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Old 14th Apr 2011, 23:08
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Lima Juliet
 
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Your lot didn't depart PSAB like the F-15C's and F-16CJ's that's for certain
Nope, especially for the poor young 2nd Lt F16 driver who had to confess that he'd porked trying to do an F3 style departure at PSAB - mini rotation followed by landing gear and accel to 600kts at low level. Sadly for the poor 2nd Lt copying he forgot that the F16 has autoflap with gear and so on raising his gear he sank back onto the runway for a bit on his rear fuselage strakes - impressive set of sparks though!

Brig Gen made him confess to the whole Coalition Air Wing, followed by a "Gentlemen, knock this sh!t off!" debrief to us all. Sadly for us we had no choice but to get some "smash on" at low level and then to expedite climb above the MANPADS threat whereas those with more poke in their Eagles could accelerate in vertical from rotation within the airfield boundary - b¥gger!

So the sh!t was definately not knocked off by the F3 det

LJ
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