Special Lecture: F-22 Flight Controls

MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019
Instructor: Randy Gordon

This lecture featured Lieutenant Colonel Randy Gordon to share experience in flying fighter jet.

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[unholy]

Thank God I found this. My F22 has been sitting in the driveway for months waiting for me to learn it's flight characteristics. Looks like I'll be taking her to work tomorrow.

[sanjaygatne]

Built in professor. His energy, teaching skill, knowledge, and practical experience is outstanding.

[JV-mwgv]

Wow, I think the most amazing thing in this video is that you have a literal f-22 test pilot who is also a highly decorated engineer, phd, and many other qualifications, educated at freakin MIT and Harvard, and there’s a student surfing the internet looking at yoga poses. Absolutely incredible.

[jtay]

You can tell he's a fighter pilot, his mind is going a hundred miles an hour all the time, he's always thinking ahead, and he knows everything about the plane he was flying,

[el_compa_giants]

Anyone else get here randomly and watched the whole video? Just one of those instances when the YouTube algorithm gets it right.

[geraldwatts]

Physics and math teacher here, really enjoyed this. He teaches very clearly and directly. I also like a conversational teaching style, was nice to pick up some good habits from him as well!

[vpin]

This guy is so smart and likeable it seems as if he spent a couple thousand years in a groundhog day learning all this stuff perfecting his craft. What a great lecture.

[glennevans]

Randy is the ultimate professor, he brings his experience and technical knowledge to the classroom in such a way as to make all of us wish we were pilots.

[mgscheue]

My lucky day that this showed up in my YouTube recommendations. What an interesting person and great lecture!

[PapiSalad]

"Why do I have a random ass lecture on F-22 fighter jet controls?"
-1 hour, 6 minutes later
"Why don't I have more good lectures like this recommended to me?"

[samcorbett]

This dude gave us 15 "last pieces that he will give us" and I was listening to every single word. NOTHING makes me wanna join the air force and die to a parachute training dummy more than this lecture. Thanks Laz

[zakslt]

I just found myself spending 1 hour like if it was a 1 minute video. Astonishing lecture from a wonderful teacher who combines passion, knowledge and experience along with intelligence and pedagogy... I am sure even a 10 years old kid will clearly understand and enjoy this wonderful lecture

[mpperfidy]

This piece is on a topic of mild interest for me. After listening for a few minutes, it became a topic of more intense interest, not because I suddenly want to qualify on any particular plane, but because it was impeccably presented and sequenced. An excellent use of an hour of my day.

[eaglescout]

I've never piloted, but I could not stop watching this lecture. I love this instructors style, fast, clear, experienced.

[germantomcat]

Informative, not boring, no ads, a topic I like, just perfection.

[vincentdermience]

I wish I were 25 and had someone like you visiting my classroom. I'm 55 and a computer flight sim fan since 1982 even before it was released on Microsoft. I just love anything that flies and find your enthusiastic lecture simply rejuvenating. Thanks.

[jasonrhodes]

Best hour I've spent learning in a LONG time. Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this to me.

[samanthaharkness]

I was lucky enough to be Lazs' mechanic at test with the F22. Always a pleasure to hear him talk and to work for him. Great job Sir!

[DrummerJohn]

Very articulate and everything is in his mind ready to express. No notes, no teleprompter, all from experience and knowledge. I love the humble yet genius way Laz gave this lecture. I am inspired and can only imagine how well received by the students!

[robfreeman]

This guy's resume is absolutely nuts.