‘Top Gun’ takes on Taliban upside down
From the Sunday Times:
THE Royal Navy’s “Top Gun” pilot and veteran of almost 200 missions in Afghanistan has relived the hair-raising aerial manoeuvres used against a Taliban stronghold.
Lieutenant Simon Rawlins, 30, described flipping his Harrier jet upside down while flying up the side of a mountain at more than 500mph to scare off enemy troops.
The “show of force” mission required the fighter pilot to fly just 100ft above ground, the minimum safe distance, leaving him vulnerable to rocket attack and rifle fire.
Full article here:
‘Top Gun’ takes on Taliban upside down - Times Online
edited to correct the link
Last edited by green granite; 31st May 2009 at 09:55.