Flying the F-16C Viper | C.W. Lemoine (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2024
- In part 1, Mover talks about how he became interested in aviation, why he joined the USAF Reserves, flying the T-6 Texan & T-38, getting posted to fly the F-16, and what it was like to fly the mighty Viper!
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Great chatting with you. Thanks for having me on the channel!
It was my pleasure, Mover!
C.W. You are right about your fight against an F-15 with a FWS pilot and his awesome flight time. But I personnaly think the F-15C combine the best of F-18 (low speed handlings) and F-16 (high energy and high g's). I think it's still a beast. Good interwiew, thanks.
See my comment below...
My respects Sir. Thank you very much for this interview. Your career is very fascinating!! It's a privilege to hear some insight of the two greatest air power in the world. I do have a great admiration for aggressors squadrons. I remember seeing my Dad discussing with an 527th TFTAS F5E pilot at Dijon when he was piloting mirages 3B in late 70s. I hope you've writen some BFM, BVR tactics manuals in your squadrons.
Fly safe.
Very respectfuly.
Adjustment too 6 to 9 minutes... I like what you did there Mover.
Great to see Mover, he looks even more relaxed being interviewed than he normally does hosting his own videos. Although he’s pretty loose and zany when he’s with Gonky. TOMCATS!!!
Mike ... one day your video interview archive will be invaluable for future generations. Your work will preserve the glory days of piloted jet fighter aviation for generations to come.
You can be very very proud about your work and it’s impact on human history.
Thank you very much for the kind words, it’s very much appreciated.
Great interview..Mover is a truly awesome human being
Oh, didn't actually read the title completely and was surprised to see Mover, nice!
Great interview. Mover is always entertaining.
Cheers.
Excellent interview! Great job Mike for keeping Mover on the edge with timely interesting questions!!
Cheers!
"we don't do that in this airplane...", "fine, worse, I'm a 9G guy..." hahaha can't stop to laugh
Loving this as love Mover, great guy, bags of enthusiasm, like a big kid getting to fly the best military aircraft in the world
Mover!! Tomcats!! Great interview, Mover Rules.
Nothing beats the Viper experience!
Awesome interview! Probably my favorite airplane, and definitely a collab between two of my favorite aviation TH-camrs. I’m looking forward to the next part. It was also great to get some anecdotal evidence for the Harrier’s legendary “viffing” move. Although it sounds like it wasn’t decisive against an F-16 driver trained in dissimilar air combat, I can see it turning the tables on an unwary adversary.
Edit: Just pledged on Patreon. Only too happy to support fine work like this.
Thanks!
Brilliant interview. So interesting! Thanks to you both for this.
I was going through some Videos and happened to see CW Lemoine "Mover" all I can say is wow, Mike,you did a great interview!! Mover is such a cool guy, not to mention he is a very knowledgeable and seasoned pilot,and he was especially good in this interview, made it so energetic!! Hey, 9G guy you were great!! Learned a lot about the awesome, mighty F-16, Thank you both, you rocked this one !! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Cheers Jan - great to hear you enjoyed it.
You answered a lot of questions I would have wanted to ask. Loved this!
SubLogic ATP was way ahead of its time! Loved it.
Thank you for doing this. Kindly bring him back on the show too. ✌️ 🇵🇰
what a decent bloke! thanks for the interview.
The viper is easily the prettiest fighter ever made. Always been my favorite.
Tomcat!!!
Awesome episode I love his podcast too
Cheers.
Amazing Lemoine Interview!
At 9:00 is a AZ ANG F-16 in Tucson. I’ve turned wrenches on that jet.
Excellent interview 🇺🇸
Cheers
Cool back story man! Good work!
Mover, on the move!
That description of Harrier fight is cute :D :D
Awesome interview!
Cheers!
Thanks Mike, what a top bloke
Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Funny how every aviation geeks story begins the same way. My pilot journey started with a flight to Toronto on a Tristar at 11. I spent most of that flight in the cockpit. After that hooked and has never changed.
This great..... I’m shocked a little y’all haven’t had this interview for so long.
You’ve created quite the group of impressive men and woman... one wonders what you may do with all of your connections.....?
Great interview!! Like always anyway:-))
Cheers!
Brilliant enjoyed this one . The guy likes his fast cars also #corvette 👍
Cheers Danny. He does indeed.
Good interview with Mover. I like how you dont interupt while the person being interviewed is talking. Very few interviewers are like that. Im also like mover i too have arthritis in my neck from flying the F-16.
What I just had a double take. Air Crew interview meets Mover on Monday!! Hawey the lads 🤟😄🇺🇸🇬🇧
Cheers 🤙
Great interview Mike, again. I am biased of course but I too think the Viper is the best looking jet. I got to go around a few at an ANG unit in San Antonio...almost got a hop in one but the unit said I wasn’t seat qual’d. Okay, I had a seat qual in the Goshawk, as you know, but was told no. Oh well.
Cheers Bunky! Ah that’s a bugger, that would’ve been a nice one to have in the logbook.
Aircrew Interview Right?! I did get 6.1 hours in the TA-7C Corsair II with VA-122 back in 1990 as a midshipman. But it was no Viper!
Mover, what fighter would you say from personal experience is more higher performance over all, the F-18, or the F-16?
Awesome interview. Where is part 2?
www.aircrewinterview.tv/#/f18a-mover-part2/
@@Aircrewinterview ok, part 2 is the Hornet. Thanks!
what happened with the astigmatism? I have 3.50 and couldnt even get a waiver.
I tried to check it out but only getting that the F-16 is nicknamed the Viper. Or is it an official name? Only thing i got was one of the latest upgraded ones (F-16v) was assigned the Viper name. It would be cool to get some more info on this.
By the way. Cool videos so keep them coming!!
The viper name comes from the pilots who flew the F16 in the past who viewed the aircraft like a viper snake on the way the it looks and it stuck with pilots to this day.All F -16s worldwide adopted the viper name but the official and original name is the fighting falcon.
Nice and informative as usual. I wonder how the USAF Reserves and ANG units alone could do against a top of the line force? Unrealistic I know. But the US seems to have more in reserve than most have in their front lines!!!!
Thanks mate.
The US Navy's aviation force has more planes than all the European airforces combined.
We so massively out match the entire world...it's a total joke listening to them and their concepts that they think are some how equal. Nations with 6 subs that talk about there NATO commitments. Countries with their entire strategic lift capability of 5 heavies. Lol, carriers with jump ramps lololololol.
Lots of cases where ANG pilots smoke airforce. It's not the same with ground units being as leathal.... But reseves ground units bring awesome loads of technical support, stuff we don't want to waste time with... Like how to do NBC stuff, or medical stuff...
All we we want to do on the line is kill you. We want to kill you so fast no reservists have the time to make it into theater. But the airmen of the reserves major gift to battle is the tanker fleet. All regular commerical pilots that will though on a uniform and fly the gas that keep the air up in the air... Those guys are the back bone nobody sees that keeps these massive air armada's fed.
22:00 sounds like sparring my coach who thought me everything. nothing works! :DD
*taught
Super awesome that you flew the United States Air Force Reserve Command Lockheed Martin Block 30 F-16C and F-16D Fighting Falcons ( "Vipers" ) with the 93rd Fighter Squadron "Makos" of the 482nd Fighter Wing from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida and also the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18A+ Hornet of VFA-204 "River Rattlers" of the United States Navy Reserve at NAS.JRB. New Orleans in Belle Chase, Louisiana!! Super awesome that you flew two of my favorite aircraft with two of my favorite Reserve Squadrons!! 🇺🇸 Hooyah Moover!!
Yeah those Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 Turbofan Engines on the Block 52 and the General Electric F110-GE-129 Turbofan Engines on the Block 50 are definitely pretty similar, but I'm glad to hear your feedback about them!
Yes that's correct the Twin General Electric F404-GE-402 Turbofan Engines power the Charlie and Delta Model Hornets. The General Electric F404-GE-400s are on the older Alpha and Bravo model Hornets.
Oh look it’s the human Wikipedia
QRF on site :)
2nd !
I thought they made fighter pilots do leg and neck weight training????
Block 30 bigmouth , best fighter out of all I flew. Eagle Cs, and Viper A- block 10 - C, No -doubt, block 3O bigmouth.
When did it stop being called the Falcon and become the Viper?
Fighting Falcon is the name USAF leadership chose and is still the official name. Decades ago, pilots decided Viper sounded cooler so that's how it's known amongst the crews.
Hmm, I'm surprised that ~1000 hrs. over 4 yrs. is consider a lot of flight hours. That's only ~20 hrs. a month.
Pssssst.
TOMCATS.
CW Lemoine: T-38 not really interesting.
CW Lemoine books: not that interesting.
CW Lemoine almost soiling his pants in F-16: kinda interesting.
CW Lemoine actually soiling his pants in rotary wing aircraft: that would be priceless. Too bad the Kiowa guy is obviously some kind of counterfeit item. Kiowa drivers are supposed to do stupid shit when doing anything outside reach of adult supervision.
Did anyone abuse you?
@@Fox-One1937 I was in infantry, abuse comes with the territory.