Flying the Pig! | Mike Crain Interview (Part 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- We carry on from part 1 as former RAAF F-111 pilot, Mike Crain, shares more great stories from his time flying the "Pig" including at exercise Red Flag.
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Wow...21 years young and flying the worlds best strike bomber. What an incredible story.
Amazing isn’t it!
I was the 82Wing Loggie in 1996, and on my last day in that job I was very lucky to have a ride in an F111 and Mike was the pilot. An amazing ride. Thanks again Mike.
Hi Mike. Glad you enjoyed it. Was that 12/12/96? In A8-514?
@@mikeF111 The date looks good. I don't recall the tail number, it's been a while and lots of grey hairs since then. I was the first ride for the day and we took a bird over Lake Wivenhoe that bent the inboard spoiler on the right side. Not a good day for the other guys waiting for their go.
@@212Nippa I remember going over Wivenhoe. That might explain why I’ve only got 20minutes logged on the 13th. Don’t remember the spoiler problem. Glad someone was paying attention 😂😂. It was 514 according to my logbook👍
Excellent interview I was totally engrossed watched both. I was at Laverton around 89& was standing next to an F111 with the crew onboard. Impressive aeroplane.
Thanks mate.
"There's not much time/room to recover if something goes wrong at 130 ft and 540kn" No kidding! I think there's enough time for a blink or two at that altitude and speed.😯
Great down to earth interview To put your trust in TFR for F111 and Tornado pilots certainly took a lot of balls these pilots at low level certainly had a lot of courage !
Cheers!
@@Aircrewinterview Can you do an interview with any the pilots who've interacted with that flying TIC TAC over the gulf of Mexico 👽 🤟🤠💯👍 that would be a great 👍 interview bro
Professional 👍🇦🇺
Awesome! Loving your channel! Great content
Cheers John!
Talking about F-111 ejections in New Zealand, every time the RAAF bought 4 aircraft over the ditch they only went home with 3
Seemed that way😳
Long live the PIG!
Anybody know where to find F-111 parts? We need
1. Pitot Tube
2. Nose gear doors
3. Tires for main gear
4. Glass
Ours was towed to Midland Tx from Cannon AFB on a 108° day and suffered accordingly. The glass is all there and could be painted over, but if you're asking ask big.
Talking of age I would like someone to do a story on Mark Fallon if his family agrees as he was only 19 when he qualified as a F111 pilot in the RAAF sadly he was killed in a crash on a training mission near Tenterfield NSW he was 24 at the time
2:32 "German c130 crews" "we never saw them again. Lol" this doesn't sound right. Germany is just about to get on this type now.
Imagine doing 500kn at 20 feet and no tr. Buccaneer rules.
I never realised until recently what an amazing aircraft the later versions of the Bucaneer were. I love watching videos of the automatic gear retraction.
Pretty sure they had Ferranti TFR in the Buccaneer and used the dot system down to 30m.
F-22! Correct answer, LOL. Mike, you and I think alike. Anyway, did you ever do a cartridge start in the F-111? I did a few times (maybe only 3 or 4, really), great fun (kind of). Anyway, great interview, F-111s forever!
Thanks Karl. Yeah would love to fly the F-22.
We did lots of Cartridge starts on land aways. We didn’t have the maintenance support of the USAF and often no Dash60.
Would always have a chuckle watching the Nav buck and weave from the toxic smoke while sitting with canopy closed on 100% O2 😂😂
It was nice landing at McConnell one time and handing the jet over while we had a break. Came back and everything was done for us.
First Class service👍
@@mikeF111 Cool! Another great interview.
@@KRGruner thanks Karl. Only just saw this. Not sure why. Appreciate the kind words again.