Mike Ritland - Top Gun Fighter Pilot Instructor Jack Stewart Part One

Mike Ritland
Dec 31, 2023
Top Gun Fighter Pilot Instructor Jack Stewart Part One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfg3R-f7INI
Jack Stewart always wanted to fly. Following in his pilot father's footsteps, he pursued a career in aviation at the U.S. Naval Academy before serving 23 years as a fighter pilot, flying combat missions from three different aircraft carriers and deploying to Afghanistan as a member of an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party. He's also a graduate of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as TOPGUN, both for it's esteemed reputation of bringing up the finest dogfighters in the country, as well as the film series starring Tom Cruise, of course.

When you tell people you graduated from TOPGUN, it doesn't take long for the conversation to wander from real-life situations to whimsical Hollywood schlock, because c'mon - who doesn't want to know more about TOPGUN? Is the real program anything like what's in the movies? What kind of flight risks are people not aware of, and how does new technology help make dogfighting safer in modern warfare? And most importantly - did Jack ever buzz the tower, or is that just Hollywood bunk?

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
04:57 - Born in Fullerton
09:40 - Have You Seen Top Gun?
17:02 - Standing on Ceremony at the United States Naval Academy
24:09 - Student Body Shenanigans
34:32 - Senior Year Selection Day
38:38 - Flight School in August
45:43 - Fighter Jet Pilot Training
48:38 - How To Bomb A Target
01:04:11 - A Flight School Tragedy
01:08:03 - Challenges of an Oceanbound Aircraft Carrier Landing
01:12:41 - Getting Your Wings
01:22:54 - Flying 9/11
01:32:05 - Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-87
01:41:00 - Deploying after Operation Iraqi Freedom

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