- Ephrata Dustup 2009
May 2009 - DG-1000 on TV
Apr 2009 - Flying the A36 Bonanza
Dec 2008 - Soaring in the ASH-25 Mi
Nov 2008 - Flying the Cessna 340
Sep 2008 - Flying the Stearman PT-18
Sep 2008 - Northwest Soaring & Flying
Summer 2008 - Flying the Kitfox on Floats
Jun 2008 - Flying Old Yaller in Alaska
Apr 2008 - Flying the Chang (Pt2)
Jun 2007 - DG-1000 in Australia
Mar 2007 - Father/Son Soaring
Dec 2006 - Flying the Nanchang CJ-6
Dec 2006 - Soaring in Australia
Dec 2006 - Soaring in the DG-303
Nov 2006 - Soaring in Poland
Jun 2006 - Soaring in the 304 CZ
May 2006 - Flying the Lake Renegade
May 2006 - Soaring in Hemet, CA
Apr 2006 - Flying the Cessna 120
Jan 2006 - Flying the Jet Caproni
Jun 2005 - Warrior Flying
2004-2005 - DG-1000 Soaring
2003-2005 - Ridge Soaring in Hawaii
Mar 2005 - Flying the 1946 Swift
Nov 2004 - Flying the Goodyear Blimp
Oct 2004 - Flying the Cirrus
Sep 2004/Aug 2006 - Soaring in New Zealand
Mar 2004 - Check Out in the DG-1000
Sep 2003 - Ephrata Encampment
Jun 2003 - Flying the Stemme S10-VT
Oct 2002 - Darrington Expedition
Jul 2002 - Winter Soaring in Florida
Feb 2002 - Flying the T-33
Oct 2001 - Soaring in Ireland
Aug 1999 - Soaring in the U.K.
May 1999 - Flying the F-15 Eagle
1978-1987 - Other Fighters
1975-1985 - Flying the Phoebus
May 1976
Other Fighters
Although I've had the great opportunity to fly almost all of my nearly 2000 fighter hours in the F-15, I've also been lucky enough to fly six other fighters. In the late 70's and early 80's I was able to fly a number of the classic jet fighters, logging some great flights in the F-4, F-104, F-16, F-5, F-106 and F-111.
F-106
F-106B Minot AFB, ND
59-0159 11 Mar 1985- 1.9 hours
Intercepts with Bruce Fritzsche, attempted some Basic Fighter Maneuvers, but wing tanks wouldn't feed, practiced a number of flameout approaches.
59-0159 19 Dec 1984- 1.7 hours
Attempted intercepts with John Janazzo, bad radar, flew Basic Fighter Maneuvers vs. another F-106 piloted by Ken Brown.
57-2545 6 Dec 1984- 1.8 hours
With Charlie Ross, intercepts with another F-106, radar work, formation landing.
59-0159 was shot down on 5 Aug 1993 while on drone status from Tyndall AFB, FL, using an AIM-9M.
F-111
F-111A 67-090 Mountain Home AFB, ID
23 Jun 1982- 1.3 hours
Low level mission with Capt. Greg Haier, 390 TFS, auto terrain following radar down to 200 feet, impressive speed and stability down low. 67-090 was assigned originally to 430th TFS, later the 390th TFS of the 366th TFW at Mountain Home. This F-111A was later stored at AMARC near Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ and probably destroyed in 2001.
F-5
CF-5D 116845 Cold Lake AB, Canada
23 Apr 1982- 1.1 hours
Leading a flight of four F-5s in a low altitude (<100 feet) ingress over the Cold Lake ranges with Capt. "Carlos" Turner, 433 Squadron, the only one of the four F-5s to hit the target.
F-16
F-16B FB-11 Soesterberg AB, NL Belgian Air Force
15 Oct 1981- 1.3 hours
Flown with Capt. Crickle, 350 Sqdn, Belgian Air Force. 3 vs 2 Dissimilar Air Combat vs Soesterberg F-15Cs. High altitude run-in at FL450, excellent gun attack vs one F-15, 9G gun shot, flew a touch and go from the backseat. This F-16B, FB-11, later crashed on 23 Jun 1993 while attached to the Belgian FAB Flight Test Centre. It crashed near Marche-en-Famenne in the Belgian Ardennes, and the two pilots ejected safely.
F-104
CF-104D 104658 Soesterberg AB, NL Canadian Air Force
15 Aug 1980- 1.4 hours
Flown with Maj. John David. Low level flight with two other Canadian F-104s, flew against ground targets at the Pampa Range near Beauvechain, Belgium. Heavy aileron forces, flew a straight-in from the backseat to Soesterberg. This F-104 was later sold to the Turkish Air Force in 1986, with a new tail number of 5328.
F-4
F-4D 66-7693 Eglin AFB, FL Armament Development Test Center
18 Jun 1975- 1.3 hours
During the Air Force Academy's 3rd Lieutenant program, I was lucky to be stationed at Eglin AFB for three great weeks of flying, getting flights in a T-38, UH-1N, T-39 and my first fighter, an F-4D attached to the Eglin Test Wing. I basically had the F-4 for 1.3 hours to enjoy. I first flew a speed run to Mach 1.4, then flew some basic fighter man-euvers and aerobatics, followed by a low altitude return over the gulf, and then a number of back seat overhead patterns and low approaches. Not bad for a 21 year old!
