FEATURES DED TO FLY A FAST JET
when performing manoeuvres that impose addition gravitational force
on the pilots. G forces increases fatigue, and can impair efficiency. The conditioning programme is designed to help pilots combat the effects of fatigue and enable them to operate with maximum efficiency.
Trainee fast jet pilot Flt Lt Rob Curran said:
“The training is more anaerobic, which will help build up our tolerance to ‘g’. The programme has taught us the techniques we will need to be able to maintain neck strength as well as strength in our core and legs. It really does work.”
The students are trained over 12 weeks using weights-based exercises, anaerobic
sprinting and specialist neck strengthening kit. Physiotherapist Claire Bambrook measures the students before and after the programme to assess how the conditioning has worked.
Stn Cdr at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Gp Capt David Cooper said:
“This programme will help to ensure that we equip the RAF’s next generation of fast- jet pilots with more than just the technical knowledge to defend the Nation from the air. These are exceptionally capable young men and women and this modern physical conditioning programme will complement the many other world class elements of their flying training”.
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