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Old 16th Jan 2015, 00:10
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As LJ states, the F3 HUD stops at 999kts...the TV tabs don't! The Irish sea was littered with fresh F3 paint after we'd picked them up and given them a quick "shake down".


A 'buddy of mine' was chasing down another 'buddy' on a "Day Tactics" sortie... guess which one was me! Anyway, it started at 30K and someone dived for the deck, passing 3000' yelps of "SPEED" were coming from some ones back seat. The HUD was in M and reading 1.8+ a quick flick to IAS revealed total horror (No we weren't vertical).


The ASRAAM seemed OK but the RAIDS pod was
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