JF
Any more pearls like that one ? and complete with fascinating picture.
What was the pitch up like when reheat lit up?
And was this the first airborne trial with reheat in the UK ?
I'm surprised the "mad bugger" pilot didn't try a loop what with uprated Merlins and reheat down under.
Flew Lincolns a bit when at RAAF CFS and tried a few unusual attitudes on poor unsuspecting pilots being instrument rated.. Yes we had elementary dual controlls.
One attitude only used twice was to pull up very nose high with lots of power on and with speed decaying past about 90 Kts pull power on an outer then "handing over". Neither pilot was quick enough to return to normal and the Lincoln would soon be upside down wanting to progress into a spin.
Recovery was to pull the other outer, let the nose drop as one continued the roll with full aileron around to right side up again whilst taking care to keep a little positive g on during the recovery. A very untidy barrel roll. The Lincoln felt to be "comfortable" throughout but I became wary lest the "poor bugger" under the hood should do something to cause the Lincoln to go too far into the incipient stages.