Ever wonder what it'd be like to be in the cockpit of an Air Force jet? Here's your chance to see it firsthand.
This was a trip I took into Key West, Florida. We landed at Key West Naval Air Station, and flew a visual approach called an overhead break. This maneuver has you fly about 2000' feet above the field, over the final approach ground track, then make a hard turn (45-60 degrees of bank, left turn in the video) that is nearly continuous to final.
As soon as the plane starts its initial turn, you typically will reduce power in order to slow to approach speed, and configure to an intermediary flap setting--for us that's Slats--Extended, Flaps--1/2, Landing Gear--Down. Once turning final is when we configure the rest of the way, in this case to a Flaps--Full setting.
Here's a graphic:
And....here's the video:
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