Typhoon Wheels-up Trial in China Lake?
 

My friends in low places tell me the Typhoon "Finals-No-Greens-Land-Buggah" trial has just been completed in China Lake... can anyone corroborate?

Rumour has it that it wouldn't have happened if there'd been a Nav in the back... discuss
... and runs away bravely... :rolleyes:

Agreed, all RAF aircraft should have a minimum of two engines, two seats and one Navigator (and I mean Navigator):p

and what difference would a directional consultant have made?

AA, Ask john fairr, he has several interesting tales to tell................:}

Presumably that the drinks would have been on two, rather than the one, bar books. Either way, Chugalug!

That's my reputation shot to hell then, Dan! Being replaced by a bunch of volts, amps and micro-chips is a sad indictment of the hours spent spinning my Magic Prayer Wheel in the back of various aircraft . . .

jf

Auto Pilot v IN
 

Interesting to note that the Autopilot was invented before the Inertial Nav, so draw your own conclusion as to what was perceived to be the far more difficult job... :8

I can't recall an inadvertant "wheels up" with a nav on board, but I'm sure there's someone out there who will let me know.( I have been in a wheels up, but as it was a total hyd failure it was deliberate- or eject)
However, back to the main "story", Su and D, what's the detail on the China Lake incident?

And they still haven't invented the automatic groundcrew, so draw your own conclusions from that one.

If there was a 'low level' landing, hope the driver climbed out ok, but he better not wash his shreddies in the Heritage laundry....:ooh:

Surely 'Bitching Betty' or 'Nagging Norah' would have been dishing out advice all the way to the crash site!
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Automated Ground Crew
 

I suppose it is possible that the simpler jobs are automated first??!!:O

Automatic barriers back that theory.:E

Ah, Gainesy, another effort of deadly accuracy . . . great start to a Friday afternoon, I can feel the virtual pint being poured as we speak!

Top shot, sir!

jf

all down to availability of police dogs !

S_H

By all means have a Nav, gives the pilot something to eat while he waits for the rescue chopper to pick him up but I think he's there for more than a manual landing config warning.

Is it to be the ugly/uninteresting one whilst the pilot is out on the pull?

Difference between an IN and a Nav anyone?

You only have to punch the information into an IN once......

Difference between a thousand pounder and a Nav?


Not all thousand pounders are retarded...

Pilot ejected on the ground and is fine from what i hear.

Was no emergency crew on standby during finals, suggesting no Pan call.

Thought the Typhoon downwind checks had just the one line anyway? Less than xxxkts ...... Gear Down.? Or is this the trial solution to stopping all the bits falling off in the circuit when you did so? ;)

Glad you're ok anyhow, jets are expendable.