10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit

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Flying the CF-5 and CF-18 Hornet. "Bones" Ledsham (Part 1) Nov 25, 2023

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Buy 10PCT Merch! https://www.10percenttrue.com/shopSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 intro & tea2:00 “To shave or not to shave”, that is the question - intro & origins11:13 Starting with the F-5, married or in a car crash…..14:48 You don’t die tensed up! 15:00 Map tricks16:40 Looking for fast jets with an eye on the Hornet - turns out there ARE points for second place! 19:10 F-5 ...

F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 5) Nov 12, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 Intro, an insincere apology and a sincere thank you7:50 On today’s menu8:10 2vs2 acquisition to prosecution including sorting and sanitising 21:04 Maintaining position while manoeuvring 26:45 Overmatch considerations and some trig homework32:20 Peer adversary41:30 The short strokes (...

F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 4) Oct 30, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 intro1:16 Bodo - why F-15s were there6:20 intercepting Bear/Badger/Coot without a radar lock and why12:05 interesting intercepts 15:55 Naval Badgers a different challenge 16:44 “KGB Coot”18:00 Velocity Search vs TWS?20:10 SIGINT 25:25 levels of “co-operation” of the intercepted&...

F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 2 & 3) Oct 07, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 Intro2:55 Disco’s career chronology7:20 Eagle vs friendly contemporaries 26:35 Making fighter pilots smarter 27:00 Flanker factor29:10 Intel deployed for political leverage instead of frontline efficacy 33:15 Exiting a fight on your own terms and 3D chess40:45 1 vs 243:20 Max pe...

F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 1) Sep 22, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 Intro00:03:40 Getting into flying and the military 00:07:00 Early non-conformism and academy adventures 00:13:30 FAIP 00:19:25 Dangers of complacency00:21:35 Setting sights on flying the Eagle00:27:40 Early influence/fighter culture?00:30:50 State of Air Force at the incepti...

Michigan MiG-23 Flogger Crash: Experts Discuss Sep 14, 2023

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Scott Perdue's full interview with Mark Ruff: https://youtu.be/Ftcn3NwAZCI?si=ZG7sLvJx2OevHRuiBuy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh50 second plug for Red EaglesSupport the show

Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 3 Sep 06, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:25 - Recap of previous episodes00:01:25 – Fast Jet Tac Weapons course outline00:02:33 – Bringing lessons learned at Tac Weapons to 9 Squadron at RAF Marham00:08:18 – Transitioning from the Hawk to the Tornado GR400:09:49 – Flying qualities of the GR400:13:47 – The idios...

Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 2 Aug 11, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:30 lessons learned from Op. Granby?00:05:00 Personal attitude towards going on operations in the Tornado00:09:00 Incirlik detachment flying recon00:15:20 any interest from Iraqi IADS?00:17:26 the political picture and “down days”00:23:00 did going to combat provide vali...

John "JP" Peters - Tornado Down, Part 2 Aug 07, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 Introduction00:00:42 Trepidation, departing for the airfield strike00:05:00 Pushing to target low level, AAA00:08:18 Loft profile, what went wrong?00:13:11 Heading home, missile impact, battle damage00:16:29 Ejection, injuries00:19:32 Escape and evasion, capture. There's always hope00:21:3...

Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 1 Jul 27, 2023

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Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:57 - Nick's background00:03:00 - Joining the RAF00:03:49 - Basic flight training and holding00:04:35 - 100 Squadron as an Ops Officer00:05:17 - TAC Weapons course at RAF Valley00:12:30 - Weather and impact on Flight Training00:16:55 - Methods of instruction while a stud...

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