USAF Thunderbird media flight with KXLY Meteorologist Kris Crocker.

all right you ready to go Chris I am ready let's do it all perfect and here comes the After Burner there it is [Laughter] [Music] MHM and rotation all right there's 300 knots mhm altitude altitude there's 350 there's 400 knots and here come departing for in North 14,000 zero copies all right get a good look left and right oh thund 7 Airborne pass on 8,000 14,000 seven uh SP departure radar contact wow not too bad way to get out of there is it that was crazy so that's what GeForce feels like [Laughter] yep that was so cool B bir 7 Level 14,000 how did I do okay yeah you did great okay we were upside down traffic be over the same time you are opposite directions Centurion at [Music] 10,500 yep I told you it was going to be the best takeoff of your life that was for sure the best takeoff of my life Char Golf Hotel foxer at Mike Seattle Center Roger traffic 12:00 Tuesday miles opposite directions of Das Say it'll be descending to [Music] 1,000 wow so you can see it rides pretty smooth you know a lot of people think it's going to be like bumpy or no it was so great miss it that's a ski resort to the right oh is it really back you can see the roll yeah yeah you can see the the uh runs uh so it's called 49° North so we must be about 49° North yeah we're at uh 4817 right now oh they need to change the name [Laughter] yep yeah I think 48 would be a little bit more appropriate 43 11:00 good is that where we're at we are nice yeah it's cool that you know the area so well well looking at the map every day yeah I bet you get a good feel for it but it doesn't look this good from my weather [Music] center all right we're all about all set up remember this is half the loop and then we come out the side okay okay ready to go I'm ready let's do it all right smoke is on new cominging up all right there's four G's right there so that's the most G will pull for the whole maneuver up on over the top oh wow that's upside down I love it that's so awesome oh there's our smoke yep so now when we're pointed 90° to the ground which is right about now we're going to rotate 90° to the left okay start a recovery all right there's your first Thunderbird maneuver that was [Music] awesome the next maneuver is just a regular Loop so we're going to try and punch right through our smoke on the uh on the bottom side far out all right you want to give it a shot let's do it all right smoke is on nose coming up there's poor G's right there all right up on over the top now we really want to spot our smoke here we go it at how good at do today pretty nice view oh my [Music] gosh oh loan that is amazing here comes the smoke there we go and there you have [Music] it yep it's a good time that is for sure all right the last Diamond maneuver we have on top is a nice easy barrel roll remember that's a nice big roll nice easy barrel roll yes it is it's a nice uh graceful one okay cool all right you ready to go yeah I am all right nose is coming up and we roll 7,5 1873 Li Roger traffic 1:00 25 miles opposite direction the Cherokee inbound Quarter Lane VFR 9,500 see wasn't that nice one that was ni that was Greatful 1200 I feel like congratulations are in order because you graduated to the solo Maneuvers oh so you made it through all the diamond ones the first solo we're going to do is that knife edge where we just tip up on One Wing yes so no G's associated with it but just as a heads up you are going to be leaning up against the uh side of the glass cockpit there okay throw the glass Canopy jul Lake all right it's pretty good spot right here be a pretty good shot of the mountains too so you ready to go I'm ready all right it's going to be a pretty quick movement to the left okay okay all right here we go November [Laughter] wow oh I left this is my favorite so [Laughter] far that is awesome I left this well we can I'll stay up here as long as we can oh this rocked okay we're going to roll off to the side okay okay to the right here we [Laughter] goo [Music] oh all right I'm glad you're having a blast back there I am all right so I'm really curious as to what you're going to think of the next maneuver which is just we'll start out with one Aeron roll okay okay Aeron roll yeah that's the real tight roll okay all right let's get going a little bit faster [Music] here all right we're going to do one roll to the left okay left okay are you ready y all right here we go roll to the [Laughter] left1 oh my God that was so cool you want to try two or all four or you can call it let's do two let's do two okay okay well what do you what do you think I think you the way you're reacting I think you should go all for let's go forward all right Rock It Rock it all right you ready roll on the left here we go there's one there's two there's three there's four yes yes to those nice job Chris nice job I like those that is good because we have a bunch more rolling Maneuvers that we can do oh man I do yeah I do feel not sick just you know now yeah well dizzy I mean I feel dizzy after that's tot Norm Seattle oh my gosh I can't believe I get to do this all righty so the next maneuver is the eight-point roll remember that's a single Aon roll divided up into eight different chunks yep all right let's get a little bit more speed here Skye all right you about ready to go for the eight point yeah okay the first point is going to be to the left here comes point one and one 2 [Music] 3 oh wow okay that was not my favorite okay I understand that's a little how does that work how do you oh yeah that okay that that one that did make me a little thck I'm just going to turn my air on to 100% okay sounds good and take a minute all right no problem this next one is the Slow Roll so it's a nice easy one okay just going to turn us back around to the north a little bit so we basically have certain dimensions in the sky that we need to stay inside of sure so I am familiar with that concept you can't just go to Seattle right right how about Canada they don't care for that either do they yep so the border to the north is the Canadian border yes it is you could see it from here yeah so that's you know that essentially defines the northern edge of the airspace that we're allowed to fly in nov oh goodness okay yeah I am uh I'm going to take this off I'm feeling it just a little not bad not bad yeah [Music] no all right you ready I am ready all right rolling to the left here's that Rudder I was telling you about oh yes love it love this so now we have to push so we don't descend while we're upside down and then we use opposite Rudder oh and then we take it all out oh that was good that one good that was fun I like that I don't mind the negative G's are fun I like that okay good that's great news all right the next maneuver is called the fourpoint roll so remember that one is just a uh knife edge then fully upside down then a knife edge in the opposite direction and then right side up fantastic okay yeah you you're pretty good at these all right all right Chris ready I am ready all right rolling to the left here comes 01 and one mm I can do this without barfing three four yes nice job all right the next maneuver is my personal favorite okay it is the vertical rolls so this one you're going to here here come the G's on this one okay oh boy so this is the one where we pull straight up and then do our cork screw okay you should be okay with it cuz you like the rolls before I did you're right so we just got to get a little bit lower here cuz we're going to go up for pretty long time all right Chris you about ready for vertical rolls a good one all right get up to about 500 knots right about there all right smoke is on no coming up here come the G and we're rolling to the [Music] left all right we're wrapp it up over the top here so now what you need to do is look over your left shoulder oh goodness gra that is our smoke Trail wow that is beautiful we just made that also looks pretty also looks pretty awesome this water looks so cool oh my God that is beautiful well I think it's time Chris I think it's time to pull N9 GS oh my God okay all right Chris you're about ready I'm ready let's rocket all right roll to the left here come the G's November 1873 Le my Conta shook approach 28.75 still with me yep all right there we go 9.2 what we did it yep a yes 9.2 nice job oh thank you very well done I enjoyed that immensely really because there's one maneuver that we did yesterday that we have not done today I'm don't need to do anymore though okay all right all right is it the one where it's like a long one yeah that scares me for some reason okay but I do it I feel like I you're do you're doing awesome okay I am yeah yeah you're doing great okay so you want to try it or no is tell me about the sick Factor on that one I don't think it's a sticky one cuz it's just a high G one like you know that that high G Turn didn't make you sick did it not at all yeah so but this one is sustained right yep yeah it sure is um once in a lifetime Chris okay yeah let's do it thank you thank you I'm going to thank you it may not be like right away but eventually I agree that that you will yes let's do it what the heck okay remember this is a full 360 and then we go over the top for half of a figure eight okay okay all right it's G time roll roll to the left here come the G's there we go right about there this is where we'll hold it9 pilot discretion maintain 1000 W 3 hang in there great great great great I can't see you still there I am you okay yeah oh I couldn't do it oh that's okay don't SP it my guys went black I freaked out don't worry crap don't worry it's the attempt that's what gets all I tried it okay what's your R to flight to the destination today oh mercy okay just got to get my I take my mask off one more time yeah no problem I'll tell you what you want to do some flying yes please okay let me just get us going south here all right okay I got the throttle you can go ahead and grab on the right side okay I have touching okay and then you can just rock the wi back and forth a little bit there you go November whiske nice job so what I want you to do is turn us around to the left okay okay so go ahead roll to the left there you go nice job keep going and now start easing back on the stick back towards you yeah there you go little bit more there you go nice job so that's how you actually get the nose moving wow a little bit more roll to the left there you go and now straight back ooh got some G's I feel my G too pulling some G's back there this is all you this isn't me I am pulling G's officially okay now ease that back pressure there you go and just kind of let the nose come down a little bit there you go perfect all right just start rolling us out to the right so we're back level Seattle Center goe do you eyeball it and use that whole uh climb dive like the thing the the gauge yeah well I mostly look at the heads up display so everything you see in the right screen back there that's what I oh yeah okay I'm not quite what's the identifier the airport perfect yeah that's perfect all right you want to do an nail Ron roll I don't think I can okay no no don't thr options out there I uh oh what the heck yes yeah okay go ahead ease back on the stick I'm ease him back yep so we're going to we want to get into a nice easy climb so there you go right about there is perfect so now just push to the left until we do a whole roll okay okay do I need to say one two three no just do it okay here we go here comes the my go rolling an airplane perfect that was awesome oh my gosh you did really great that was awesome well done Chris thank you all right sorry I the jet back okay have the jet back that was fun see that's not so hard you have to go to all that training I mean it's really easy stuff are you kidding me I am in awe of [Music] you Chris are you back with me I am all right so we are hauling the mail back home so that we can fit in in between the AXS that are rehearsing today excellent oh my goodness that was unbelievable I didn't expect I didn't even think about how pretty it was Thunderbird 7 contact Fair child Tower have a good one Thunderbird 7 pushing Tower I was not expecting that good I'm glad there were some surprises oh yeah there was a lot of surprises Ralph it's low and 13 in the Northwest on continue into the TFR 10 grand I'll get you down in about oh 7 or 8 minutes what your fuel St I got about 15 to 20 minutes of whole time and I'll be up uh at 10: lady Fran she doing well good that's Ralph the air boss asking about you oh I'm good I said you're doing well all right let's go Thunderbird s's number one to land winds are light and variable winds are estimated actually one 120 to about six [Applause] yep Chris can you hear me back there H yeah can you go ahead and safe the seat yes I can do that it's done all right I going to need to lay down okay I got smile for what a minute or two and then I oh gosh I don't want to barf right here in front of everybody there we go think I'm back don't get sick for of all these folks no I'm not going to oh I got smile all right we're shutting it [Applause] off

Channel: Kris Crocker

Views: 77,978

Keywords: thunderbird, F-16, USAF, Fairchild Airforce Base, SkyFest, Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, AFThunderbirds, kxly, kris crocker

Id: bHtOykgZhWY

Length: 22min 53sec (1373 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 04 2017