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Old 23rd Feb 2017, 10:36
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Bigpants
 
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Many years back when flying a GR1 over Iraq (Op Southern Watch) there was a microwave telecoms transmitter around Basra which had a nasty habit of coming up on the RWR as something like SAM6 tracking. I should add Iraq in those days did still have some SAMs.

We got an RWR alert close to Basra and I threw the mighty GR1 (8:6 fit) into a level burner break to the right which lasted all of 90 degrees before the airspeed was down by about 50kts! Since I could see no smoke and the RWR had quietened down I re joined the chaps wondering what was the point in a level break anyhoo?
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