"Tigs" is right it's been there for yonks! Shall never fly (although ya never know!
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Can't imagine the boffins letting it fly without an escort ahead of, (like the first iron horse powered automobiles needing a flag waving person ahead of the infernal contraption) trouble is what's fast enough to escort it anyway?
Amazing beast to look at though, me takes me hat off to the real fighter jocks that flew 'em.............man are they cramped & an ergonomic night mare in the cockpit compared to 2day's fighting machines.
What do you do with several tonnes of A/C (if you could fly it that is)& had to bail out over the mountains (which are close to WGT) on a hot summers day with all that jet fuel just waiting to burn our forests? I don't think so!!
Who recalls the Mirage that landed gear up at Tulla about a 100000 yes ago? Amazing stuff!!
Nope it's a looker for sure but that's about it!
Off topic here 'cause I can't be bothered starting a new thread. Spoke to the AV Twr the other day & asked what's with the B58 parked next to the 911 (gotta love that number!!!) DC10 water bomber? He says it flies ahead of the DC10 by about 150 meters to guide the big "10" to the drop zone.............SHEEEEZZZZ the Beech flies flat out & the 10 flies near on the stall (well almost!).............yep I know which plane I'd rather be in !
.....cockpit conversation during a drop run............
Capt it's a lot bumpier today than usual that last bump was a doozey, ...........yeah it is rough the skipper says but don't worry about that what happened to the escort plane???
Wmk2