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Old 13th May 2013, 17:52
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SR71
NF-104
TSR2


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Old 13th May 2013, 17:57
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Vulcan low level, Mig 25, X-15, U-2 at the edge of space...
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Old 13th May 2013, 18:02
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Originally Posted by advocatusDIABOLI
Courtney Mil, if memory serves, you once tried SR71 Parameters in one of her Majesties Finest..... or was it the other bloke? (Cummon!!, we all did... a bit....)
Ah, yes. Fair cop. But it wasn't a ride I'd recommend to anyone.
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Old 13th May 2013, 18:15
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Was selected Nav at OASC which Scotched any chance of getting on board a Lightning. However, when my own jet was grounded for 6 months, Gp came up with a detachment plan that would keep us all flying during the grounding. So, having been asked where I would like to fly, I opted for Binbrook to fly in the Lightning and was sent a detachment notice confirming it.

Unfortunately or fortunately, on the Friday before my move to Lincs, a rather pompous Lightning sqn ldr rang me to ask what time I planned to be there on Monday. I told him and let drop that I was really looking forward to flying in the Lightning!

'No bl**dy way, mate, you're coming here to do all the SLJs we have piled up, we need an extra pair of hands! You will not fly whilst at Binbrook!'

I went straight to my Boss who cancelled my detachment immediately - so the pompous ass had to do his own SLJs and my boyhood dream remained unfulfilled!

So LIGHTNING!

Made up for it though as a locum member of the AAFCE TACEVAL Team in the 80s getting to fly in: USAF F4; RDAF Starfighter; GAF Alphajet; Belgian Mirage; Italian Tornado GR1 and Dutch F-16 (which was pretty good at a vertical climb off the runway too)!!!

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Old 13th May 2013, 18:19
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Courtney Mil,

OK, Nice one, well stated. Yes it was 'Out There', but as you might recall, at the time the Bomber Interceptor had such a bad reputation, and it had to be repudiated.

Some, sadly fell foul of what might be (at the time) reasonable.

Shame really, because she was ok, so long as she was 'cooking'.

You and I both know the true F3 height holder..... and their achievement is quite astonishing !! (If not a bit rule break-y- ish)

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Alas the pockets are somewhat shallow so the best would be FSX.

If only for that Goodwood course might be able to afford an hour or so on the Chippie. Noticed that the lot with the Havard at Shoreham want 400 squid for 30 mins. The Chippie at Shoreham is less than half of that.
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I was going to ask BEagle why the NF-104, then I googled it.
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Old 13th May 2013, 20:03
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Dream list would be:-

1. Hawker Tempest II
2. Lockheed SR71
3. BAC Lightning
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For me ..................

Spitfire
Mosquito
Dakota
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Stupid question fom me....

Why is the rocket on the NF-104 angled upwards?
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Old 13th May 2013, 20:53
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Hmmm ... only in my dreams ...

Sopwith Camel

P-51 Mustang

F-4U Corsair

Phantom

F-15

RAH-66 Comanche
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Old 13th May 2013, 20:56
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I did fly the Concorde sim at Filton. It was a fantastic experience, even if it was not the real thing.
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Old 13th May 2013, 21:37
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Buccaneer, Mosquito and Hawker Fury for the honour.
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Old 13th May 2013, 22:00
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ISS
Saturn V
Lunar Lander

And there are a few folks I would like to see flying on the Voyager 6 as it's not coming back anytime soon
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Old 13th May 2013, 23:13
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In no particular order.
Buccaneer, low level over the Nellis range and yes have saw the film whilst I was there.
Phantom, from Leuchars of course
And the U2.

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Wish-list Ticks to get

Mossie (on the deck over occupied Europe, so that ain't gonna happen)
X-15
Spitfire


Ticks (tho' not as elegant or as long a tick as many here)
F3 supersonic over some boat driver's foredeck ("he asked! honest!")
backwards in a Harrier
Tiger Moth (with a leather helmet & no radio over rural England -could have been 1935)

Stick time
Lightning (10minutes pole time, on attachment 1 week after solo in the Bulldog - mindbending!)
F-15
E-3A (oh boy it's big, like flying a whale)

Realistically
I want to fly some plane, probably a Beaver, into the middle of nowhere on wheels, skis and floats - I'm working on it!
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Tourist,

I can only take a guess here as my only aviation "real life" was in airline ops.

Looking at the google page it says

"The NF-104A was able to reach great altitudes through a combination of zoom climbing (trading speed for altitude) and use of the rocket engine. A typical mission involved a level acceleration at 35,000 ft (11,000 m) to Mach 1.9 where the rocket engine would be ignited, and on reaching Mach 2.1 the aircraft would be pitched up to a climb angle of 50-70° by carefully applying a load equal to 3.5 g."

So could that installation angle help to gain the AoA required for the zoom climb and speed, rather like a rocker elevator?
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Old 14th May 2013, 01:28
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Vulcan ✔ x 6
Victor ✔ x 1
Lancaster ✔ x 1

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.,Well, I will limit it to three; Phantom intercepting the comrades, Mosquito at low level shutting down both Luftwaffe flying training and trains and finally the prototype Hurricane changing the face of RAF fighter tactics forever.
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Concorde... Achieved (Passenger)
Phantom... Achieved (Passenger)
Space Shuttle... no chance

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