On 27 May 1985 RAAF Mirage A3-36, being flown by Flight Lieutenant (later Air Vice-Marshall) John A. Quaife, completed a textbook wheels up landing .... without the pilot. The aircraft suffered a compressor stall/ and loss of thrust whilst in the circuit. Unhappy with how Quaife was flying the circuit and controlling power, A3-36 ejected him at 1,000 feet and 200 knots and landed safely on the mudflats outside of Darwin, Australia with only minor injuries....as did the pilot. 🤙😎 . 📷 Sid Mitchell . www.iloveahangar.com 🤙😎 #aircraft #airforce #airshow #avgeek #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationgeek #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #aviationphotos #avnerd #airshows #aviation_lovers #aircraftlovers #raaf #ejectionseat #dassault #dassaultmirage #raafmirage #fighterpilots #navalaviator #airforcepilot #wheelsup #militaryaviation https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4OXklhy7l/?utm_medium=tumblr
A True GUARDIAN: At 30,000 feet the jet engine blew apart, sending shrapnel into the cabin and pitching the plane 40 degrees. It took the quick and calm demeanor of Tammie Jo Shults to assess the situation and get the plane under control and down on the deck. Shults was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots, she served in VAQ-34, a tactical electronic warfare squadron out of Point Mugu, California. This is what is means to be a GUARDIAN! — STAY ON GUARD! #tammiejoshults #navy #fighterpilots #stayonguard #guardian
P-51 "Shangri-la" as flown by WW2 ace Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile. . Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile flew Spitfires, P-47s and P-51s during World War II over the skies of Europe. At 23 years of age, he would go on to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft and was officially credited with 21.83 air and 6 ground victories during WWII. After the war, on January 23, 1951, Gentile died in a training crash while piloting a T-33 jet trainer at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. He was 30 years old.😔 . . Free Shipping Worldwide 📦👍 🌎www.iloveahangar.com 👍 #aviationlovers #instaaviation #planespotting #instaplane #aviationgeek #airforce #warbirds #aviators #vansshoes #chucktaylors #vanslovers #usaaf #p51mustang #fighterpilots #usaac #ww2aircraft #p51d #militarypilot #usaaf #giftsforhim #aviationlovers #ww2aviation #custommade https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_fiFahbxl/?igshid=12lqyg8cl8e25
A custom request design today based on the P-51 "Shangri-la" flown by WW2 ace Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile. . . Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile flew Spitfires, P-47s and P-51s during World War II over the skies of Europe. At 23 years of age, he would go on to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft and was officially credited with 21.83 air and 6 ground victories during WWII. After the war, on January 23, 1951, Gentile died in a training crash while piloting a T-33 jet trainer at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. He was 30 years old.😔 . . Free Shipping Worldwide 📦👍 🌎 Link to store located in Profile Bio 😁 www.iloveahangar.com 👍 #aviationlovers #instaaviation #planespotting #instaplane #aviationgeek #airforce #warbirds #aviators #vansshoes #chucktaylors #vanslovers #usaaf #p51mustang #fighterpilots #usaac https://www.instagram.com/p/B57lKqsBBS7/?igshid=1mt63zlx71zq4
A common problem new pilots struggle with is avoiding a PIO or pilot-induced oscillation. How do we Stop the Cycle with the concept of overcorrecting in a car.
A common problem new pilots struggle with is avoiding a PIO or pilot-induced oscillation. So how do we Stop the Cycle as We’re all familiar with the concept of overcorrecting in a car. A deer runs out, you’re driving tired, you’re near the edge of the road, and you yank the wheel the other direction just to end up in the opposite ditch.
In an aircraft, we have control and performance instruments. The PIO comes into play when the pilot chases the output they want on the performance instrument (altitude, airspeed, heading) by making erratic and too large corrections on the controls instruments (rpm, fuel flow, attitude).
For example, I’m 100′ above my target altitude, so I push the nose of the aircraft down to descend. However, the correction I put in was too large or left in for too long, and now I pass my target altitude and find myself below it and needing to climb back up. As a new pilot, this can be a very frustrating struggle and makes you feel like you’re always a step behind. That’s because you are. You are chasing a result rather than making a small change, being patient, and assessing.
One of the most challenging places to avoid a PIO is when you’re flying formation. Now you aren’t just chasing an airspeed and altitude target, but an exact position relative to another aircraft that is also constantly moving in three dimensions. When I was new to the Thunderbirds, I had already been flying the F-16 for eight years. However, the type of flying you do on the team is much different from anywhere else in the Air Force. I found myself in PIOs regularly during those first few months of training.
Okay ! I'm reloaded ! Check out the bay door wide open. F-22 taking off early morning into the sunlight checking his switches and picking up b.... nevermind 🤣 This was a Dream 6 departure where they take off straight for the skies !!! #f22 #f22raptor #nellisafb #nikonaviation #fighterpilots #twinengine #thermoplastic #nikonaviationphotography #aircombatcommand #jetsinthewild #nikonz7📷 #weaponsschool #nikonaviationphoto #nikond750photgrapher #greenbats #422tes #nikond750📸❤️ #prattwhitneyengine #422ndtes #f22fotografía #flexdeparture #422nd #f22pilot #422ndtesgreenbats #422ndtestandevaluationsquadron #nikonaviationpics #nikonaviationphotograph #422ndgreenbats (at Nellis AFB - Red Flag) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxlo8ksZ07/?utm_medium=tumblr
