If given the chance..
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....)
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: East Midlands
Posts: 224
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
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)!!!
Bloggs
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)!!!
Bloggs
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 310
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
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)
Advo
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)
Advo
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hove
Age: 72
Posts: 1,026
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
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.
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.
Dream list would be:-
1. Hawker Tempest II
2. Lockheed SR71
3. BAC Lightning
1. Hawker Tempest II
2. Lockheed SR71
3. BAC Lightning
Hmmm ... only in my dreams ...
Sopwith Camel
P-51 Mustang
F-4U Corsair
Phantom
F-15
RAH-66 Comanche
Sopwith Camel
P-51 Mustang
F-4U Corsair
Phantom
F-15
RAH-66 Comanche
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 32,475
Received 2,599 Likes
on
1,101 Posts
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
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
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Balmullo,Scotland
Posts: 932
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
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.
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.
Last edited by matkat; 13th May 2013 at 23:15.
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!
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!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hove
Age: 72
Posts: 1,026
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
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?
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?
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Canada
Age: 69
Posts: 248
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
.,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.
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Taif-Saudi Arabia
Age: 64
Posts: 229
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Concorde... Achieved (Passenger)
Phantom... Achieved (Passenger)
Space Shuttle... no chance
Phantom... Achieved (Passenger)
Space Shuttle... no chance
Last edited by AGS Man; 14th May 2013 at 05:30. Reason: clarification