10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit

Third and final part of my interview with RAF Squadron Leader, Chris "Toppo" Topham, he discusses flying the F-117A Stealth Fighter on exchange with the United States Air Force. Check out Toppo's progressive rock record label here: https://www.planegroovy.com/Please do like, subscribe, hit the bell button and comment - it helps drive traffic to the channel!50 second plug for Red EaglesSupport the...

In this, the second episode of my three-part interview with RAF Squadron Leader, Chris "Toppo" Topham, he discusses flying the F-117A Stealth Fighter on exchange with the United States Air Force. Please do like, subscribe, hit the bell button and comment - it helps drive traffic to the channel!50 second plug for Red EaglesSupport the Show.

Hi EverybodyAfter a short break, I’m pleased to say once again: Welcome back to 10 percent true! Before I introduce my latest guest, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has subscribed to my Youtube channel, visited the 10pct facebook page, and otherwise supported the channel. If you’re watching this on YouTube, then please excuse the dodgy Covid beard – it was shaved off for the next video! - p...

Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it. https://amzn.to/2yL0O6QIn March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day. Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, a...

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Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it. https://amzn.to/2yL0O6QIn March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day. Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, a...

In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day. Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the...

Part 2 of the 10 Percent True interview with LTC (ret.) Randall "Hacker" Haskin. Hacker flew the F-15E, T-38 and MC-12, and was a U-2 Mission Planner, during his time in the US Air Force. His wide ranging interview covers everything from Undergraduate Pilot Training to combat over the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan. Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10per...

Welcome to this special 10 percent true broadcast commemorating the 34th anniversary of the so-called raid on Libya – a retaliatory, but limited strike, on key targets in Libya designed to show then-leader of Libya, Col Gadaffi, that President Reagan would not put up with state sponsored terrorism. The raid was a multi service affair that involved air and sea elements provided by the US Air Force...

Part 1 of the 10 Percent True interview with LTC (ret.) Randall "Hacker" Haskin. Hacker flew the F-15E, T-38 and MC-12, and was a U-2 Mission Planner, during his time in the US Air Force. His wide ranging interview covers everything from Undergraduate Pilot Training to combat over the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan. Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10per...

Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10percenttrue/?source_id=105095704320774Part 3 and the AMA from the 10 Percent True interview with C.W. Lemoine, also known as "Mover".In this third and final part of the interview, we discuss the role of the T-38A and the 2d FTS in playing adversary for the F-22 and F-35, and delve into the hazards of building a social...

Part 2 of 3.In this test of a new take on an old format, aviation photographer extraordinaire, Rich Cooper, picks the six shots he'd take with him to a desert island, and explains why. Rich is the owner of the Centre of Aviation Photography (http://www.centreofaviationphotography.com/) and has been in the aviation photojournalism business since the age of 11 (no joke!). Download this episode as a...

Part 1 of 3.In this test of a new take on an old format, aviation photographer extraordinaire, Rich Cooper, picks the six shots he'd take with him to a desert island, and explains why. Rich is the owner of the Centre of Aviation Photography (http://www.centreofaviationphotography.com/) and has been in the aviation photojournalism business since the age of 11 (no joke!). Download this episode as a...

Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10percenttrue/?source_id=105095704320774Part 2 of the 10 Percent True interview with C.W. Lemoine, also known as "Mover".In this second part of the interview, we discuss the multi-role mission, combat, switching from the Air Force to the Navy... and back, the differences between the Hornet and Viper, and the challenges o...

Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10percenttrue/?source_id=105095704320774Part 1 of the 10 Percent True interview with C.W. Lemoine, also known as "Mover".Mover is a USAF Reserve T-38A pilot with a background in the F-16C and F/A-18A+. In this first part of the interview, he explains how he got into flying, and what his experiences were leading up to his...

Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10percenttrue/?source_id=105095704320774Rear Admiral (ret.) Jim "Rookie" Robb flew F-14s in the US Navy for 25 years, accumulating 4,000 hours on type in the process. This is the second part of a two-part 10 Percent True interview, in which Robb discusses attending TOPGUN as a student, instructor and Commanding Officer,...

Rear Admiral (ret.) Jim "Rookie" Robb flew F-14s in the US Navy for 25 years, accumulating 4,000 hours on type in the process. He was the first pilot to go straight to the F-14 from flight school, and was in the first F-14 class to go through Top Gun. He later returned as an instructor, and then again as CO of the prestigious and world-famous unit. This is the first of a two-part 10 Percent True i...

Dave Southwood, a British test pilot with 11,000 hours' experience, talks for the first time on camera about the secret test flights he conducted in the F-117 Nighthawk at Groom Lake (Area 51) in 1986.This is the final part of a three-part 10 Percent True interview with Dave. Join the 10 Percent True Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/10percenttrue/?source_id=10509570432077450 se...

Dave Southwood is a British test pilot with 11,000 hours' experience, of which +7,500 hours are on fast jets. This is the second of a three-part 10 Percent True interview in which Dave discusses his time as a test pilot at the RAF's Empire Test Pilot's School - a role he fulfils to this day. Dave was featured extensively in the BBC's excellent series, Test Pilot, from the mid-1980s. Today, he refe...

Dave Southwood is a British test pilot with 11,000 hours' experience, of which +7,500 hours are on fast jets. This is the first of a three-part 10 Percent True interview in which Dave discusses his time as a front-line fast jet pilot in the Royal Air Force, and talks through his time on Operation Pulsator. 50 second plug for Red EaglesSupport the show