FPP197 - The F-22 Raptor Demo Team

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Few aircraft put on an aerial demonstration quite like the U.S. Air Force's premiere fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

The F-22 Raptor Demo Team performed at the MCAS Miramar airshow one weekend in late September 2024 and then came to the FPP studios the following Monday. Hear from the demonstration pilot and senior enlisted leader what it is like to travel to locations far and wide to put on this amazing performance--including a play-by-play of each aerial maneuver.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	So I'll be under pretty heavy G as I level off at 300 feet and kind of bank to capture that
0:07.0	cat 3 line and then I'll just roll the wings level and then I'm just staring at my mock.
0:11.4	As soon as I get to 0.9 mock I'm to idle with a little bit of speed break to make sure I don't exceed our speed limit of 0.95 mock on that high speed.
0:19.4	And then it's just a pull into the vertical for this show. I just did an implement over the crowd and
0:23.7	idle power depending on how hard I'm pulling I can pull in idle power up to about
0:27.2	10,000 feet trying to scrub some of that airspeed and believe some energy to set up for
0:31.6	our next maneuver.
0:33.0	Sam, watch, you're going to go and buy, low.
0:36.0	The only one, watch one, other Samblood.
0:41.0	Another Samblood, another Samblood,
0:42.0	Samblood, Another stand lunch, much, same location.
0:42.5	Roger Hatton, Phil, get you on.
0:44.5	Somebody got to hit the puddle's glasses.
0:46.8	Let's get out of here.
0:47.8	There's copies!
0:48.8	Who!
0:49.8	Start finding me boys.
0:50.8	Hello and
0:55.0	this past weekend I had the good fortune to
1:00.0	the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show
1:02.0	where my favorite performance, I think, was the
1:04.8	F-22 Raptor Demonstration.
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