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A Special thank you to the 560th Flying Training Squadron for an orientation flight in an Air Force T-38 trainer.

GET THE AWESOME SONG GORDON COMPOSED HERE:
https://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/pillow-fortress

MicaRumba poured over hours of footage to synchronize the flight views. He's got a YouTube channel you can check out here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MicahClemII

Bethany Gano did the Illustrations and I really like them.

David Coventry helped make the loop animation at the end! He and a lot of other people helped me on this Reddit thread, which I accidentally deleted. You can still get to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/53490a/im_making_a_smarter_every_day_video_about_flying/d7q6vx1?context=3

Seriously, I really wanted to be a fighter pilot but the eye thing was a thing back then. Fortunately for you guys, if you're young and want to be a pilot.... and are willing to work hard to get the grades to do it, you can hop over to http://www.af.mil and look into being a fighter pilot even if you need corrective surgery. Here's a link to get you started:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/Welcome/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/830236/wpmc-warfighter-laser-surgery-faq

I decided to use ALL CAPS in the title of this video because I feel like it deserves it. Tell Brady Haran if you read this.

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Learn about G-LOC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-LOC

T-38 Flight Controls can be found in this manual:
https://books.google.com/books?id=8mBNAgAAQBAJ&pg=SA1-PA27&lpg=SA1-PA27&dq=irreversible+controls+t-38&source=bl&ots=IGAAzK0p-w&sig=Pfj7grcIcqMkoKRGe-s_TEBShas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB-_bMm67PAhXC4SYKHcIrBQcQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=irreversible%20controls%20t-38&f=false



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Ambiance and musicy things by: Gordon McGladdery did the outro music the video.
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/
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Warm Regards,

Destin

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GET SKUNK WORKS! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ Click here if you're interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED A Special thank you to the 560th Flying Training Squadron for an orientation flight in an Air Force T-38 trainer. GET THE AWESOME SONG GORDON COMPOSED HERE: https://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/track/pillow-fortress MicaRumba poured over hours of footage to synchronize the flight views.

Comments

Anonymous

Wait.....Wait.....YOU FLEW!? NICE. I thought you simply got a fly-along or something. YOU FLEW the plane. So sweet. Congrats man! Dream come true, eh?

Anonymous

Oh, And I literally listened to that audio book a month or so back on a flight.

Anonymous

Also, you can't possibly fly a theoretical perfect circle and intersect to a straight line. The point at which the circle intersects the line has infinite change in acceleration as it goes from the circle (acceleration inwards towards the circle) to 0 acceleration (flying straight and level).

Anonymous

If there is extra awesome footage, you should post some on your second channel.

Anonymous

Nice video , very insightful :)

Anonymous

Great stuff - Question: You mentioned you 'got the surgery' from what I understand there are multiple types of laser type of surgeries, but there is a concern with lasik and g-forces? Wanting to go to Mars in my future :) - I read mixed info online, and curious if you could share more light into which surgery you received, and if you have had any concerns with g forces? Thanks!

Anonymous

Are your eyes closed at 5:04?

Anonymous

Second the long foot footage request on the second channel. I just found your ask on reddit for the animation which features the forward camera. I would love tons of footage from your flight from that angle. Congrats on getting that awesome experience. I've been looking forward to this video for awhile!