Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds

on the right wing and was like, 470 00:28:14,401 --> 00:28:15,443 "I got a new wingman." 471 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:26,745 Every time I climb up the ladder, I look out my right wing and say, 472 00:28:26,746 --> 00:28:29,415 "Hey, Grandpa, like, hang on. It's gonna be a hell of a ride," 473 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:30,750 every single day. 474 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,056 All right, fix that spacing. 475 00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:48,393 Winds aren't bad. No pitch. 476 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:54,190 As the ground-based evaluator for the team, 477 00:28:54,691 --> 00:28:58,069 my role is to tell the team how they're gonna look to the crowd. 478 00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:00,029 Decent roll. 479 00:29:01,322 --> 00:29:02,364 TT bobble. 480 00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:04,784 Nine right. Nice formation. 481 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:08,538 Probably a slow first half. 482 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:15,252 I'm looking for symmetry. Are the solos crossing offset from center? 483 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:16,170 Six high. 484 00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:18,505 I want them to be pristine. 485 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:19,841 Ready now. Break ready now. 486 00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:25,138 Pretty decent. Pretty decent. 487 00:29:28,057 --> 00:29:30,893 As all of this continues, we're gonna be watching it unfold here 488 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:32,561 as they approach certification coming up. 489 00:29:32,562 --> 00:29:35,189 That's a big deal. It's not a given. 490 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,691 You know, that looms really large. 491 00:29:37,692 --> 00:29:40,569 And I know that in Astro's mind it's there, 492 00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:43,238 and in each of those pilots, that's there too. 493 00:29:43,239 --> 00:29:45,741 "Please don't let it be me that screws this up." 494 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:47,117 Especially the newbies. 495 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:50,412 I mean, Primo, criminal justice is what he studied. 496 00:29:50,413 --> 00:29:54,416 I was trying to figure out how these guys get into fighter jets. 497 00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:57,378 He's studying criminal justice and had to fly a jet. 498 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:07,054 The high bomb burst is one of the most difficult maneuvers of any air show, 499 00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:09,265 and that's the one that we end it on. 500 00:30:09,849 --> 00:30:11,309 All right, here we go. 501 00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:19,650 7,000 in nose, coming up on 30, right on into four. 502 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:22,904 Standby to break. Let's break, ready now. 503 00:30:27,408 --> 00:30:28,827 Hold the line. 504 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:31,621 Two out, action. 505 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,003 Altitude, altitude. 506 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,005 Because we fly so close to the ground, 507 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:43,423 we turned off the safety features 508 00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:45,300 that would protect us from hitting the ground. 509 00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:47,261 - Warning. Warning. - Oh! 510 00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:50,098 Pull up. Passing, passing. Warning, warning. 511 00:31:00,608 --> 00:31:01,442 One mile. 512 00:31:03,444 --> 00:31:06,281 Fix that spacing. Smoke was a mess. 513 00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:08,741 Join it up, diamond. 514 00:31:13,621 --> 00:31:16,957 In this maneuver, Primo is not only gonna have to hold positive G, 515 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:19,793 but he's also gonna have to kick in the rudder, which he gets lateral G, 516 00:31:19,794 --> 00:31:22,380 so he's getting two different forces on his body at the same time. 517 00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:28,845 Come on, stay in there. 518 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:36,685 Why is it... That rejoin line is too aggressive. 519 00:31:36,686 --> 00:31:39,564 310, 320, 330. 520 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:42,691 Get on that line. Come on, Primo. 521 00:31:42,692 --> 00:31:43,943 Get on the line. Ah! 522 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:50,324 Hmm. Overshot the line. 523 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:51,242 Yeah. 524 00:31:52,035 --> 00:31:54,202 - I think we should try another. - Maybe. 525 00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:55,997 So Primo actually stays in this time. 526 00:32:13,097 --> 00:32:15,600 Okay, so this rejoin is where it gets way late. 527 00:32:19,354 --> 00:32:20,313 Holy shit. 528 00:32:21,356 --> 00:32:23,983 Yeah, that is not a great picture. 529 00:32:24,984 --> 00:32:28,278 Primo is struggling with the rejoin phase of the high bomb burst, 530 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:33,200 and that's that last phase where he's conducting a 135-degree slice 531 00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:36,453 upside-down while trying to find me and rejoin to my wing, 532 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:37,829 all within a couple of seconds. 533 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:39,916 Can you back it up to the start of that? 534 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,752 I think you have too much G initially. 535 00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:47,340 Beca...