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‘Confessions of a Flying Instructor: Teaching the RAF’s Fighter Pilots’ is Tug Wilson’s second book and he joins us to discuss the time in his career teaching new fighter pilots. As always, Tug is great company with Gareth in this sometimes hilarious, and at other times frightening, story of his time as a flight instructor.
Tug Wilson grew up in North Yorkshire and in 1985, his dream came true when he joined the RAF. He was selected to fly the mighty Phantom for his first tour.
After raging around for three years at the frontline, Wilson became a tactics and flying instructor on the BAE Systems Hawk. Following this, he was extremely lucky in securing an exchange tour with the US Marine Corps flying the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in California. His final flying tour was on the Tornado F3.
‘Confessions of a Phantom Pilot: Memories of Flying the Phantom FGR2’ was Tug’s first book.
Recorded 19th March 2023
Tug Wilson
Website: https://www.fonthill.media/collections/aviation/products/flying-instructor
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‘Confessions of a Flying Instructor: Teaching the RAF’s Fighter Pilots’ is Tug Wilson’s second book and he joins us to discuss the time in his career teaching new fighter pilots. As always, Tug is great company with Gareth in this sometimes hilarious, and at other times frightening, story of his time as a flight instructor.
Tug Wilson grew up in North Yorkshire and in 1985, his dream came true when he joined the RAF. He was selected to fly the mighty Phantom for his first tour.
After raging around for three years at the frontline, Wilson became a tactics and flying instructor on the BAE Systems Hawk. Following this, he was extremely lucky in securing an exchange tour with the US Marine Corps flying the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in California. His final flying tour was on the Tornado F3.
‘Confessions of a Phantom Pilot: Memories of Flying the Phantom FGR2’ was Tug’s first book.
Recorded 19th March 2023
Tug Wilson
Website: https://www.fonthill.media/collections/aviation/products/flying-instructor
Xtended Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11161/9781781559079
Aviation Xtended Partners
• Royal Aeronautical Society https://www.aerosociety.com/
• Global Aviation Resource http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/
• XTPMedia https://www.xtpmedia.co.uk/
• Ellie Carter https://twitter.com/dragongirl94
Show Supporters
• The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/
• Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html
• Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076
• Aircrew Book Review http://aircrewbookreview.blogspot.com/
You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us):
• https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1
For Aviation and Aerospace Podcasts join https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlightAudioandVideo/

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