Female Pilot Journalist: I’m Offended When Hero Southwest Pilot Called “Female Pilot”

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | April 19, 2018 | Rush Limbaugh

[wardaddy]

I hate to be the one to break it to you but all Americans don’t have yankee accents and his mom and brother spoke/speak southern accent respectively

Hence my question

[cynwoody]

I hate to be the one to break it to you but all Americans don’t have yankee accents

That is true.

So why doesn't Rush speak Southern?

Could it be that Rush, a radio professional, speaks standard broadcast English, his goal being to reach the most Americans possible?

[wardaddy]

Last sentence makes sense

[Hulka]

I’ve flown a career in the A-10 and F-15E.

“Energy is life” is a truism.

Thing is, all fighter pilots practice BFM, ACM, DCAM, etc. . .set-ups from a neutral engagement (head-to-head pass) to being out front from the git’go to behind the adversary. We do this because no matter what we plan, we must be prepared to get into that phone booth because sometimes you have no choice.

To make the mistake that we will not engage in a knife-fight because of generational advancements and other enhancements is to make a fundamental flaw in reasoning. Recall we designed the F-4 without a gun because we had missiles, but we soon discovered we need a gun. We will always need a gun. Heck even the F-22 practices dog-fighting.

Point is, as we advance we must also not ignore what made us successful in the past. All combat skills must be hones, either in the air or on the ground.

Cheers

So, the fact remains, upper body strength is important

[Mat_Helm]

I don’t disagree with your point about upper body strength. It is a valid distinction. But only to a point. Those lucky few that qualify and earn their wings are a select group. At that level it is an equal playing field regardless of man or women. I heard the arguments when they first came up and physical attributes did not disqualify female pilots. You already know most fighter pilots undergo required centrifuge training, for the Navy pilots spin training (used to be done in the old Buckeye). Most pump iron to develop a higher G tolerance. We always had hotshots who complained in the simulator when the G force limits were turned on to simulate grey out and G-LOK black out with the visuals going dark that they could handle a 6 G pull for more than 10 seconds or a 12 G pull for more than 4 seconds which was bunk. Yes, physical strength is very important, but I would not want to dogfight against Patty Wagstaff or Bob Hoover.

[Hulka]

G tolerance is something that is up and down, depending on the guy behind the stick.

6-gs is nothing much, truly, when I was a T-37 IP another IP and I went up to 20,000 feet and then began a 6-g turn (descending) down to 5,000 feet. I assure you, it was not that hard. We just wanted to play.

It is rate of G onset that truly is the challenge.

Been at 11.5 Gs for about 10 secs while over Iraq — no big deal when your adrenaline kicks in.

I understand your point and really don’t disagree much, but having been there, I know upper body strength is important.

As a fighter pilot you learn to love Gs, miss them really. Heck, if ou didn’t hit at least 4 Gs in the overhead you were considered weak.

I could go on about the double standard certain females were granted when in training, like crying during debriefs (you know how brutal those can be). But that is for a different day and thread.

Cheers my FReind