RAF Rivet joint and the SU-27s
As any glider pilot will tell you, it's very easy to develop a preferred direction of turning; once you're more comfortable circling in a certain direction you're more likely to favour it next time. Flying figure of eights should limit this tendency by retaining currency in both left and right turns...
As any glider pilot will tell you, it's very easy to develop a preferred direction of turning
You have to fly `8`s,otherwise the aircraft gets `bent` in one direction........
Article on leaked details
Malfunctioning Russian Missile May Have Saved RC-135 Spy Plane (thedrive.com)
Malfunctioning Russian Missile May Have Saved RC-135 Spy Plane (thedrive.com)
Tabs please !
Would it be of interest to the west to recover the missile ? I presume we know exactly where the aircraft was along with speed and heading so calculating a search area ought to be possible. Finding it in that area is a totally different matter.
Better be quick as the Russians have the Moskva scouring the sea bed for it.
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Would it be of interest to the west to recover the missile ? I presume we know exactly where the aircraft was along with speed and heading so calculating a search area ought to be possible. Finding it in that area is a totally different matter.
Just on BBC Today program
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Please ignore if old news.
Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022
Please ignore if old news.
Sloppy language and confusion? They will get clearly ordered from the ground to fire or not fire at the target.