6 Little-Known Aerial Refueling Facts With My Dad
Vložit
- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- These videos are not monetized. DOD service members are not authorized to solicit or accept gifts because of their official position. My "buy me a beer" account is no longer active.
The views and opinions presented herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its Components. Appearance of, or reference to, any commercial products or services does not constitute DoD endorsement of those products or services. The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute DoD endorsement of the linked websites, or the information, products or services therein.
This video shall not be reused, reproduced, or redistributed without written permission from Growler Jams. Any and all unauthorized reproductions of this video will be prosecuted. "Fair use" of this video is not authorized without written permission from Growler Jams.
Welcome aboard an inflight interview with my dad while tanking off a KC-135R Stratotanker. My father is the reason why I chose aviation as a career. I hope you enjoy his angle on tanker operations.
Cheers!
Chapters:
0:00 1NM in Trail of the Tanker
1:32 Contact
3:00 Tanker Pilot Training?
4:19 Tanker Considerations?
6:12 Unable to Give Gas?
7:44 Number of Pilots?
8:53 How Long Can You Stay Airborne?
11:00 Throttle Modulation?
12:25 Offload Complete
If you like the video, please like, subscribe, and turn on notifications - I appreciate it! If we get enough support, we can keep this channel going.
#ASMR #relaxationmeditation #flightdeckoperations #usnavy #f18 #superhornet #flynavy #avgeek #naswi #flightdeck #navy #growler #theodoreroosevelt #topgun #navalaviation #aviation #aviationworld #aviationlovers #fighterjet #trending #goshawk #cockpitview #navy_motivational_video #cockpitviews #dcs #dcsworld
As a former flt. attendant, you both have that "airline pilot" voice! 😊
How cool to have your dad in your video. You're blessed to still have
him.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I found myself sitting with tears listening to your father having a informative chat with you. I myself never had a father in my life and it hit home watching and hearing this video what I missed out on. 66 years old non military, father of 2 wonderful girls and 45 years of marriage. Love to see your videos when they are posted. Thank you Dad, Mom & son for your service to our country. New Jersey USA
It sure does make a difference, I never knew, until I was in my 40s how damaging it was. So much you just never learn
Wow, great comment...touching.
What a heart felt comment, Southjerseymountain. 💜
Same here 🙏😢💓
Same here. My father was an Air Force Phantom pilot who didn’t make it home from Vietnam. My mother had his funeral and then 6 days later had his only child. 56 years on now and I’m only just starting to really understand how it affected my life. NJ too.
Happy to buy Jammer Senior a beer any day of the week. Brilliant chat, cheers from Australia!
Cheers and thank you for your support!!
“Wing it”…that was a next level dad joke
😂
Thanks Pail for making this video. I enjoy listening to different military pilots perspectives on how to fly the mission. Your dad hit a home run and hopefully we'll hear more from him. I can imagine how proud you both are of each other. Really nice.
Fly Navy!
Fly Navy!
Tanker Toads are the unsung heroes of the USAF. Nobody flies very far without them. NKAWTG! You're blessed to have a Toad as your father!
Outstanding. You are so lucky to have your dad around. My dad was 20 years in the Naval Reserves after WWII so I grew up loving the Navy. Thanks for the great jams.
Cheers!
Something tells me that your dad knows what ALL the buttons do with that much experience. Thanks for what both of you do.👍✌️
Everyone flying as a military or commercial aviator knows the cockpit of the airplane he is flying very well.Its just that Pail and senior are such smooth operators ...that's why you think that ..
@@nightflight1454 I hear a song....🎶smooth operator.....🎶 😆
@teresahixson8716 Sade ,.... sweet as cherrie pie ..wild like Friday night ...
@@nightflight1454 oh yeah !
Fathers are so important in shaping their sons. You have a great Dad.
I’m an Apache instructor. My longest flight in Afghanistan was 11.7 hours supporting troops in contact. I was smoked. Great work @ Lark69 and Pail. My wings are silver too.
Awesome video and tribute to your Dad.
Pail, best jam ever! Great to see your Dad relating his experiences as a tanker pilot. Thank you both and your mother for your service to our great country. Wish there were more like all of you. The country can use it.
So rad to have your dad share his experiences. Super cool to watch the refule from the cockpit view.and thank you for being such a patriotic family!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video!!!
I’m a Marine who crossed over to the AFRC as an SME with a KC-135 squadron, I was treated just like one of the crew. I have watched and heard a lot of receivers make contact, your view and narration is very interesting.
In my squadron, the nav’s were phased out in the late 90’s, which left the typical crew of only 3. Most of our pilots were command pilots so left and right seat was a flip of the coin.
Great Video. Two Proud Patriots. God Bless you guys. I gave the Navy 20 years. H-3/H-2 Helicopter Crewman. FLY NAVY!🇺🇸🇺🇸
Fly Navy!
You both have that smooth airliner pilot voice.
Yes! I was thinking the same thing!
Of all your excellent videos I’ve seen this is one of your best
🍺🍺. Here ya go and 1 for Dad
There's a youtube channel called 'The Outsider' which is in my vein. It's a guy building a log cabin in the wilderness and his dad was helping out. And I watched his videos thinking how awesome it was for his dad to spend so much time with his son. But then his dad died recently, so he's continuing the build alone. Never stop talking to your dad. You just don't know.
Like father like son. How amazing.
I remember my grandpa telling me when I was 5 years old “the bigger they are the easier they are to fly”. We were standing in the cockpit of a brand new Pan Am 747 at Miami International. He was a SAC pilot based at Homestead flying B52’s and he and a bunch of his fellow pilots were there checking out that new 74. I remember that it was like being in a very large room full of dials and switches from floor to ceiling and didn’t understand at all what he had meant when he told me that. Looked pretty complicated to me at the time. It was years later after I started flying that I got what he meant. It’s true. The bigger they are the easier they are to fly. I was very fortunate to have gotten to hang out with my grandpa that day. I remember that like it was yesterday and have never forgotten that new airplane smell.
How cool is that Pail!
Thank you really. Enjoyed listening to. Your dad. God bless you stay safe
You guys ROCK, 9000 hours in multi-engines jets, Dad's da MAN! Go Navy...
Hands down top three favorite videos, Pail ! Such a special treat getting your Dad's perspective on things. So cool. And the ending.... I'M DYING 😂😂😂
Please, thank your parents for their service and let them know how proud of you all of us are.
Love and prayers from your Mother Wingman. 😉 🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻
Fly Navy 💫 #TeamPail
So cool Dad and son.
Hello Steve awesome son you have
Love the interview. You and your Dad sound a lot alike.
The apple fell right next to the tree.
Thank you and your family (Mom, Dad, Wife & Kids) as you all better than anyone have a first hand understanding of the sacrifices all of our uniformed military members endure on behalf of our great nation. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all very much.
Cheers!!
You're Dad is super proud !!!.
I don't know why but I find it rather amusing that they had to refuel the tanker. Twice in one mission. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you Daddy Growler for your service. And as to the question about the AF or Navy family, my answer to you guys is this, Y’all are a Patriotic Aviation family. Much love and may you always have landings that you can walk away from 😉
oh, man, that was awesome. thanks for sharing❤
That must have been AWESOME flyin' with your dad!!! You will remember that most special period of time in your life for the rest of your life!
Sounds like a dad to be proud of.. Interesting to hear about his flying experience. At first I though this was going to be air-air comms between you and the tanker...but then I though wait... 🙂
What a Jam! This is friggin awesome. I have an enormous amount of gratitude to give to you and your parents. What a gas. I love the idea of the interview with your pop. My second solo cross country was from TVC to OSC. A 21 hr "cross the world" is quite a trip.
I'm kind of a fan of gold on white, nothing against the Air Force. Your dad has a huge "boat" load of hours. I suspect that you and your dad spend a bunch of time talking civilian aircraft and can glean a lot of info from him. Once again Commander, very well done. Is an interview with "Mom" in the future? Fly Navy. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 Rob.
I don’t think my mom has much interest in this. She never felt directly with aviation. I’ll ask her, though. We will see.
Your fathers comments were spot on! I was a boomer on the 135E/Q and R/T. Also I had many friends who were dependents at McClellan. I’ll bet we have friends in common. Some time it would be cool to find out. On my boom initial check ride I had a B-52 on the boom doing 30 degrees of bank. Best job in the Air Force. Don’t let that hose hit your nose now 😊
That was especially good... thanks to you both!!!
I'm not a tanker pilot, (my son Alex is though), but I'd say the main difference in manipulating controls while in contact with a tanker is that your'e in formation. That mindset requires smooth, steady and precise yoke and throttle movement to enable a safe platform for the receiver. This will reduce his workload and keep inputs more predictable, and controlled and smooth.
Beautiful! All the best to you both!
Okinawa 1986. Kadena AFB chow hall had much better grub than our galley at Camp Shields Seabee camp. Carry on.
Thanks to all of your family for serving. This was a great vo episode.
Awesome perspective from the receiver end. I crewed 135s fro 92-97 and have been in many refueling missions across the globe. One of our longest flights was dragging your predecessor, the EA6 from Spain to the east coast of Bangor. We left and headed back to the Forks and you guys flew on to Whidbey Island. I left the AD in 97 and moved on to crew the F16 and then the F22 in the guard. Thank you for your service and videos. We all bleed the same warfighter blood, but it’s always best to Aim High! 🤣🤣
Excellent video as always! 👍🏻❤️🇺🇸
Now this was an especially awesome video! Thanks for arranging this, Pail! And many thanks to both your parents as well for their service!
Fantrastic vid Pail !! Fly NAVY !!Thanks your whole family !!
You are all heroes to me! Thank you for your service!
Thanks Pail. Great stuff!!
Outstanding and truly unique perspective!
Great video. The interview with your Dad was great.
LOL fun video and very nice to hear from your Dad.
awesome discussion - thanks Dad for your service - great stuff
That video was another outstanding and informative video! Thank you to all 3 of you for your service. Amazing videos!
That was an informative & great interview with your dad good stuff well You have a great day safe week and we'll see you for the next one!!
Great stuff Pail and Pop's !
Great video. Your channel keeps getting better and better!
Thanks for sharing your Dad’s wisdom with us!
I’m sorry to be two months (+/-) late to the party here, but also really glad I came across this video, Pail.
Don’t know exactly ‘why’, but I’ve had a consistent feeling watching & listening to you that you might be a ‘military brat’ as well as a USN Aviator. You’ve just had the air about you of someone who grew up ‘in the life’. Outstanding.
Give my gratitude & appreciation to your Dad and Mom both! Sounds like he had as successful a career as a pilot as he did a father. A value in a person that’s impossible to even quantify these days. Loved hearing his perspectives! 🫡🇺🇸
One thing I’ve always wanted to know, but have always heard conflicting things about… can the crew of a tanker/refueling aircraft fly on the stores of fuel they are delivering? I guess a more simple way to put that would be can the tanker refuel themselves from the stores they’re carrying? I’ve always wondered if they had the plumbing to do that.
Once again… thanks for this. Awesome to learn about your family. 👍🏼
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, the tanker doesn’t have “unusable” fuel. It can transfer its offload to itself. Cheers!
love this video. So informative and interesting. Your channel just keeps getting better. 😊
Amazing! Thank you both for all your service and dedication, we really appreciate it! The button joke was really funny too :-) What an amazing family!
Awesome stuff. Hell of a career for both of you. Well done.
That was great, really enjoyed hearing your dad's perspective. Fly Navy
Wow, saving this one for when I have time!
Never forget how lucky you both are.
Thank you for sharing, sir 🫡
Just discovered your great vids Pail. USN '73-'98 here. Prior IFE on KC-130Fs in Rota. FE's control the IFR pods & entire, busy, IFR system, so I much enjoyed seeing the IFR from the receiver position. Going to Big Texaco with your dad is about the coolest aviation vid effort. Well Done shippy!
TYFYS.
Thanks, Pail, a great interview with your dad who provided so many interesting insights👍.
A great and beautiful emotional vidéo ... thanks for it !... fly safe !!!!
Fantastic voice over! Great to hear both of your perspectives on how tanking works!
Thank you this was great a wonderful family protecting America. God bless both of you,.
Cool episode. My dad flew fighters from the F4U to the F8, and I got to take him up in the trunk about ten years after he'd retired. That was 40 years ago and will always be a cherished memory. And nothing looks better than Gold Wings. Fly Navy.
Fly Navy!
Go Navy, but seriously, thanks to you, and your Mom and Dad for their service! As you might expect, a boat sailor rarely gets opportunities to fly in military AC, but I have a good friend who was a boom operator and got me a “Fam” flight years ago. Being a PPSEL as well, it was cool to be in the cockpit during TO and later to observe the refueling from the KC135 refueling pod. Bravo Zulu
How cool to hear from Growler Dad. If it weren't for the tanker pilots, our air superiority mission would certainly falter. As he said, it doesn't really matter what color the wings are in the end; what matters is getting the mission done. FLY NAVY!
amazing insight, thanks so much to you both !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for this. Great to hear from your pop and have a perspective from inside the tanker.
Beautiful and moving conversation 👍❤️👏Mr Growler
What a great surprise to get to hear your Dad! Now that is cool. Love the Jam
Just Fantastic Content ! Wow really ! Also so cool to have your own Dad on board and telling us all what is going on in the mind of that big bird of gas as she,s feeding that hawk on her tail ! You Guys are amazing ly Lucky to be Living the Life of Angels ! Thankyou Both for your Service ! 👋
Awsome video!
This is one of the best content i've ever seen on youtube EVER. Thank you sir, salute to the old man. Love it!
Wow, thanks!
Pail this was great, your dads awesome!, Thank you for this!
My pleasure!
How cool! God bless your Dad for all of his service, both military and civilian. What a wonderful legacy you both have with your family service.
Y’all are like aviation encyclopedias! Enjoyed listening to you both. #USAF #FlyNavy 💙
Thank you for the wonderful video! Makes me think of my father. Two tours in Vietnam in F-4s many other deployments away from the family. I loved his stories when he would share them. I miss him everyday. Your dad is a hero in my book, as are all of you who serve and sacrificed for this great country. Thanks for the best video yet!
What a great interview with your dad. Having him riding in the back must have been an honor for you. Great seeing Navy and Air Force interaction. Thank you.
Thanks Dad...... great you were there with junior.... My RESPECT to you both!!!!!!
thanks so much! Super interesting interview and video to see. 🖖
That was pure gold my friend!!
Cheers!
As always, a great video. Nice to have your dad onboard.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great episode. Thanks for bringing pops along!
You bet!
That was really cool and fun to watch and listen. I learned a lot! Thank you to you, your Dad and all the men and women in armed services in maintaining our way of life and keeping us safe.😎
Great inside view, love your vids. Interesting to see the differences in your technique between the boom attached drogue v. wing attached drogues. Awesome :)
Thank you and your dad for your patriotic service to our great country! God bless you both!
Thank you!
That's so cool your dad was a airforce pilot and your a navy avatar. Thank you and your Dad and family for your service . And thank you for all your videos I just did a signature move. Keep up the great work flying the super bug
🇳🇿from New Zealand,Thank you Steve for your service 🫡 good insight on the refuelling of aircraft’s thanks Pail great Jam 🫡 🦅🦅
I've watched your channel from the start and it's getting better and better!
Thanks!
Thank Pail !. Appreciate the upload and it was cool to hear you and your Dad chat about his time as a tanker pilot.
very very cool, informative and humoristic and easily approachable
Great story! So cool to see your dad along for the ride! Thank you both for your service! (And your mom too!)
Cheers!
Amazing video.
Great video you two!
Awesome interview! You’re Dad is a true Patriot I proudly salute 🫡🇺🇸 Sounds like he had a hell of an AF & AA Career. That’s cool he was on the-10 at March before they came to Travis. Again great video!
Hey Pail. A really great jam. Hugely entertaining and informative. Loved it. All the very best from the UK to you and your dad. Fly Navy 👍
Cheers!