2007-02-12 22:17:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is possible to attain a ride aboard a fighter jet. You must be granted permission by a rather high ranking official, say a State Adjutant General or a Air Force Post/Wing Commander. That is the difficult part. The be fairly straight up about it, normally free ride-alongs are not so free. You must either be a reporter or television host doing an article on the military aircraft or pilots or someone that has donated a lot of money to a specific group that is supported by the military, or political official. I know of an incident a few years ago where some high profile political donors were given flights on a F-15 because they had donated large sums of money to a political party, that parties Governor won the election, and placed a bit of pressure on the states Adjutant General to make it happen. Is it fair? No.
So the answer to your questions are: yes, it is possible to take a ride but leaning on the side of impossible for it to happen to a curious student.
2007-02-13 00:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Bradford S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flying in a fighter jet? Well, there are a few ways you can do this. You can be a celebrity, some sort of journalist, or a "hometown hero" that gets lucky and selected for a ride with the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels. However, normal civilians don't ever get rides in fighters. Sorry. The closest to this would be cadets in ROTC or Academy cadets getting incentive rides, but they have military connections. But I have heard of quite a few AFROTC cadets in college getting back seat rides in fighters (F-15s and F-16s) and supersonic T-38s. Ya just gotta be at the right place at the right time for that. To go above 18,000 feet, you need an oxygen chamber card, too. So, if you happen to be at a base and offered a ride during a training mission and they say "Yeah, but we're going above flight level 180, do you have a card?" Well, let's hope you have a card, because if you don't, you're not going. And, you could always become a pilot of a supersonic jet, of course. As for HEARING one, the military goes supersonic at select airshows, like the one they hold at Edward's AFB. However, this is rare, and they only do it at remote bases. You also hear them occasionally near fighter bases or training areas. If you're in the jet going supersonic, it doesn't sound or feel any different. You wouldn't even know you're supersonic if you didn't have a mach number as part of your instruments.
2016-05-24 04:47:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
A) There is a war on, our fighter jets have more important duites at the moment.
B) Jet fuel costs money. So does training you on how to eject, and you can't fly in a plane that has an ejection seat without the proper training.
C) Most of the information about Fighter Aircraft is open, but there are still a few classifed things here and there.
D) There is always the "What does THIS button do?" factor... passengers represent an added element of risk to the pilot...probably not a large one but your number of takeoffs MUST equal your number of landings if you are going to retire.
Sometimes the USAF or the USN will take up a local reporter (like when the Thunderbirds come to town and they want to plug an air show) but with the exception of the occasional cute CNN anchor the answer is NO.
2007-02-13 01:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Larry R 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd say there is a billion to one chance of that happening.
2007-02-12 22:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by PS Drummer 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No impossible only reporters.
2007-02-12 22:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Are you Indian?
2007-02-12 22:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
depends. are you planning to hijack it and crash it into something?
2007-02-12 22:24:40 · answer #7 · answered by plhudson01 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋