March 2018, meaning those ROOKIE-pilots finishing pilot school in December 2017 are going solo on Hornet already. Some impressions from week 10, taken on our main base Payerne (LSMP). Three F-5 Tigers and up to 10 different Hornets (includes X-5099) gave nearly enough jet power in the alps ...
Fanny ''Shotty'' Chollet is Switzerlands 1st female Pilot on combat jet. In the millenium years we've got already an women flying military jets, but only training aircraft Hawk where aloud back then for womens. Together with 'SHOTTY', the two other new jet pilots made there 1st solo flights on Hornet March 8th, 2018 too.
More infos (german): https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/sie-ist-die-erste-schweizer-kampfjet-pilotin-fanny-shotty-chollet-26-startet-durch-id7757498.html and https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/erste-f-a-18-pilotin-der-schweiz-so-hart-war-fannys-weg-ins-kampfjet-cockpit-id7764097.html
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