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Old 20th Jan 2011, 14:09
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RetiredF4
 
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Franzl, TS-11, main Protasuk's plane, isn't better than F4 I belive
Beleieve me, the F4 Phantom II was a much better Aircraft than the TS-11, being a combat aircraft with max speed of Mach2.
But the navigation avionics of the modern TS-11 is ten times better than what we had.

- only one TACAN (comparable to a VOR / DME)
- one Inertial navigation system with real big tolerances (error of more than 5 miles common after one hour flight)
- one Navigation radar
- one weapon system operator in the back

Crosscheck, Time and heading and basic navigation skills were the life insurance, and basic airmanship the toolkit to do it.


sorry for off topic.

franzl

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