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F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #16

The F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet came in both single-seat and two-seat variants, primarily utilized as trainer aircraft. Unlike the two-seat variants of those aircraft, the F-14 Tomcat never had flight controls in the backseat, meaning the back seater could not take over flying the jet in cases of emergency. There were no F-14 Tomcat trainers.

Instead, they'd do a "flip flop hop." They'd have the new pilot sit in the back after someone "fluffed" the aircraft, aka ran through the start up procedures with another pilot as the new pilot was not trained to be a RIO. Then they would watch their instructor go through certain maneuvers, then they would switch and the trainee would perform the same maneuvers.

#FFFOTD #F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #the more you know #I mean I knew this #f-14 tomcat #I knew because I looked it up a while ago #anytime baby! #I hate mornings #and I refuse to relinquish my nights to get proper sleep #even tho I won’t be waking up any later than 5 am forever #I’m a night owl y’all I ain’t built for this #SOURCE: Commom knowledge kinda? flip flop hop is from the F-14 Tomcast podcast #F-14 Tomcast #f 16 fighting falcon #F-16 #f/a 18 hornet #f/a-18 #aviation #fighter jets r cool #jets go brrrrrrrrt