Concorde chasing
It's just fiction - lots of the facts don't add up
Those of us who have flown it know the facts!
There are many posts here, mostly by people who have never been near one, let alone flown it.
I rest my case.
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Bellerophon, Akatacs,
Thanks for the info. I didn't remember that FL600 was a limitation and only remembered the "she kind of does what she wants within these parameters" part.
Cheers!
Thanks for the info. I didn't remember that FL600 was a limitation and only remembered the "she kind of does what she wants within these parameters" part.
Cheers!
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Coming back to facts, Lightnings and Phantoms were sent against Concorde. The Lightnings tried to intercept using airframe capability and the Phantom using Sparrows.
I wasn't lucky enough to fly the actual sortie but flew the profile a few times in the Sim. The Sparrow would have worked if we got the radar work right and, more importantly, pulled up at the right time and the right speed.
Being really geeky, the F4 radar had a velocity switch for the pulse Doppler radar and, for Concorde, we needed the higher setting that was never used.
A number of the shots were validated.
I wasn't lucky enough to fly the actual sortie but flew the profile a few times in the Sim. The Sparrow would have worked if we got the radar work right and, more importantly, pulled up at the right time and the right speed.
Being really geeky, the F4 radar had a velocity switch for the pulse Doppler radar and, for Concorde, we needed the higher setting that was never used.
A number of the shots were validated.
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the point is, as pointed out earlier, that while Lightning pilots were having to construct all sorts of clever plans and polish their aircraft the Concorde was full of old grannies and fat businessmen gorging on smoked salmon and champagne served by beautiful ladies
putting some in the RAF would have done wonders for recruiting............
putting some in the RAF would have done wonders for recruiting............
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Originally Posted by HH
the Concorde was full of old grannies and fat businessmen gorging on smoked salmon and champagne served by beautiful ladies
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Piper cub dropped from the space station
If you know about the first man that jumped from an air balloon, then you know his ultimate speed would not reach mach2 unless Einstein got it wrong.
I flew one of the F4 intercepts on the trial (Alvernia, if I remember correctly) in 1979. We did a head-on, snap up. The contact range was huge, probably 70+ miles, giving us plenty of time to accelerate to well into the supersonic range (can't remember exactly) and zoom up to well within 10,000 ft.
A long, hard look at the film afterwards (it was a QWI course project) confirmed that the shots were valid.
I do remember looking up into the dark blue as Concord flew over and thinking she must be the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
A long, hard look at the film afterwards (it was a QWI course project) confirmed that the shots were valid.
I do remember looking up into the dark blue as Concord flew over and thinking she must be the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
