FPP014 - Day Carrier Landings (part 2)
Meatball – lineup – angle of attack. Nothing matters more to a fixed-wing naval pilot during the final 17 seconds of a landing on an aircraft carrier than those three parameters. But what is a “meatba...
11 Maj 201854min
FPP013 - Day Carrier Landings (part 1)
Landing a high-performance jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier is the most difficult and challenging task any pilot will ever face, and is what distinguishes naval aviators from all other military air...
1 Maj 201857min
FPP012 - Aircraft Carriers (part 2)
This week we continue where we left off the previous episode with U.S. Navy Captain Eric "Pappy" Anduze: discussing what the various flight deck jersey colors mean and then how a catapult launch works...
21 Apr 201851min
FPP011 - Aircraft Carriers (part 1)
The nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier is the largest, most lethal warship to ever sail the high seas and the U.S. has 11 of them, each equipped with a myriad of advanced combat aircraft. Toget...
11 Apr 20181h
Facebook Live Q&A Highlights
We've been at it pretty steadily since launching on January 1st and the kids have been on spring break this past week--so we're taking a little pause from our normal programming routine. However, we d...
1 Apr 201858min
FPP010 - Aircraft Maintenance
When observing military aircraft in flight–be it at an airshow or during the flyover of a sporting event–most of us, most of the time, think nothing of the immense costs and effort required to get tho...
21 Mars 201854min
FPP009 - Vietnam Ace
On May 10, 1972, U.S. Navy lieutenants Randy “Duke” Cunningham and Bill “Willy D” Driscoll launched from the aircraft carrier Constellation in an F-4 Phantom II, callsign Showtime 100, on a “routine” ...
11 Mars 201856min
FPP008 - Aircraft Nomenclature
Ever notice that a B-52 Stratofortress is a bomber, an F-14 Tomcat is a fighter, and a T-45 Goshawk is a trainer? What a coincidence! …well, not really. And it’s also no coincidence that we in the Wes...
1 Mars 201853min
