How high have you been?
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We like girls like Suzie don't we? Anyway, before the thought takes over......... I managed to get a Gazelle over Mt Kenya at 17650 ft give or take a few feet as I'm not sure that the Altimeter was that accurate up there. Not something I will forget in a hurry as the view was outstanding and the aerodynamics concentrated the mind, it will rank up there on the naughty achievements list!!
Trout, have you had your lips done?
Trout, have you had your lips done?
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Called VFR on top at FL 670 in a Lightning. Boulmer were sharper than normal and came straight back with "Ceasing radar service, you're clear en route, click." Speeds as best I can recall were in the order of Mach 1 and 150 Kts IAS at the time, having zoomed from Mach 1.95 (never did see Mach 2).
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All I can say in my defence Your Honour is that alcohol was involved.
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All I can say in my defence Your Honour is that alcohol was involved.
Rivet.....the pressing question is you readily admitted to the event calling for how "High and Fast".....you said how "high"....care to enlightened us with a description of how "fast" you were?
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I've been 3500 metres above sea level (FL 115 i think) in a Blanik glider in the mountain waves... not very impressive, but I still remember that trip. I saw the tops of the clouds, and I had gotten there only by natural powers!
The speed was 150 km/h if you need to know.... hehe.
PP
The speed was 150 km/h if you need to know.... hehe.
PP
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F500 @ M2.5 F111 - rules prevented a higher altitude
yeah so what I hear you say -
some years earlier:
43,217' in a C-130H over Canberra
Yes Really!!!
Any Vulcan drivers out there??
yeah so what I hear you say -
some years earlier:
43,217' in a C-130H over Canberra
Yes Really!!!
Any Vulcan drivers out there??
M0.9 and FL510 at the same time in a 4-jet. 25 years ago in a Vulcan.... Nearly dropped a boom on Bawtry once when descending through FL450 and had forgotten about the airbrake trim change....saw M0.97!
Even on your IRT you did M0.84 at FL410 - in a sustained 45 deg turn!
Even on your IRT you did M0.84 at FL410 - in a sustained 45 deg turn!
Join Date: Feb 2002
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"Washington centre, 364 request FL660"
"364, if you can get up there you can have it"
"roger, 364, descending to FL660, U2 with victor, request vectors for the field"
Anyone else heard this famous "heard on the airwaves".
"364, if you can get up there you can have it"
"roger, 364, descending to FL660, U2 with victor, request vectors for the field"
Anyone else heard this famous "heard on the airwaves".
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Zoomed an F-4 from M2.0 to FL630, chickening out when I remembered that the cabin conditioning system was cleared to only FL480. Made it home 200nm away using about 250lb of fuel. Not a bad glider, actually.