We hosted a live Q&A with “Okie” for our viewers to ask him about his time flying in the USN.
Original live Q&A – 21/11/2018
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Great stuff! Thanks Mike & Okie. Is there a full interview with Okie other than the VF43 one?
Again this prooves that the 6.5 G limit was just Navy limit, and it was regularly ignored by pilots who wanted to beat somebody else.. So the DCS tournament limit equally is BS no matter what they say about "in the real world G limt rules are rules that are definitive". Hoser , Smash, Okie, Snort, and many others have reported that the 6.5 limit was overruled and the Tomcat took it , without any problem. Hoser, Okie, Snort have done 12G+ and the wings didn't come off.
What does "cross controlling the aircraft" mean at the 1h mark?
This guy is old school cool. Call sign, Suck, killed me. Great aviator, great story teller, tells it like it is. Very refreshing. Excellent interview.
Did I miss something? Hes in VF-51 hat and patch in the photo, but never mentioned it.
Met a retired US Navy aviation mechanic who worked on A-4s, F-4s, A-6s, and A-7s. He told me that "back in the day" planes were designed to be repaired by anyone one with an 8th grade education. Said what he meant, meant what he said….kinda like this guy. I like that.
Awesome career he had/has.
Fake pilot
How you liking all this " Diversity, transgender, feminist, safe space, anti white male " crap this country is eating up… 🙂 I bet you have a few choice words for this era … 🙂 Great interview and god bless you, thanks for your service 🙂
Thank you for this sir.