air to air radar question
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Pontius- IIRC basically the same method was in the F4 OCU line-book as an instructor-pilot's method for Air Combat Training- put 'em on the canopy centerline and pull like b*ggery.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Stick it on the nose, see which way it drifts, pull like a bastard.
If only my lectures on the OHP had been so brief :-)
If only my lectures on the OHP had been so brief :-)
A: "Smash it to the edge and follow it round"*
*Note: Same answer for any question ref Lightning......
ps. One exception....
Q: "What do you with a Lightning with double engine failure?"
A: "Call Midland passing FL245...."
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Convert everything into a 150, whether it's appropriate or not
Oh the swearing when instead of curving in and crossing the nose, it suddenly whipped to the edge and disappeared.....
Fishpool
I read that the Lancaster crews used Fishpool during WW2 - though it was called Fishpond then!
I read that the Lancaster crews used Fishpool during WW2 - though it was called Fishpond then!
There's a tendency for all WW2 heavy bombers to become Lancasters, just as all V Bombers tend to become Vulcans!
That said, I didn't know it was called Fishpond - thanks.
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Not just Lancasters but also Halifaxes, Stirling etc.
At BCBS Lindholme until the Hastings took over. Circa 1960.
Take off ground roll of a B1 at Butterworth, with 35,000lbs bombs, 8050ft. Runway lenghth 8000ft, so lots of lights broken. To prove the first crew got it wrong the Detco then did the same take off. All figures good from ODM - actual ground roll 8050ft, more new lights required!!
At Akrotiri in a K1, as No5 in a 30 second stream take off at dawn, with a gentle 2 kts headwind, ground roll 8950ft on a 9000ft runway. No lights broken but Safeland barrier damaged. Same pilot as second attempt at Butterworth, but now as a Wing Commander. Seems the air was heated by the precedeing aircraft, as each one in the stream took longer than the one before!! ATC pressed the crash button as they did not think No 5 would make it.
We used to offload fuel at Marham in the summer months, and it was usual to have a large gap, the wrong way, between Stop and Go Speeds at places like Masirah. Ah, those were the days!!
At Akrotiri in a K1, as No5 in a 30 second stream take off at dawn, with a gentle 2 kts headwind, ground roll 8950ft on a 9000ft runway. No lights broken but Safeland barrier damaged. Same pilot as second attempt at Butterworth, but now as a Wing Commander. Seems the air was heated by the precedeing aircraft, as each one in the stream took longer than the one before!! ATC pressed the crash button as they did not think No 5 would make it.
We used to offload fuel at Marham in the summer months, and it was usual to have a large gap, the wrong way, between Stop and Go Speeds at places like Masirah. Ah, those were the days!!
Wow, that looks like a Mk1, so the take-off roll must have been a loooooooooong one!
and it was usual to have a large gap, the wrong way, between Stop and Go Speeds at places like Masirah. Ah, those were the days!!
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I recall a notice in the planning room at Gan:
'The captains of 4-jets are requested to line up at least 500 feet from the runway threshold to avoid damage to the approach lights on engine run-up'
Underneath a Victor tanker captain had scrawled 'I will write off the approach lights at one end or the other. Which would you prefer?'
'The captains of 4-jets are requested to line up at least 500 feet from the runway threshold to avoid damage to the approach lights on engine run-up'
Underneath a Victor tanker captain had scrawled 'I will write off the approach lights at one end or the other. Which would you prefer?'
Victor K1 take off at Gan often saw the aircraft reach the end of the runway with the wheels still on the ground. As the aircraft ran off the end of the island the wheels drooped to the flight configuration kicking up rooster tails from the water. Gan is 6ft above sea level.
Take offs at Masirah also used a lot of (all) of the runway, so Nos 2 & 3 in the stream were IF in dust storms at Rotate. This with a severely reduced fuel load.
Ah the luxury of the Conways in the K2.
As TTN suggests facing aft saved quite a lot on the laundry bills.
Take offs at Masirah also used a lot of (all) of the runway, so Nos 2 & 3 in the stream were IF in dust storms at Rotate. This with a severely reduced fuel load.
Ah the luxury of the Conways in the K2.
As TTN suggests facing aft saved quite a lot on the laundry bills.
