PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Sea Vixen Fuel Management
View Single Post
Old 30th Dec 2016, 03:03
  #13 (permalink)  
megan
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: N/A
Posts: 5,973
Received 436 Likes on 221 Posts
Hangarshuffle, reading through the accident listings the only one that mentions fuel transfer problems on a deck landing is XJ853 of 892 Squadron on HMS VICTORIOUS 8th February 1961. Fuel failed to transfer from starboard drop tank and on landing the overload from the full tank caused the oleo on that side to collapse. A number of other aircraft are mentioned lost due to transfer problems, but not in the vicinity of the carrier.

One hell of a loss rate, 54 airframes of the 145 built, not including both development prototypes lost, making 56/147.

megan is offline