1 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:05,476 Good morning . So today we are up at 2 00:00:05,476 --> 00:00:07,740 the Skylark North glider school , It's 3 00:00:07,740 --> 00:00:09,740 up in Tehachapi and you can see the 4 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:11,740 beautiful gliders behind me . We're 5 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:13,629 doing an event for the space test 6 00:00:13,629 --> 00:00:16,370 course , which is one of the schools at 7 00:00:16,370 --> 00:00:18,314 test pilot school . And this is an 8 00:00:18,314 --> 00:00:20,481 event where the students get to make a 9 00:00:20,481 --> 00:00:22,703 test plan , they learn about a system , 10 00:00:22,703 --> 00:00:24,759 they create some test cards , figure 11 00:00:24,759 --> 00:00:26,926 out what the safety risks are and then 12 00:00:26,926 --> 00:00:29,092 they get to go out and fly their event 13 00:00:29,092 --> 00:00:31,148 on the glider , be sure you sing out 14 00:00:31,148 --> 00:00:33,259 loudly , test point complete And then 15 00:00:33,259 --> 00:00:35,370 I'll slow down to 65 to get your next 16 00:00:35,370 --> 00:00:37,537 one copy . So these gliders were gonna 17 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:39,814 be simulating a space shuttle approach . 18 00:00:39,814 --> 00:00:42,037 So they actually come in really steep . 19 00:00:42,037 --> 00:00:44,148 The students have to collect data and 20 00:00:44,148 --> 00:00:46,259 then afterwards they take that data , 21 00:00:46,259 --> 00:00:48,592 they analyze it and they write a report . 22 00:00:48,592 --> 00:00:48,160 So it's kind of the first event the 23 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:50,680 space test course students do for 24 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,100 planning executing and doing tests . 25 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:06,460 I'm stoked , I think this is wicked , 26 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,730 cool stuff . Space test is tricky 27 00:01:08,740 --> 00:01:11,610 because you don't get many tries to do 28 00:01:11,610 --> 00:01:14,570 it out in actual operations and that's 29 00:01:14,570 --> 00:01:16,540 one of the challenges that's being 30 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:18,707 overcome by the Space force and that's 31 00:01:18,707 --> 00:01:20,929 why programs like this are so important 32 00:01:20,929 --> 00:01:22,984 because we're training up a bunch of 33 00:01:22,984 --> 00:01:25,151 individuals who are gonna be true test 34 00:01:25,151 --> 00:01:26,984 professionals and we're going to 35 00:01:26,984 --> 00:01:28,873 mitigate the risk associated with 36 00:01:28,873 --> 00:01:31,040 testing space assets and really try to 37 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,370 propel us forward acquisitions wise to 38 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:35,419 getting things up there quick and 39 00:01:35,419 --> 00:01:37,641 efficient . Oh my gosh , so beautiful . 40 00:01:38,990 --> 00:01:42,360 I like it for this course because it's 41 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,527 a really cost effective way to get the 42 00:01:44,527 --> 00:01:47,430 students uh in the air . Most of them 43 00:01:47,430 --> 00:01:51,200 have not flown before . So uh it's a 44 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,570 bit of a novelty . Okay , I'm showing 45 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:56,440 40 . Alright . I have 41 . 46 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,520 And what it does is it adds a time 47 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,660 element . So now you have to collect 48 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:04,549 data instead of being an engineer 49 00:02:04,549 --> 00:02:06,771 sitting at a desk and having all day to 50 00:02:06,771 --> 00:02:08,938 decide , you know which data is good . 51 00:02:08,938 --> 00:02:11,200 Uh you're in the front of the airplane 52 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:13,750 trading altitude for airspeed all the 53 00:02:13,750 --> 00:02:15,730 way down . So you have the clock 54 00:02:15,730 --> 00:02:17,730 ticking and it adds a little bit of 55 00:02:17,730 --> 00:02:20,910 stress , a little bit of uh discomfort 56 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:22,976 and they learn to cope with that and 57 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:25,310 find that they can still get good data 58 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:27,366 and it's a nice confidence builder . 59 00:02:35,330 --> 00:02:37,570 Been flying a long time . The neat 60 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:40,110 thing about gliders is they really 61 00:02:40,110 --> 00:02:42,540 reinforce your basic flight skills . 62 00:02:42,550 --> 00:02:46,010 You uh , if you have to coordinate all 63 00:02:46,010 --> 00:02:47,843 your turns properly , there's no 64 00:02:47,843 --> 00:02:50,010 computer to do it for you . There's no 65 00:02:50,010 --> 00:02:52,270 engineer designed interlock . So it 66 00:02:52,270 --> 00:02:55,700 gets you back to basics and uh , you 67 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:57,700 know , and you can apply those same 68 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,922 basics to fly in almost anything and be 69 00:02:59,922 --> 00:03:01,978 a little bit better . The students , 70 00:03:01,978 --> 00:03:04,089 they have a little bit of skin in the 71 00:03:04,089 --> 00:03:06,089 game there in the airplane . And so 72 00:03:06,089 --> 00:03:08,311 their plan , they are experiencing it . 73 00:03:08,311 --> 00:03:10,256 So their test cards , what they're 74 00:03:10,256 --> 00:03:12,478 doing there in the airplane , it's time 75 00:03:12,478 --> 00:03:14,367 critical , their communication is 76 00:03:14,367 --> 00:03:16,589 critical and so it's better than just a 77 00:03:16,589 --> 00:03:18,311 paper exercise or some type of 78 00:03:18,311 --> 00:03:20,533 simulator on the computer . It's a real 79 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:22,589 thing they're experiencing where the 80 00:03:22,589 --> 00:03:22,960 plan really matters .