Shocking example of low flying
Ok, but watching the German F-104 Starfighter streak low through the small valley in Blaubeuren (a bit west of Ulm) in '77, I barely glimpsed the "missile with a man in it" before it quickly turned invisible.
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Wycombe,
much as I tried, I never quite got Albert supersonic, either on the break or any other time! Most I managed was Vne @ 250ft (ish) - about 330kts, I think.
Albert was the subject of a supersonic break, however - witness an IFS poster of late 1993.....!
much as I tried, I never quite got Albert supersonic, either on the break or any other time! Most I managed was Vne @ 250ft (ish) - about 330kts, I think.
Albert was the subject of a supersonic break, however - witness an IFS poster of late 1993.....!
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easy:
step 1 -> find picture you want to post on net somewhere
step 2 -> copy down link to picture
step 3 -> hit reply to post
step 4 -> hit the IMG thingy
step 5 -> type in link to picture
step 5.1 -> add blabla (optional)
step 6 -> hit submit reply
done.
if nobody has the pic you'll need your own webspace.
regards
step 1 -> find picture you want to post on net somewhere
step 2 -> copy down link to picture
step 3 -> hit reply to post
step 4 -> hit the IMG thingy
step 5 -> type in link to picture
step 5.1 -> add blabla (optional)
step 6 -> hit submit reply
done.
if nobody has the pic you'll need your own webspace.
regards
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Thankss guys
From a civi, I really enjoy the photos, although the one of the TomCat passing the carrier had me wondering if a leg was being pulled. Then I read the interview, seemed pretty really to me, especially the link to the air battle with the Libyans. I could make out enough. Please keep em coming.
From a civi, I really enjoy the photos, although the one of the TomCat passing the carrier had me wondering if a leg was being pulled. Then I read the interview, seemed pretty really to me, especially the link to the air battle with the Libyans. I could make out enough. Please keep em coming.
I'll get me coat......
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F15 @ www.scramble.nl/photogallery.htm
Drapes,
Just had a close look at the F15 on the page you put a link to (see below). Very impressive..........even more impressive when you realise there is another aircraft beside it, banking away in the opposite direction!!!!!
Cheers,
Hollywood.
www.scramble.nl/photogallery.htm
Just had a close look at the F15 on the page you put a link to (see below). Very impressive..........even more impressive when you realise there is another aircraft beside it, banking away in the opposite direction!!!!!
Cheers,
Hollywood.
www.scramble.nl/photogallery.htm
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OK, so this pic posting thing is not working for me at all this time (did it all by the numbers too!).
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That was then, this is now (grateful thanks to DrSyn for the assist. Can't understand why my stuff doesn't work, worked OK in the past. Maybe it's the tilde? Always have been worried about the tilde!)
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So, onwards, have a shufti at this Cranberry coming off the range at Idris.
A lot of extremely gratuitous low flying happened at Idris - anybody else have an pics from there?
There you go Dipole, corrected orientation. Thanks again for noticing.
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That was then, this is now (grateful thanks to DrSyn for the assist. Can't understand why my stuff doesn't work, worked OK in the past. Maybe it's the tilde? Always have been worried about the tilde!)
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So, onwards, have a shufti at this Cranberry coming off the range at Idris.
A lot of extremely gratuitous low flying happened at Idris - anybody else have an pics from there?
There you go Dipole, corrected orientation. Thanks again for noticing.
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Beeayeate, glad to help. Your original link contained characters (probably the brackets) that won't work on a hot-link. . . . . or, of course the tilde !
Just going back a while to SALAD DODGER's post of 22nd April 2003 16:11, the text in the link might imply to the uninitiated something to do with Saudi. Those pics are of a Sultan of Oman's Air Force (then, now RAFO) Jaguar, and the aftermath of another which I reproduce here with fond memories of 4 years with SOAF in the early '80s.
The pilot posing by his standard issue SOAF Corolla is "Wiz", who was the duty pilot on the range at Thumrait that day and was returning to base when he was bounced (literally in this case) by a pair of Jags led by Dick Manning. It was Dick's wingman who rearranged the Toyota into a more trendy flat-top model.
Being a good fighter pilot, Wiz was indeed watching his 6 and saw them coming. He also warned the preceding car to beware. The Nº2 Jag pulled up a split-second too soon and caught his stern on the Corolla's roof. Fortunately, Wiz had already ducked below the level of his dashboard.
Although I never saw it myself, I was reliably informed by mates at Thumrait that, on RTB, the Jag's jet pipes were slighly oval and the ventral strakes were inclined towards the horizontal.
Both Wiz and the wingman went on sucessfully to pursue more sedate careers in civil aviation
Just going back a while to SALAD DODGER's post of 22nd April 2003 16:11, the text in the link might imply to the uninitiated something to do with Saudi. Those pics are of a Sultan of Oman's Air Force (then, now RAFO) Jaguar, and the aftermath of another which I reproduce here with fond memories of 4 years with SOAF in the early '80s.
The pilot posing by his standard issue SOAF Corolla is "Wiz", who was the duty pilot on the range at Thumrait that day and was returning to base when he was bounced (literally in this case) by a pair of Jags led by Dick Manning. It was Dick's wingman who rearranged the Toyota into a more trendy flat-top model.
Being a good fighter pilot, Wiz was indeed watching his 6 and saw them coming. He also warned the preceding car to beware. The Nº2 Jag pulled up a split-second too soon and caught his stern on the Corolla's roof. Fortunately, Wiz had already ducked below the level of his dashboard.
Although I never saw it myself, I was reliably informed by mates at Thumrait that, on RTB, the Jag's jet pipes were slighly oval and the ventral strakes were inclined towards the horizontal.
Both Wiz and the wingman went on sucessfully to pursue more sedate careers in civil aviation
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Thanks for putting things right Doc, what an amazing story. You must have had quite a time out with the SOAF. I dread to think how low the Jag was if he had to pull UP to get over the car!
The only thing I dont understand is why 'Wiz' was driving a Corolla, all the Omani fighter jocks that I have bumped into seem to be loaded, and wouldnt be seen dead in one!
The only thing I dont understand is why 'Wiz' was driving a Corolla, all the Omani fighter jocks that I have bumped into seem to be loaded, and wouldnt be seen dead in one!
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Perhaps that is the answer - knew the boys were going to clown about, knew his car was an obvious target, couldn't risk the embarrasment of dying in a Corolla, monitored six and lived to tell the tale. However, has to live with the legacy of being caught in public in aforementioned Corolla.
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Sussed it! Thanks for the insight DrSyn - the brackets . . . couldn't see for looking!
Anyway, another happy camper at Tarhuna Range, Idris. Mind you, the B(I)8 was well "in role" doing this sort of stuff - nice though.
By the way, the pics are not mine (although the kites are from my old sqd), they are from a very nice nav - Mike Richards - who probably never reads this board anyway!
Anyway, another happy camper at Tarhuna Range, Idris. Mind you, the B(I)8 was well "in role" doing this sort of stuff - nice though.
By the way, the pics are not mine (although the kites are from my old sqd), they are from a very nice nav - Mike Richards - who probably never reads this board anyway!
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I kust saw you recemt picture. How far off the deck is that plane? I'm guessing 50 feet. Is that possible?
Someone please tell me the story about the Corrola and the Jag is a joke! It didn't really happen did it?
Isn't there some sort of ground effect from the air turbulence created when the plane moves through the air?
How do I get reborn so I can come back as a pilot?
I kust saw you recemt picture. How far off the deck is that plane? I'm guessing 50 feet. Is that possible?
Someone please tell me the story about the Corrola and the Jag is a joke! It didn't really happen did it?
Isn't there some sort of ground effect from the air turbulence created when the plane moves through the air?
How do I get reborn so I can come back as a pilot?
Oman Corollas
Re the people concerned about Wiz's cred while driving Toyota's finest - the numberplate gives the game away. Why risk trashing your own wheels when His Maj used to let you have one for free? (Well, one Corolla per 2 Naqeebs/Captains - if you reached the exalted rank of Raaid/Maj then you were invested with your own Corona. Talk about perqs, eh?)
Anyone got any pics of the Salalah Stunt Drivers Association in action? Preferably with a police Land Cruiser in hot pursuit...
Anyone got any pics of the Salalah Stunt Drivers Association in action? Preferably with a police Land Cruiser in hot pursuit...