I recently listened to a pod cast with former RAF pilot Nick Anderson as the interviewee and he tells some stories about various interceptions over the Atlantic and North Sea. A night interception with a non cooperative Bear sounded a bit on the scary side especially in poor weather.
He gave the impression thst the Russians did not care what problems they caused civilian air trafic around the UK and the technology on those aircraft could be a little crude. I was wondering if the Russian "sod the world" attitude along with a poor safety culture may have contributed to the accidents.
One of his stories was about a Russian crew member trying to take a photo of his Phantom with a very old and large camera that took almost half an hour to set up. When this poor guy was almost ready the Phantom would just slide under the Bear to the other side and the game would start again. Sounds like those missions weren't all boring at all.
Last edited by dat581; 18th Jul 2015 at 14:40.
Reason: Damn typos.