my name is Brent Maggard . My call sign
is racer and I'm a fighter pilot and a
test pilot , school student .
Uh so I flew the F 22 It's F for
fighter . So it's made to fight other
planes were like the guardian of other
planes . So we go out in front and we
try and protect the people in planes
that were trying to keep safe from the
bad guy planes . It can go over 1400
miles an hour . So two times the speed
of sound , it can fly over 11 miles
high , so 11 miles above the ground and
then it can pull nine times the force
of gravity . So it feels like there's
eight of you sitting on top of your
shoulders . And if you've seen the
movie Top Gun , that's a pretty good
example of what it feels like . So what
you'll probably see is it's a pretty
big plane . So if it's fine next to F16
or some of the smaller planes , it's
got a big wing , it's got to kind of
canted tails . It's got very sharp kind
of angular features . It's got huge
engines . So £70,000 of thrust , which
is what allows us to turn so tight and
be so fast and then integrated through
it . A lot of people way smarter than
me . Put a lot of avionics computers in
there that help us find and target
other planes .
So I use stem as a TPS student every
day learning the science and the
theories behind why planes fly what
makes a good plane or bad plane , how
we make them better and then I get to
go apply in supersonic jets later on
that day . So that's awesome . I
learned a lot better when I get to
practice and do things . So getting to
see that stuff and then execute , it
helps me to learn that and cement the
ideas behind it . So test pilot school
is Air Force School where we teach test
pilots , engineers , uh , and combat
systems operators , we teach them to
know the theory behind why planes fly ,
How do we make them better ? How do we
test a plane that's never flown before
or if we're going to change a plane ,
make some kind of modification to it ,
how do we test that and make sure that
that was a good thing or measure and
quantify it .
Uh so I think the most exciting thing
doing my current job is getting to fly
different planes . So I get to fly a
lot of planes that I've wanted to fly
my entire life . So it's like a kid in
a candy store in that respect . The
most rewarding thing is probably the
people I get to work with . So I'm
always surprised by how smart they are ,
The random skills and talents that they
have their amazing human beings . So it
makes it a lot easier to have good
people around you every day that you go
to work .
So I always knew I wanted to be a
fighter pilot . My dad and my grandpa
were fighter pilots . So I tried to
work hard in school and then go to the
Air Force Academy and then I earned a
pilot stop there . So I went to United
States Air Force Academy and then went
to a pilot training after that . So
hard work and a lot of luck . So my
father was in flight training for the T
33 actually passed away an aviation
accident and then my dad was a pilot ,
he flew at 15 .
So no matter what you want to do , I
hope that you find something you're
excited about and you work hard at ,
it's not always gonna be easy , you're
probably gonna get told no a lot of
times I got told no a lot . And when I
first started flying , I actually threw
up quite a bit in the plane . So pretty
disgusting . But if you're excited
about it and passionate about it , it's
not always gonna be easy , but it's
gonna be worth it . So as long as you
want to do something , you work hard ,
you can do whatever you want .