Steve's squadron hosted a spouse taxi day as part of the B-Course Graduation and I got my second spouse taxi. I got one 8 years ago when we were newlyweds and Steve was a student. It was nice to get a refresher ride and this time Steve was driving because he's obviously not a student anymore. Brian stayed the whole day at school and a few of the other wives held on to Emy so I could go out in the jet. First, we had a safety brief and then briefed with our individual flights, ours was a 4-ship. Then we suited up and hit the flightline, got some pictures next to and in the jet, and taxied to the runway. Once we were all lined up and cleared to roll, we high-speed taxied down the runway. We got to 79 MPH in 3 seconds. That's fast, it throws you back into the seat like nothing you've ever felt before and that is no where near take off speed. I can't even imagine what 9 Gs feels like. I have a renewed appreciation for what Steve does everyday after seeing all the buttons, knobs and dials in the cockpit. It was all I could do to remember which ones to touch/not to touch. And radio calls are really hard! Anyways, it was fun and I hope I have the chance again soon.
Steve's squadron hosted a spouse taxi day as part of the B-Course Graduation and I got my second spouse taxi. I got one 8 years ago when we were newlyweds and Steve was a student. It was nice to get a refresher ride and this time Steve was driving because he's obviously not a student anymore. Brian stayed the whole day at school and a few of the other wives held on to Emy so I could go out in the jet. First, we had a safety brief and then briefed with our individual flights, ours was a 4-ship. Then we suited up and hit the flightline, got some pictures next to and in the jet, and taxied to the runway. Once we were all lined up and cleared to roll, we high-speed taxied down the runway. We got to 79 MPH in 3 seconds. That's fast, it throws you back into the seat like nothing you've ever felt before and that is no where near take off speed. I can't even imagine what 9 Gs feels like. I have a renewed appreciation for what Steve does everyday after seeing all the buttons, knobs and dials in the cockpit. It was all I could do to remember which ones to touch/not to touch. And radio calls are really hard! Anyways, it was fun and I hope I have the chance again soon. 
Our "Four-Ship"
Me in the back of the D-Model, most F-16s are single seat aircraft, the D-Model, two seaters are used for training (and spouse taxi rides :) 
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That is SO cool!! I am super jealous! I love the pictures of you in the flight suit - you'd make a cute pilot, Kelly! :]
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