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Old 17th Sep 2016, 23:32
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Salute!

I agree that the gee suit would be a non-player on this crash. Ditto for the GLOC Blue crash a few years back. The onset is more important than the constant gee.

The T-bird crash at Hill way back in 80's prolly involved a stess factor for the "high speed-low speed" pass by the solo dudes. This was only a few months before the infamous four-ship crash.

The Mountain Home solo bailout involved the manuever that always looked like the second leaf of a cloverleaf, or maybe a split-S. That was part of the Viper demo since day one. First time I saw it in 1979 I bet that the jet would not make it. An amazing jet, folks. The biggie was to be at the right speed to exploit the turn radius the FLCS would give you at 25 deg AoA. The Bug has no limits on AoA, best I know. But at a high AoA and wrong speed you will "mush". I have a hard time with being too fast other than having to pull real hard and then mushing.

Sad day for the Blues.

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