Coming back to facts, Lightnings and Phantoms were sent against Concorde. The Lightnings tried to intercept using airframe capability and the Phantom using Sparrows.
I wasn't lucky enough to fly the actual sortie but flew the profile a few times in the Sim. The Sparrow would have worked if we got the radar work right and, more importantly, pulled up at the right time and the right speed.
Being really geeky, the F4 radar had a velocity switch for the pulse Doppler radar and, for Concorde, we needed the higher setting that was never used.
A number of the shots were validated.
Last edited by Geehovah; 25th Jan 2013 at 17:49.