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Old 22nd Jul 2006, 00:33
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Zurakowski Cartwheel

I recall seeing Zura in action at Farnborough, but I thought it was called the Zurakowski fin sling! It was an F8, but it was known as the PV Meteor (Private Venture). Basically, I think they just hung a load of ordinance outboard of the drop tanks which gave a boosted couple when Zura put the boot in and chopped one donk which allowed the aircraft to carry on rotating through 360 degrees as it dropped into a stall turn. The word at the time was that you couldn't do it in an ordinary F8 without the outboard stores.
Great stuff though, before all this fly-by-wire gimmickry.
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