Air Combat Clip

The cockpit scene you view on this clip is about 1/2 way through an air combat engagement that was initiated with a high-aspect head-on pass at approximately 7,000′ MSL (5,500′ above ground level) with a closing velocity of about 500 miles per hour. In this clip, Eric follows the Fighter Combat instructor pilot’s coaching from a position of slight advantage to a position of effectively employing a lethal gun attack on the adversary aircraft. Watch Eric fly and listen as Smo highlights various air combat concepts to Eric discussed the mission briefing for him to apply to the actual engagement.

THE INVERTED SPIN

Over 1/2 Mile Spinning Upside Down Descending at 8,000 Feet Per Minute Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Advanced NOTE: THIS MANEUVER IS NOT FOR EVERYONE HOWEVER, THE TAILSLIDE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION ON ANY MISSION PROFILE IF YOU CHOOSE TO SEE IT   What’s Happening?The Inverted Spin can simply be described as a rapid descent [...]

The Outside Loop

Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Advanced NOTE: THIS MANEUVER IS NOT FOR EVERYONE HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION ON ANY MISSION PROFILE IF YOU CHOOSE TO SEE IT HISTORY OF THE OUTSIDE LOOP: (Reprinted from: www.u-s-history.com) James H. Doolittle 1896-1993: In 1927, Doolittle was the first person to successfully execute an outside loop — [...]

The Hammerhead

Client Air Show Pilot: Nils Hammon
Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Basic
In this video clip , Paul BJ Ransbury demonstrates the Hammerhead to Nils who came to Fighter Combat International all the way from Germany with his wife Stephanie. They sure had fun today doing aerobatics and will be going head-to-head in our advanced air combat course on Thursday. Although Nils has a PhD in Physics, after watching his wife fly today, we’re not convinced it’s going to help him against her in air combat … the final results will speak for themselves

Knife Edge Spin Up

Client Air Show Pilot: Mike Harris
AEROBATIC MANEUVER
Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Advanced

In this video clip the Fighter Combat pilot Paul BJ Ransbury demonstrates then talks the client (Mike) through the entry and recovery of this particular advanced aerobatic maneuver last Friday, 4 March 2005.

THE CUBAN EIGHT

Client Air Show Pilot: Sean McAleavy
Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Basic

In this video clip (below), Fighter Combat Instructor Pilot (Paul BJ Ransbury), demonstrates the first half of the Cuban Eight maneuver and then has client-pilot, Sean, fly the second half. Sean is not a pilot and has never done aerobatics before beyond his F-15 flight simulator at home. The Cuban Eight combines the inside loop and aileron roll together to let the pilot do a bit of sky writing. When done properly, observers will see what looks like a figure eight laying on its side (diagram below). The image shown to the left is a clip from the right wingtip video camera as the aircraft passes the vertical up position pulling around to the top of the first loop.

THE VERTICAL POINT/HESITATION ROLL

Client Air Show Pilot: Jim Saloga
Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Advanced
In this video clip (below), Paul BJ Ransbury demonstrates the Vertical Point Roll to Jim. Jim comes to Fighter Combat as a proud participant of the Copperwynd Resort Adventure Package. The maneuver detailed on this page combines the precision of flying the vertical line with the performance of a rolling maneuver with hesitations at each 90 degrees of roll.

HIGH-ASPECT AIR COMBAT ENGAGEMENT

Advanced Air Combat Mission – High Aspect Air Combat Engagement Video: This clip is from our Advanced Air Combat Mission. In addition to single-day events, Fighter Combat International also provides multi-day and week-long training courses that are available all year around! At our air combat school in Mesa, Arizona USA, we specialize in providing the general public the opportunity of enjoying this outdoor adventure activity with real fighter pilots in real aerobatic aircraft. No flight experience is required – this is NOT an air combat simulation. If you like air combat games like Fighter Ace, Air Combat Patrol, Air to Air Combat and other air combat simulations then you’ll love flying REAL air combat under the guidance of our REAL air combat fighter pilot instructors in REAL aircraft. Please let us know what you think of this “fight-to-music clip” by filling out our survey below…

Air Combat Introduction

Gift Givers/Seekers – Please Read: There are two main air combat mission profiles to choose from at Fighter Combat International: The Introduction to Air Combat Maneuvering and the Advanced Air Combat Mission. If you’re not sure which profile to select then it really comes down to the kind of person you are buying the present [...]

Wild Sleigh Ride

Client Air Show Pilot: Seth Wilson Category (Basic, Advanced or Extreme): Advanced In this video clip (below), instructor Clarke “Otter” McNeace talks customer Seth (aka Viking) through the Torque Roll. Seth is an Arizona local adventurer from Anthem, AZ. He sure had fun doing aerobatics and went head-to-head in our advanced air combat course in [...]

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