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Call-A-Guy - Chris van der Walt, our very own "Top Gun"

───   17:14 Thu, 26 May 2022

Call-A-Guy - Chris van der Walt, our very own "Top Gun" | News Article
Chris van der Walt

This week for Call-A-Guy, we decided to stay with the Top Gun theme that OFM has been running. We chatted to real-life fighter pilot Chris van der Walt, who told us a bit about himself and how he became a fighter pilot.

 Chris also let us in on some of the things the movie Top Gun got right!

Chris is a former fighter pilot who served in the air force both pre- and post-1994.  He currently works as a fighter instructor pilot, more focused on the human and psychological factors in people who find themselves functioning in dynamic and stressful environments.  

In his own words, Chris has always been attracted to high-risk occupations. Not only was he in the air force, but he was also a junior army officer, commanding armoured fighting vehicles, and then became a combat fighter pilot. We could go on and on about what he has accomplished and all the other things he gets up to, but we think it's better he tells you himself in the video below.

If you are interested in finding out more about what other work Chris gets his hands dirty in, maybe clicking here could be of assistance. And if the life of a fighter pilot interests you and you were thinking about joining the South African Defence Force as a fighter pilot, clicking here and here could give you more information on how you should start your journey. Who knows, maybe the next Top Gun movie will be based in South Africa and you could be the pilot consultant on it!




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