The engine flame-out and successful landing by my friend Doug Downey in Bandit 650 that we talked about last month became a mandatory lesson for F-117 fighter pilots training to fly the jet.  

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Pilots love to sit around telling airplane stories, but none I’ve ever heard can even come close to that of a really good friend of mine, Doug Downey.  Besides being an awesome guy, Doug is a retired USAF Lt Col who is an Academy grad and flew as a fighter pilot in the F-16 Viper and the F-117 Nighthawk.  Nighthawk pilots call themselves “Bandits” and each of the 558 Air Force pilots who have flown the F-117 has a Bandit number that started at 150 and added on sequentially from there.  Doug was the 500^thpilot in the jet and flew with the call sign “Bandit 650.” 

Read the rest of this amazing story here: https://pilot-protection-services.aopa.org/news/2019/january/01/bandit650?_ga=2.98987614.1180010738.1546018185-2024418207.1450809335