The F-111 is an interesting bit of kit!
 

There is an article in today's local rag about the F-111's which are in town at the moment, playing war games.

According to my flight planning program the V35B will do Amberley - Townsville (600 nm) in 3 hrs 45 min (nil wind).

The Rat's B737's do Brisbane - Townsville (600 nm) in 1 hr 40-45 min.

According to the article in todays paper quoting Sqdn Ldr Joe Bloggs, the F111's came up last night in about 45 min, but could have done it in 17 min had they been allowed to use the whip.

600 nm in 17 min - man that is motoring!

Dr :8

PS: I guess the moral of the story is if you get the urge to try to outrun an F111 - don't bother!

Think the 16 min is optomistic. Bit of basic maths suggests about 22 min at Mach2.5, plus some climb and descent, so even arriving in the circuit like you do in the FTDK:eek: will still be a bit over the 25 minute mark.

Love to hear what a local pig driver thinks it would take.

Must be a blast, if you are not paying the fuel bill:ooh:

J

...or the resulting laundry bill... :ooh:

KC, I thought it might have been a bit optimistic but the maths is too hard for me. Now you have gone and shattered my fantasy!

Sorry! 600 nm in 25 min - geez those things are a bit lethargic!

Dr :8

This might have sped it up a bit:ok:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC00569-1.jpg

Only a little bit! :}

Hahaha FTDK... would love to take the credit for that, being a Maths geek and all, but it was actually ya mate Jaba who burst your bubble... ;)

wouldn't it be just AWFUL being made to fly one of them? :}

sigh..... :(

Well, they are protecting Kiwi airspace too KC...a girl can still dream!;)

Yes it would, It's only a bl@@dy bomber. All it does well is go fast in straight lines.:yuk:

It might just but it certainly does it in style!!
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/phot...16086_9323.jpg

My tomahawk can do that!!!!! ..... :ugh:

....but does it set of every car alarm in the carpark in the process???:eek::D:ok:

And if we're talking PA38, I'd start worrying when the wings start moving!!

haha yep, coz that right there would be followed by the stall/spin/crash.... :\ 112 hp on a good day is the main problem I guess!

Max rate turn just above the stall should do it, one would imagine F-111's don't turn that well at twice the speed of sound...:rolleyes:

Bloggs, don't underestimate our little pigs. Some F15's found out the hard way at Red Flag one year :cool:

And fly supersonic at less than 500' AGL :eek::} (until the TFR chucks a wobbly, then :eek::eek:)

And scare the bejesus out of anyone underneath, when it sneaks up on you at over M1 from having come in on said straight line and it's gone before you even knew it was there...

And it looks the absolute bl00dy business (even just sitting on the flight line). Big, pointy, low and mean with lots of swept-back leading edges - :ok:

Loved those Volvo ads from a few years back, where a Volvo drag-raced a Piggy - the ovlov got out of the blocks faster, but then the pig driver kicked in the burner and away he went. Final shot was a head-on of the pig taking off over the ovlov. :ok:

"Think the 16 min is optomistic. Bit of basic maths suggests about 22 min at Mach2.5, plus some climb and descent, so even arriving in the circuit like you do in the FTDK:eek: will still be a bit over the 25 minute mark.

Love to hear what a local pig driver thinks it would take.

Must be a blast, if you are not paying the fuel bill:ooh:

J"

Who said they were going to land:O

"Bombs Away"

I believe it was only ONE Eagle. Anyone can get lucky, even in a pig!!

Didn't a Macchi get a Hornet kill back in K89??

Former F/O of mine was a PIG Driver, said it was good for 800 Kts. IAS at sea level.

But only if they had the paint to put back on the leading edges after it burns off with the heat! :eek: