Originally Posted by RETDPI
Anybody remember that other Belgian team , "The Fennecs" (2xSF260s).
Synchronised flick roll immediately after getting airborne.
O.K. they gained height slightly during the flick, so the ballistics were heading in the right direction.
I guess it demonstrated confidence in the aeroplane .........
I went to CFB Cold Lake on det. Every afternoon a nicely painted Canadian F-18 display jet would go up for a practice. It amazed me every time, as soon as the wheels left the ground it would do a dirty roll or half roll just a few feet off the runway, then it would sit on its tail and look like it climbed 90 deg vertical.
Embarrassingly made our GR4's look badly painted, slow and heavy. In one of the bars (Original Joes?) the locals said they knew when we were on det by the amount of noise our GR4 make. That'll be the "constant speed variable noise" throttle box.
One of the Canadian Airmen saw our GR4's fly overhead and said "Dude I'm seeing things, I swear I saw the wing just move".
"Must tighten up the bolt on the wing root when it lands
".