A RAAF Mirage wheels up landing story worth reading
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For us in the 80s the flame-out pattern in the Mirage III was just a text-book exercise, which we knew and had been told, that it would have been very unlikely to be in a situation to perform it. It would have been the consequence of an unrecoverable flame-out, from a combat exercise which for that would have been taking place in the immediate vicinity of the airfield, at a very high altitude (possible in some places in the world anyway)
So I think we just did it once or twice, then forgot it as it was a waste of time and fuel. Those patterns were coming from the 50s, for other aircraft with unreliable single engines and better gliding capabilities .... I remember flying those patterns in Hunters, or even Hawks, with the help of very professional ATC, and yes, then the exercise had sense, we were starting it 30 Nm from the field if I do remember.
So I think we just did it once or twice, then forgot it as it was a waste of time and fuel. Those patterns were coming from the 50s, for other aircraft with unreliable single engines and better gliding capabilities .... I remember flying those patterns in Hunters, or even Hawks, with the help of very professional ATC, and yes, then the exercise had sense, we were starting it 30 Nm from the field if I do remember.
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I'm pretty sure more airframes (and lives) have been lost practising for engine failures in the Hawk, than have ever been saved through successful flameout landings with genuine engine failures. Food for thought.
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Flameout TACANs in the Macchi were fun. IIRC, descend at 250KIAS IMC around the 5DME arc, then when at the minimum, turn in, point at the field and force-lob from Base.
ramble on, the original resides in my filing cabinet, but you'll find a copy/details here. Brother (in the hat), was a photographer by trade, and had the shot taken by another. Taken late 1963. Carola went on to become a very experienced MU-2 driver. Is a blog spot link, so you'll have to insert that where the ***** show.
http://skydivinghistory.********.com...h-is-life.html
http://skydivinghistory.********.com...h-is-life.html
