328 - Flying the P-3 Orion (and some other aircraft)

omega tau science & engineering podcast

Guests: Marija “Maz” Jovanovich
Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Bastian Hundt

Marija Jovanovich is a pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force where she has been flying the P-3 Orion. We discuss the aircraft, the missions, and some anecdotes. Marija then also attended the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School, and we talk a bit about the experience of flying a wide range of different aircraft.

Introduction of Marija 'Maz' Jovanovich

00:01:58

Marija on Twitter | Royal Australian Air-Force | Lockheed P-3 Orion | Boeing P-8 Poseidon

The P-3 Orion

00:04:03

Anti-submarine warfare | Search and Rescue | Electronic Warfare | Lockheed Electra | TV-Series "Ice Pilots" | Hurrican Chaser | DC-3 | C-47 | Buffalo Airways | Turboprop Engine | T-56 Engine | Blown Wing | Direct Lift Control | Airbus A400M | V speeds | Fly-by-wire | Boeing KC-135 | Flight Engineer | RIAT | P-3 Variants

Sensors on the P3

00:26:28

Magnetic anomaly detector | RADAR | AIS | Electro-optics | FLIR | Minimum Visibilty Approach | SONAR | Sonobuoy

A typical Crew on the P-3 and Anti Submarine Warfare

00:36:58

Sensor fusion | Visual flight conditions | Radar Altimeter | Torpedo | Naval mine | Anti-ship missile

P-3 Missions

00:47:43

(OT-306 - Flying the RC-135S Cobra Ball) | Autopilot | Northrop T-38 Talon | Anti piracy mission | Cyclone | Turbulence | Thrust reverser

Testpilot School

01:15:53

Edwards Air Force Base | F-15 | T-38 | MIG-15 | F-16 | Beechcraft C-12 | ASK 21 | Lift to drag ratio | Angle of attack | Extra 300 | g-force | HU-16 | Vista F-16 | Aerodynamic instability

Aircraft Research and Development Unit

01:50:48

The Research Unit | Pilatus PC-9 | Resonance

In the Air Force as a Woman

02:00:18

The Private Plane of Maz

02:09:58

Pipistrel Virus