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Old 16th Apr 2018, 11:32
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There was a planned datalink to the ground based SLEWC system to feed commands for the pilot to follow - similar to that fitted in the USA between SAGE and the F-106 using the MA-1.

The software was still in SLEWC though and, during my first tour, we still had a monthly requirement to do simulated intercepts using it. It took 2 controllers, one pushing all the buttons whilst the other watched the screen for flight safety. If you were really good you could do 2 simultaneous intercepts - which a single controller could do manually anyway.

It was also so slow that the minimum range at which it would take an inputted intercept was about 100nm. At shorter ranges you moved the fighter label back off the fighter till yo7 had the range and let the label fly the computed course - then manually gave instructions to the fighter to fly it under the label....

Thankfully it quickly dropped out of use.
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