Originally Posted by
Thud105
Sorry, I'm not buying it. So, you're on the approach at say 400ft and 55kt in a -13. Want to descend quickly? Full brakes and lower the nose - a 13's brakes are speed limiting.
The whole thing sounds incredibly fraught - upside down at 300ft, and then he handed control back........
It wasn't upside down when he handed it back, it was at about 45 deg right side up, still decending and under control.
After the event the instructor called Leuchars military and asked, pretty much, what the hell they were playing at. They denied all knowledge.
At the weekend the two Tornado crews arrived at the gliding club, apologised profusely for an error of "cross a big lake, between two hills, down the valley and turn left". And spent the evening buying the beer.
They picked the wrong two hills and flew over our airfield by mistake.
I remember the incident very well even though it was '85.