

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0:18.3

service members can advance their careers. NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911

0:23.2

GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the GI Bill may not. To find out more,

0:27.7

visit nu.edu-forthslash-vt. When you hear the name NASA, I bet like me, you focus on the

0:35.7

letter S, don't you? Space. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo programs, even the Space Shuttle and the

0:42.0

International Space Station. But that first letter A stands for Aeronautics. In this week,

0:47.8

we delve into NASA flight test with a research pilot who has been flying their F-18s and F-15s

0:53.6

for dozens of years, and a former test pilot returns to help us make sense of it.

0:58.7

It's all this week on The Fighter Pilot Podcast. Hit it.

1:02.5

It has been there, it has been there for a minute, since we take off.

1:08.0

Localizer, he'll start to work its way back in. Man on the speed brake.

1:12.2

Tell a little bit of sight to sight, motion on the stick.

1:19.2

Strap in for The Fighter Pilot Podcast, the internet radio show that explores the fascinating

1:24.4

world of air combat, the aircraft, the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people.

1:30.4

Now, here's your host, retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, Vincent Iolo.

1:39.4

Hello and welcome to episode 115. Today is NASA flight test with Nils Larson. We'll get to him

1:45.0

in just a little bit. But before we do, we have some help. As always, you know, I hate the

1:48.7

podcast alone. So returning is former episode 22 guest, Becky Shaw. How's it going, Recky?

1:54.8

It's going well out here in Lakeland, Florida, near the aircraft operation center for the

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