T-38 Helmet cam, full comms.

Just came across this 'little' gem.

- Interesting that they cant find/spot each other for the first 10-15 min.

Ever wonder what a full military fighter jet flight is like - no music, no video cuts, full comms (cockpit intercom and airtraffic)? Holloman AFB White Sands Missile Range. Mission: 46th Test Group? Circa 1993 At the time F-117 Stealth (black cockroaches) were stationed there. AMRAAM dry fire test run flight (Unclass), Targets were flying QF-106 drones I believe. Chase plane (helmet cam cockpit view) AT-38B Smurfjet ;),Callsign Dobby1. F-15E (Amraam carrier) Callsign Eagle13 (with Edwards tailsign). Flight Time: ca 60:00m. F-15E join up appx 15:30m.

Better write that aircraft up in the Tech Log- "Model visibility setting too low!" :music_whistling:

Great vid, thanks for posting.

Seeing things in the skies can be much trickier than one would imagine.

Seeing things in the skies can be much trickier than one would imagine.

Well, a video from a crappy head cam with crappy autofocus, compressed down, and watched on a not-so-perfect computer screen can hardly be measured up to actual human eye. That said, I had only one chance to try it in real life so far, and despite I knew from ATC comms where to look for other aircraft, I failed to spot every single of them. :)

So yeah, not that easy for sure. But then again, my eyes certainly aren't the sharpest ones there are.

Well, a video from a crappy head cam with crappy autofocus, compressed down, and watched on a not-so-perfect computer screen can hardly be measured up to actual human eye. That said, I had only one chance to try it in real life so far, and despite I knew from ATC comms where to look for other aircraft, I failed to spot every single of them. :)

 

So yeah, not that easy for sure. But then again, my eyes certainly aren't the sharpest ones there are.

I think more to the point it was the actual pilot in the video that had trouble spotting the F-15 at the start, not us trying to spot him in the video...

That said, I have a couple thousand hours trying to spot aircraft from the center seat on the flight deck of a P-3, and yep it is hard. You do get better at it thou for sure - generally it was the flight eng that spotted stuff first. :thumbup:

You have absolutely no problem spotting Mig-29's though lol...they are the little spot at the front of the huge smoke trail...

I think more to the point it was the actual pilot in the video that had trouble spotting the F-15 at the start, not us trying to spot him in the video...

Doh! Next time I comment on anything, I should probably watch the whole thing first, not just with the corner of my eye while doing other stuff... :doh:

I stand corrected then, thanks for pointing it out for me, mate. Oh, and your real life experience certainly is interesting. :thumbup:

WOW!.. Great find, thanks a lot dude!