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Fighter Pilot Rule #1
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Fighter Pilot Rule #1. A Metaphor for Real Life?
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FlyWire is about exploring flight and the freedom this incredible experience brings us on a personal level. Flying has always captured the imagination and excitement of living life to its fullest. Hi, I'm Scott Perdue. In a former life I flew the F-4 and F-15E, more recently I retired from a major airline. I've written for several aviation magazines over the years, was a consultant for RAND, the USAF, Navy, NASA as well as few others, wrote a military thriller- 'Pale Moon Rising' (still on Kindle). But mostly I like flying, or teaching flying. Some of the most fun I had was with Tom Gresham on a TV show called 'Wings to Adventure". We flew lots of different airplanes all over the country. Now with FlyWire I want to showcase the fun in flying, share the joy and freedom of flight and explore the world with you. Make sure you subscribe if you want to go along for the ride!
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I've been flying for 45 years and still found timeless wisdom in your comments. 👍
Thanks for your comments. USAF pilot training class 72-03 Williams AFB. Became T-37 IP no fatal accidents. Air Force flying is a special honor and you know what every one went through to get those wings. Keep up the good work.
“A dead man has no ego.”
-George S Patton
An instructor once told me success is the teacher from which we learn - not failure. In his view we don't learn from our mistakes. We learn from our successes. I lived this way ever since. Your nickle is gold.
I like what you said about wanting to fly planes not build them. The No. 1 guy in my winging class was Navcad Bill Roland. He was an art major. He went on to fly F-18s for the Navy. I never saw him again after flight training but I still have two numbered prints of drawings he made illustrating our jet training experience. They are excellent pieces of art which I have on my wall to this day. Back then, the USAF wanted engineers or other hard science and or technical degrees to become pilots. I flew for the USMC. I believe my OSO, Officer Selection Officer said, we want you to fly them not build them. The Marines didn't care if you had a degree in underwater basket weaving but you had to have a bachelor's degree, pass the flight physical, Marine PFT, and the Navy's Flight Aptitude exam. Being able to process multi-variable calculus in your head might be important somewhere but I don't think it's needed to make a pilot. Great brief Scott!
I soloed in 1965, got comm/Instrument/MEL in 1974, and was a "Medina Marine": USAF OTS class 77-08, CFI-SMEL, ex-TWA, Mom was an AA stew, Dad was a United 4 striper. I always told those that asked:, "the MOST important requirement to be a pilot is that you have to want it more than anything else." Good video, Scott, and glad you got back on the path of righteousness by entering the Blue suit world.
It's not always easy to do, but it's great advice. Take the ego out of it, and it's kinda a personal version of the OODA loop. Find the problem, fix the problem, repeat. No blame, no worrying, no excuses, just fix it.
When I fly my Cessna 180 through the New Zealand mountains I feel like so privileged and happy ... Flying an F15 you must have felt like a super man. No an egomaniac but someone who has worked hard to get to where you were and deserve it. Well done ..keep this up.
Thanks Tom! BTW I had a C180 for 10 years. Loved it. I have a Husky now!
Words to live by. I was a Marine Rifleman WIA after fighting through the Tet Offensive in S. Vietnam. My nine months of combat taught me resiliency. I was retired as an NCO. I started flight training at a local airport school; Private Pilot, Commercial, Instrument Airplane. After fighting with the VA, I completed an add-on rating of Commercial Helicopter Pilot. I set a record doing a five week course in three. When my Examiner asked how I felt about rotary wing aircraft, I replied: "If the Navy won't assign me an F-14 Tomcat, any Helicopter will do."
Legendary air force pilot....airline pilot...now a motivational speaker.! Love your channel Mr.Purdue.
Favorite pastime would be to hang around the ops desk hoping to score an open line, and then getting the word you were on the schedule!
I did that a lot!!! Was an effective tactic when the weather was just a little skosh....
Great video Scott! So true… As an A380 examiner and instructor myself, I sometimes get the comment, “You have the best airline job there is”!
Not surprisingly, I had (and still have to), to fight (work) for it! These things do not come for free.
Like how humble you are. Unlike a certain other popular UA-cam Aviation channel, you are not full of yourself! Your videos are always very instructive without the click bait and other BS. Keep it up!
Thanks Bjorn, I appreciate that!
So the number 1 rule is accept responsibility for any and all mistakes or flaws, acknowledge them as welcome knowledge and fix it, on the spot, (for your own good), keeping focused on incremental tiers or levels of success that come what may. That's right in assuming the extraordinary, new and unique total responsibilities of EVERY pilot-in command for their aircraft. To fully assume that total responsibility, you do have to be able to operate that aircraft as an independent commander, decisively and surely, not just a driver or operator of a machine, comparable ONLY to the exception of masters of naval vessels - captains. You fly the aircraft, not ride in it.
"You gotta want it, you gotta do the work, you gotta learn from your mistakes and eliminate that defense of your ego, pull your head out of your ass", words to live by, on the ground or in the air.
Striving for excellence is a much better policy than striving for perfection.
"Want power." When my mind flipped to this concept I wasn't fighting against something, I was fighting FOR something. Made all the difference in the world.
Thank you, Scott.
Exactly!
That was Sierra Hotel. Well said and well put!!!!!! Can't wait for other episodes.
Sage and valued advice, no matter what career path one choses.
What's buggin' me is the pics on the wall. Level off!
I am dying to fix those pictures. Great content!
Pops was enlisted AF (E6 at Wheelus, B-29 engine mech). I was born there in '54. He graduated OCS class of 57A. F-86, F-102 (EDF) and ultimately F-105 with 34th out of Korat RTAFB, 68-69. I'm retired now, put my flying spurs behind me getting away with a couple K hours flying Alaska, A/P, IA, Com/Inst. Hat's off to you all.
Scott, the feeling you describe is rare. It’s Passion to fly. It’s not I Want To Fly .... it’s I HAVE TO FLY or my life will not be complete. I am 75 and I still have the Passion for aviation as I did in 68 in the F4-C.
Great video, you are absolutely on target.
Well said!
RTD are you still flying? Right behind you at 72 also flew C's. Can't give it, flying an RV-8 now.
i was at Sheppard A.F.B. 1973 learning to climb cable poles....i used to watch you pilots from the pole top thinking, thats where i belong....then i forgot RULE#1...sir!
Scott: Great show. I was curious about your background. I hope this is a motivation for others. I have a nephew at Anapolis who wants to fly when he gets out. On another note, I believe taking responsibility for your mistakes can be hard, especially for some of the big egos in Aviation, Your friend Dan Gryder must come to terms that he wrecked that guy's 152 up in Illinois. Flaps stuck or not, he overshot the makeshift STOL runway he helped create. I hope someone buys the owner a new plane. He had no hull insurance. He's owed a plane in my opinion.
Thanks William!
No offense toward anyone. I didn't like how he responded to that, either. Surely there must be some user-friendly way to make good on that 150. Don't look at me. I'm not the one who crashed it.
One AW Fighter Pilot, one fully loaded stealth jet, one miracle.
This is actually good advice for whatever profession you choose to take up.
Best description of how an enlisted man can earn fighter pilot wings "if he truly wants it". Thanks so much for your story told humbly and with a certitude with which I can identify.. Semper Fi from another Parris Island Marine. Thanks!
Thanks Tom. Being a Marine defines me!
Shack! PI Strike!
I'm an Air Force Backseater (Nav in Herks) and an unmanned EP. Also a Commercial MEL, SEL, IFR. Working on CFI. I hope I qualify. Teaching in the schoolhouse, I basically told my studs what you just said. If you want it, get it. I only met 3 guys who wanted it more than most, and just couldn't get there. They've been successful in other areas, just not flying.
Great story and great to hear it all worked out, You had the perfect " make them tell you no" mindset that Mover talks about. You have to do the work for sure.
fantastic video, and I love the "Be the ball, Danny" he snuck in there :)
Scott, Probably some of the absolute best in your face advice you could ever give everyone, pilots, or anyone else in life no matter what their chosen path or profession may be.Thank you in advance for everyone , especially for many of us with heads tucked below and to the rear. Always look fwd. to what yo you put out there for us all, same goes for Juan’ Blancoliro
Utube channel. Thank you !
Shack. As a fellow Stearman owner, former enlisted dude and legacy airline pilot, I can attest that everything Scott is telling you folks here is 100% correct. Work on yourself. Let go of that hubris, realize you suck and start hammering on your weaknesses until they are strengths. The learning that occurs during that journey, that search for perfection, that abandonment of ego will make you a success.
Chose your pain. The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Well said Daniel!
Scott, I hope some of my former students helped keep your Strike Eagle in top operational condition. I was an F-15 Avionics instructor back in the early eighties. I still consider the F-15 to be my baby. She is one magnificent bird!
Probably did! Thanks for watching!
That same advice works when you want to do anything worth doing. 👍👍
Absolutely!
Outstanding life lessons. Today's youth have not grasped this concept as far as I can see.
Great lecture. I always wanted to be a FP but from the age of 23 I was a bond trader for a big bank here and in London. There was no time left for anything after the ugly 12-15 hour days. But at the age of 47 I gave it a shot. The business I was in was so brutal that I thought it would hone my reflexes and skills at survival in the asphalt jungle. I took lessons from ex-Top Gun instructors who had combat experience and we used Extra 300Ls equipped with laser cannons and smoke generators. Very realistic for a gun fight simulation but you were alone with no wingman protecting your six and it was one on one. I learned aerobatics first. I won the competitions against civilians and was thereafter invited to go up against a professional fighter pilot. I learned that one must win a combat any way one can and being so much older and not in as good a shape against this young turk I needed an edge. So knowing how stiffly regimented my opponent was it was very easy for me to cheat by breaking the rules which he adhered to by reflex. I went home with the trophy after winning a dog fighting competition 2 to 1 out of 4 combats. My edge was that my opponent was cinched down in his seat after strapping himself in very tightly while I left my seat straps loose. I had no trouble turning 180 in my seat to look behind. This was at the small cost of going home somewhat bruised from being battered about and a headache from both the high Gs with no G suit and my helmet banging against the canopy. But damn it to hell I had the trophy! It was proudly displayed on my desk in the bank trading room for years afterward along with my call sign patch "Red Hawk".
Really like your proposed title for the series "Fighter Pilots are Made not Born". Gives hope, inspires and implies how hard the path will be.
No excuses. Get the job done. No BS. Scott I like that attitude.
Damn, that was outstanding advice! Great video! Thanks Scott!
Looking forward to a Fighter pilot channel!
Rule #2 then...”Don’t be TOO hard on yourself”, RIGHT before what Scott said “You’re YOUR OWN worst enemy”. Experience IS the best teacher in everything worth learning. Great vid Scott. And, as you also said these principles can be applied to pretty much ALL in life...
I forwarded this to my grandson who’s in flight school told him to hang on ever word what a great country we are blessed to live in and wonderful men examples for our youth
Thanks Scott for this timely video. I just shared it with a former supervisor who is aspiring to do just what you've said. I couldn't think of a better bit of sound advice than yours. Sent it to him just now !
Fantastic!
I want it! I'm 56 and starting my flt. training after a 40 year hiatus, I solo'd at 17 then went into A/C maintenance. BTW some Navy bases had flying club as well. I'm a member of the Alameda Aero Club in Oakland CA. Originally it was the club at NAS Alameda and when the base closed they moved the club to OAK. Thanks for the inspirational video, looking fwd to the series.
So you’re going for the Private Pilot License?
Go for it Scott!
I was a member of the Alameda Aero Club many years ago. I loved flying a few feet above runway 28R then turning right to land on 33 which would take you to the aero club.
Thx for.very profoundly helpful video for success in flying & in life.
Your line of "my nickel on the grass" reminded me of the line from one of the old fighter pilots' songs: "Hallelujah, throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass." Lol-- maybe you just did!!
Ill be showing my grandchildren this! They're still kids but like you say this advice will serve anyone well in any endeavor.
Thanks!
As you already know, you’re absolutely correct. My DO in pilot training said, on day one, that he was going to train us all to be fighter pilots, no matter what we would ultimately fly. Also, I had a little mantra I’d say to myself as I walked out to my aircraft - “what are you going to do today to get yourself killed?” Somehow it helped me set the right attitude for flying by highlighting what ought to have been my top priority.
Zeek, did you fly fighters?
@@jcheck6 Alas, no. Tankers (KC-135).
My Dad had the want to become a B 24 pilot and flew bombing missions at night in the Pacific. I never flew but had the want to become the best bricklayer I could be. I think I came close until my back gave out. I still remember the projects and guys I worked with and don't regret my career choice at all. Got my head... well you know. Greg
Some of you will know the story of the most decorated combat pilot of WWII. He was a pretty poor student in flight training. Hence, he was made an observer in reconnaissance aircraft instead of being assigned to fighters or bombers. He really chafed at this assignment and kept asking for a transfer. Eventually, he was granted an opportunity to fly dive-bombers. He didn't do so well there either. After training, he was transferred to a front line squadron. The adjutant knew him on sight when he checked in. He said words to the effect, I know you and your not flying here. He was made a maintenance officer instead of a line pilot. He did however get to fly maintenance checks so he gained experience. Eventually, he was assigned to combat duties. I'll skip to the end. He went on to fly around 2500 combat sorties. He was credited with 550 tank kills, a battleship sunk, a handful of air to air kills, and more. At the end of the war he was flying with a bloody stump as he had lost a leg about six weeks prior when he was shot down for the umpteenth time. Many of you probably know this story of Hans Ulrich Rudel the most decorated combat pilot of WWII. I've often related this story to flight students to show that we are not all naturals however dedication and perseverance can go a long way to making one seem a natural when your personal light bulb comes on as it did for Rudel.
Really like Scott's no nonsense approach to helping us understand what happens in the series of accidents he explains.Great Videos. to other Fighter rules shared with me by my son from his time the Air Force. Rule #__: Never fly into a thunderstorm, except in time of WAR. Rule#__: If your in the back seat and hear the pilot over in intercom say "eject, eject, eject" the last two "ejects were echos and you have the aircraft. Both sound right to me!
“Time spent flying is not deducted from your lifespan”.
Just like I told my kids "get on with it", don't make excuses. Thanks you Scott.
Scott, excellent video as always. You mentioned Shepard AFB. My Uncle was an instructor there for many years and taught aircraft maintenance. His name was Russel Whiteis. Thanks for bringing back a nice memory from the past.
Very cool!
My Dad was a fighter pilot in WW2 flying P-39's. Their rule way back then, if jumped by Zero's, Spin into a cloud bank and recover on instruments. Call out your position as the rest of your squadron maybe be hiding in the same cloud bank! Thanks for the videos!
There are several good to great aviation You Tubers but for my money you Scott and Juan Browne are THE BEST...and my FAVORITES. Blessings to you both.
I just passed my instrument rating checkride. It was not my best flight. Whenever I made a mistake I kept telling myself fighter pilot rule #1. I kept fighting because I didn't want to go home without a new airman certificate. Thanks Scott, your simple words helped get me over the finish line.
Paul that is truly awesome! I'm glad I could help. Congrats on the new IR!!
Thank you for your service Scott.
Thanks Scott this is good stuff right here and very inspiring!
Great video and message! I’ve coached all kinds of athletes from young beginners to Olympic champions and your message is spot on! Thank you for this!
I am a physician with a CFII and I find this discussion so fits both the mindset of medicine and flying. Although I feel blessed to have had an amazing career in medicine my first love is aviation and I’d likely trade my medical career to fly military any day of the week. Don’t be a tool 😂. Words to live by in any profession. Love your channel FlyWire…
Amen and Semper Fi Scott. We hold this truth to be self evident. Run to it, not away from it. Bulldogs rule, VMA-223.
Great words to govern one's life in general. No problem with the blue language WHEN effectively used; as in this case. Looking forward to the remainder of this series. Plus you're correct on Aero Clubs on military installations. KADW, of all places, had one in '81, '82.
Thanks for enlighting on your background! Yes, some great lessons at becoming a pilot... Flying is work " Do it right!" so admit overcome and adopt!
I agree…still in training. Got private with multi so far. Still want commercial and IFR.
Well waddya know...Rule Number One for fighter pilots, also happens to be rule number one for life. Looking forward to the rest of this series. Thanks for sharing, Scott.
Thanks Joe!
7:28 - the mindset of a fighter pilot
I thought Pilot Rule #1, Fighter Pilot or otherwise, is "never sound bad on the radio."
Thanks! Scott that was absolutely awesome! Yep that is definitely the #1 for success. You definitely paid your "dues" along your career path. So glad you be sharing your wisdom. All the best.
I appreciate that!
Brilliant personal development advice.
Thank you, Scott, for verbalizing your path so that others can learn from that. Sometimes it will also feel like you're the only one that's had this problem before, but it took me many years to understand that that is rarely the case. Everyone has hurdles and obstacles in their path, but the most efficient ones just deal with them and move on.
I will say not everyone has a good mentor when they're starting out. So that is my rule #2. Networking. Find yourself a mentor that has been through the gauntlet. Lots of guys out there with a lot of experience that would love a free lunch once in a while. Hell, they usually will do it for nothing.
Great video!
My grandfather was a Flying Chief during War 2.
Thank you for rule #1.
It took me about 30 years to learn that.
SCOTT GREAT SHOW,AS A FORTY FIVE YEAR NAVY COUNSELOR YOU NAILED IT .EXCUSES WALK.
ADMITTING PERSONAL FAILURE AND NOT FOCUSING ARE TRAITS THAT MOST FOLK HAVE.
HARD THOUGHTS AND THINKING AHEAD IS OUT OF THERE LEAGUE. AVERAGE PROCEDURES IS THE RULE.
THE KEY TO SUCCESS. (ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING.) YOU ARE STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE A UNITED STATE MARINE
RESP/SUB SEMPER -FI A NEW SUBSCRIBER (CHIEF0
Semper Fi my friend!
My dad (see my pic) was a B-17 crew member with 35 missions over Nazi Germany and 3 brothers who were Air Force Officers, one who flew F-4’s
Thank you for this, Gunny! I've spent countless hours teaching young LTs this concept. Some never got it. The best never needed a lesson in Rule #1.
The best got their lessons long before you ever met them, from the tutor known as failure.
Excellent video, well done sir.
Love this channel, we need more of this !
great talk track. thank you sir.
Incredible, riveting presentation!
I was at Osh Kosh for 1st time in 31 years…Was stunned by how big it was !
Thanks Scott!
Great story Scott, It was enjoyable to hear your personal story. To this day, I regret letting the Navy and Air Force tell me no. I believe had I been more resourceful and determined I could have achieved my goal in spite of the obstacles put in front of me. Your story proves my thoughts out. While it’s too late for me, I hope your story inspires those who want to be fighter pilots understand the path is going to be filled with obstacles, it’s how you respond to them that will make the difference.
Thomas, you are exactly right! It's not too late to fly, I'm sure there's an airport nearby;)
@@FlyWirescottperdue Yes Scott, been flying since I was 16…long time ago. Just didn’t do everything I could have to make the fighter pilot dream a reality. I appreciate all your videos and your insight and expertise. 👍🏻
Inspirational ! Loved hearing you story. Everyone seems to think the career path is a smooth arc rising thru training and culminating in the left seat of . It ain't.... ya gotta want it.
Wise words to live by 👍
Excellent message Scott.
Thanks, Scott. I graduated from USAF pilot training in 1969 and 2 of the next 4 years over the sunny skies of Vietnam. I had never been in an airplane until I took my first flight in pilot training. So, for all the folks out there wondering if you need to get your private license and some experience before going into the military, there are many ways that it can be done. Would it have helped to have some familiarity with flying? Maybe, but the military is going to teach you their way anyhow.
True enough... they aren't much interested in your prior experience! The military way!
So true Max. Prior to going to UPT ('72-'73) was able to climb in the cockpit of an F-4 at the local base. Looked pretty daunting and came away thinking I could never do this. Two years later I was flying them.
@@jcheck6 You know, the crazy thing is the military will train anyone with basic mental and physical qualifications to do almost any job. I was just a poor boy from Mississippi who was able to graduate college in 1967. Four years later I was responsible for a B-52 on nuclear alert that was tasked with dropping two bombs on targets in the Soviet Union if so ordered by the President. Then, I looked at it as my duty and my job. Today, 50 years later, it is a miracle that we have survived that period of “MAD”, but I reflect on the fact that today men & women are still on alert in airplanes, missile bases and submarines with the same responsibility.
Top job
Thanks Scott
You had the right stuff, direction, motivation, purpose in life.
Very Good Advice Scott. I to am a ExMarine and now a Business Jet Pilot and there is never a flight I feel I could not do better.
Landings how many great landings have you had smooth touch down on the touch down zone and on the centerline.
Great advice!
As always: The Truth is What Happened...or Happens. Thanks Scott!
Great lesson about life and desire and persistence, and most of all responsibility. Great job Gunny
Coral Gables 🌴🇺🇸 Hehe. I remember my first duty base Otis VOODOO driver. 🏄
“Any day flying is better than driving”. Or words to that effect. I understand, and get your drift. Fighter pilots are the elite in the armed services, regardless of the branch. Thank you for your life lessons, and service to our country.
As a driver for 48 years of commercial vehicles, (bus) I will adjust your statement to say, any day driving is better than walking.
And to address rule #1 for the youngsters out there. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. Learn from it. And, practice, practice, practice your craft. The end result could be success. I will stack up my safety record against anybody. 11655 days of service without an accident.
Try for perfection. It is out there.
Awesome Jim, Thank you!
“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” - Phyllis Theroux
Great video Scott. This attitude and initiative works across the board, definitely in aviation but also in general life.
This guy is the real deal. He understands and communicates the actual probable cause for success. :>)
Loved learning from ya way back when (99BBE) and looking forward to buying you a beverage next time we cross paths Gunny
Please do! It's great to hear from you!
One of my instructors in Kingsville in 2003 was a former Marine Corps enlisted pilot who flew Fighters up to the 60s. I wonder if your dad and knew him.
I have no interest in being a literal fighter pilot, but I very want to learn as much as I can and gain where I can from a field like that which is very much outside my ball of wax. Thanks for putting in the effort to get this out there for everyone to learn from, aspiring fighter pilots and everyone else.
BRAVO ZULU, 100 over 100. "[s]ergeant pilots" sparked memories of my time with VMGR-352 and Capt., later Maj., Henry Wildfang. 'Bud' was the best C-130 jock I ever knew. Semper Fi!
The last enlisted pilot on active duty was ACCM Robert K. "NAP" Jones, who retires from the Navy on January 31, 1981. C-130's at the end, I believe.
Great advise. Thanks for sharing. Saludos !!!
I bookmarked this one. I need the constant reminder. Thanks.
Wonderful!