Top Gun Fighter Pilot Instructor Jack Stewart Part Two | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 166

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Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2023

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Wait a minute, TOPGUN only trains students to become instructors? Turns out, there's quite a few details the Tom Cruise movies missed when it comes to the most elite flying academy in the world - but when it comes to real world dogfighting, it's not all about academics. It's truly a mental game, where you mean to outwit the opposite pilot before they can get the jump on you. Just take it from Jack Stewart - after he passed through TOPGUN he too became an instructor, before pivoting into commercial aviation. In Part Two of his discussion with Mike, Jack digs into Hollywood myths, real-world dangers, and whether or not there we really are alone in the universe. And what pilot hasn't seen a few UFO's in their day? ---------- Get Your Copy of Jack's Book, 'Unknown Rider' on Amazon at http://tinyurl.com/t33vbtyy Support Jack Stewart - Website: https://jackstewartbooks.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackstewartbooks X: https://twitter.com/JackStewartBook ---------- Sponsors: ZBiotics This holiday season, give your friends and family a gift they will actually want and use with ZBiotics. Go to zbiotics.com/MIKEDROP to get 15% off your first order when you use MIKEDROP at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee so if you’re unsatisfied for any reason, they’ll refund your money, no questions asked. Remember to head to https://www.zbiotics.com/mikedrop and use the code MIKEDROP at checkout for 15% off. Thank you ZBiotics for sponsoring this episode and our good times. ---------- Beam Take advantage of Beam's biggest sale of the year and get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://www.shopbeam.com/MIKEDROP and use promo code MIKEDROP at checkout! ---------- Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.pet ALL THINGS MIKE RITLAND: SHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs - MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.com Team Dog Online dog training - TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you go to Top Gun, you're not allowed to quote the movie.
0:02.4	If you do, you're fined.
0:04.2	And I used, I looked for every opportunity I could to quote it.
0:10.0	For six months, like I said, I was in East Africa,
0:12.4	primarily in Djibouti and then I look down and I see
0:15.9	that people are shooting at me initially it was fear like holy crap I'm being shot at and
0:20.6	then it became like anger like within a second like do you think you are shooting at me?
0:25.1	We talk about my fight in a phone booth like we want to get in close with the guy, fight really
0:29.5	slow and just slowly move your way into position to shoot him.
0:33.0	You can maintain the offensive advantage unless you screw up.
0:37.0	And so it's definitely a thinking game.
0:39.0	When he does something, you have to think, like, why is he doing that?
0:42.0	Is he doing that to get me to screw up and you're thinking like two turns ahead
0:45.4	There's not a competition. There's no trophy the alternate isn't in the ladies room
0:49.3	Tactical call signs that we would use no no your personal one your personal one? Oh, Farley. Yeah, like Chris Farley. That's awesome. There's some Yeah, there's so many fucking moving parts with that.
1:16.5	Yeah, there is.
1:17.5	You know why it's called a sortie?
1:18.5	Is that an acronym for something?
1:19.5	I don't know why.
1:20.5	No shit.
1:21.5	Yeah. How do you not know that?
1:24.0	I've never thought about it.
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