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meadowbank · 13th June 2004, 17:14

Once had an unofficial competition in Deci with Stanley Sp**r to see who could get the best AOA:IAS ratio. We pulled up from battle formation into the vertical, let the F-4s slide backwards (what 150 kts limit?!) then went home to look at the results on the ACMI replay. Probably a limitation within the system somewhere but we both recorded 46 AOA and 23 kts! Have already posted my fastest speed, but also once reached (just!) 70,000 ft in an F-4F. POulled up from 32,000 doing M1.85, cancelled burners at about 58,000 and was fully unloaded (stick fully forward for non-drivers) at less than 80 kts as we arced over the top! Stupid really, but the WSO and I decided to go for it as a one-off!

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meadowbank Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London Luton Posts: 211	Extremes Once had an unofficial competition in Deci with Stanley Sp**r to see who could get the best AOA:IAS ratio. We pulled up from battle formation into the vertical, let the F-4s slide backwards (what 150 kts limit?!) then went home to look at the results on the ACMI replay. Probably a limitation within the system somewhere but we both recorded 46 AOA and 23 kts! Have already posted my fastest speed, but also once reached (just!) 70,000 ft in an F-4F. POulled up from 32,000 doing M1.85, cancelled burners at about 58,000 and was fully unloaded (stick fully forward for non-drivers) at less than 80 kts as we arced over the top! Stupid really, but the WSO and I decided to go for it as a one-off!