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Old 29th August 2005 | 06:25
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tecpilot
 
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Just go out and count numbers instead looking to radar may be you can find also some unconfirmable numbers.
There are enough unconfirmable numbers out there, enough to share between you and me.

I don't like looking to radar and prefer to smell the ship himself. Because you need a very good camera to make instrument photos of your Ka-32 flying with you in formation, i shoot the following one for you. If you look to the left upper corner you can find the right instrument on a Ka-32. I'm dreaming ?! A confirmable number!
Please note it's marked in km per hour! The absolutely VNE on sea level is red marked on 260 km/h.... But the ship isn't able to reach this speed on cruising, only on a steep dive.
You was at a 140kt steep dive formation on the KA-32 VNE when suddenly the dammned russian ship accelerated again +40kt, the pilot waved goodbye and showed you the real ship identity! It was Mr. Santini and AIRWOLF



If you have further questions... anytime my dear...

Note the "restricted" marks...


I can remember flying formation with a KA-32 in the North Sea and seeing him wave goodbye and accelerate to 190Kts+ as he left us in his dust to go back to Mother....
...We were doing 150 and his departure rate on our Radar was 40 kts....
...Oh yeah I forgot......VNE to a Russian means Nada.

Last edited by tecpilot; 29th August 2005 at 13:20.
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