# Could a WW1 fighter pilot fly a F111 (possible spoilers)

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 27, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-ww1-fighter-pilot-fly-a-f111-possible-spoilers/929018 "2020-12-27T13:11:26Z")
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### Author: ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-ww1-fighter-pilot-fly-a-f111-possible-spoilers/929018/51 "2021-07-13T17:19:06Z")

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> [@How hard is it to fly--at least take off and land--a military/civil jet if you' we never flow it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-fly-at-least-take-off-and-land-a-military-civil-jet-if-you-we-never-flow-it/732250/13):
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> Or even an F15 pilot fly a Tornado, without at least some instruction. As our resident fighter pilot @LSLGuy once said.
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> > [@How hard is it to fly--at least take off and land--a military/civil jet if you' we never flow it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-fly-at-least-take-off-and-land-a-military-civil-jet-if-you-we-never-flow-it/732250/13):
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> > thinking that there’s no way in hell I could start or fly this thing cold.

If [he could think in Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_(film)), he’d of been golden.

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