There is a really interesting, informative thread over at Airwarriors.com, a Naval Aviation community forum.
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14784&page=1So far it's reached four pages and started off with a Student Naval Aviator asking about books to read for ACM - but as side reading. But it's grown into covering lots of other interesting bits from the veteran pilots (anyone you see with gold wings under their usernames). The posts by "A4sForever" are especially interesting. From what I gather he was also an Agressor Squadron pilot, now retired flying commercial. One of his tips to the SNA I found interesting was when he advises to learn how to use the rudder. Then begins a discussing using rudder only to turn during high-AOA flight/fighting to avoid departing.
There's another post by "Catmando" where Willie Driscoll is quoted as saying "Speed is the cushion of sloppiness."
Some commentary about the Air Force's attempt to kill the A-10. Finally, some perspective as it relates to flight simmers (and the reason why you shouldn't post in these kinds of forums unless you're actually one of them) after someone opined about doing ACM in Falcon 4.0:
Well, you'd probably make a great UAV pilot then as they sit in a 1G environment as you did at age of 15 and everytime you sit at your computer. Falcon and other high fidelity sims serve a purpose, but they are decidedly not the real thing nor is flying a bugsmasher unless it can pull 6Gs (sustained)....
Are you ready for this?.....because your brain has to work and body has to respond to said brain in this environment:
There's a nice article in that same response that came from Sports Illustrated. Bananas... "egressing"... airsick bags... Reminds me why, as a "never will be," I have so much respect for them and others who "do."
