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Old 2nd Jul 2011, 09:12
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BEagle
 
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Many years ago we participated in a spot of affiliation with the 416 Sqn CF-101 guys at CFB Chatham.

The idea being that we were to attack their aerodrome and they would attempt to intercept us.

Running in a 300ft and having heard nothing on the RWR, we decided to climb to give them a sporting chance. Soon afterwards a CF-101 did its simulated 'vapourise a cubic mile of sky and anything in it' thing with a simulated Genie shot, then closed for an attempted Falcon shot.

Mistake. It didn't take long to fly a few wingovers, get inside his turning circle and trap him firmly in the windscreen. As he roared around at VC, we just sat in the middle of the turn at about 60° AoB.....

Listening to the playback tape afterwards was hilarious:

Pilot: "Where'd he go?"
Navigator: "Hell, he's in our six. How the f*** did you let something that big get behind us?"

Sporting serious headaches the next morning after the generosity of our hosts, 2 of us were offered back seat trips in the '101. 'Animal' went off in one, but the one I was due to fly in went U/S. Once the rest of the crew turned up, we cranked up the tin triangle and cruised gently back to Goose Bay.

Fun times!
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