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Old 25th July 2007 | 18:47
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chiglet
 
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I was a an ADO [Scopie] at RAF Patrington, from 1965-68. The original mission profile was...Target Identified at 240nm.
Take off [min Re-heat] climb M0.9 til [I think] 30nm short, accelerate to M1.5, turn behind, fire missiles/cannon, then RTB Total time 14 mins....However, I have seen a Mk6 with tanks go Leuchars-Valley-Leuchars 2hrs 10 mins airborne.
Theoretically... according to the Pilots' Notes, given a min r/h t/o, cruise climb to tropopause, shut down no2 engine, and cruise descent..with overwing tanks the range was 3000+ miles
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