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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Sep 2015, 11:28
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,259
Posted By curvedsky

Reheat On asked .... in his post #708

Back to the whiteboard people, focus now:

Talk me through your recovery from this assumed 100kt/2600' agl/Inverted 'unusual position'.






Here is one suggested answer from an...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2015, 14:40
Replies: 1,757
Views: 988,528
Posted By curvedsky

Hunter pilots often use "1 notch" of flap for maneuvering

...... it's not uncommon for a Hunter pilot to use "1 notch" of flap for maneuvering.....



http://www.radfanhunters.co.uk/Operations-208/208%20Sqn%20-%20box%20four%20loop_1960_PM.jpg
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2012, 12:23
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

For Alec & KenWW ... U-2G carrier trials circa 1964

Here are some pix of the U-2 from the Basil Dodd era. There were no modern navaids then such as doppler, INS, star-trackers, or ring-lasers.

Navigation depended on meticulous pre-flight planning...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2012, 11:47
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

Sqn Ldr Basil W Dodd RAF AFC etps

For Alec & KenWW ...

Basil Dodd was indeed a graduate of ETPS.

He started an RAF exchange tour in 1964 flying the CIA operated Lockheed U-2 (80' wing span J-75 powered C, F, G (carrier), & H...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2012, 06:52
Replies: 44
Views: 11,597
Posted By curvedsky

A slow roll downwind at night ?

airsound wrote (#33) in a thread about the differences in handling early piston & jet aircraft.....

– the done thing at the end of the solo night cross-country was to do a slow roll downwind –
...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Sep 2011, 11:25
Replies: 1,688
Views: 407,727
Posted By curvedsky

Reply to VGMC66 post #741 ... ref high altitude/weight buffet boundaries

VGCM66 - well said. And a fine Flight article too. AF447's initial altitude drift went virtually unchallenged...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Aug 2011, 15:26
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,384
Posted By curvedsky

A flying variable stability testbed for recent posts by 3HL & CJ ?

2011: Edwards AFB test pilot school has a variable stability F-16.

It is a one-of-a-kind VISTA (Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft).

The VISTA can be configured to fly and...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 15:14
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,384
Posted By curvedsky

Reply to HazelNuts39 fascinating post 5 Aug 11 #1592 of LF vs AoA – some thoughts

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/fmhshoes/Screenshota.png
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Aug 2011, 09:45
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,384
Posted By curvedsky

A-330 Buffet boundaries at FL380?

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/fmhshoes/Screenshot2011-08-03at100751.png

Buffet boundaries


Four hours into a Rio-Paris flight, AF447 was cruising normally at FL350. The crew noted...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2011, 13:13
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,384
Posted By curvedsky

Buffet boundaries

Four hours into a Rio-Paris flight, AF447 was cruising normally at FL350. The crew noted from their flight data that they were still too heavy to climb to the next appropriate higher cruise FL.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2011, 15:53
Replies: 49
Views: 10,057
Posted By curvedsky

Afc & Qcvsa awards

ian16th,

Thank you for your comments on the AFC award. The description that I used was from the current MOD page, Defence for Veterans. This page can be seen in full at:

Ministry of Defence |...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2011, 03:40
Replies: 49
Views: 10,057
Posted By curvedsky

Afc & Qcvsa

It seems that no awards of the AFC (Air Force Cross) or QCVSA (Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air) were made in the recent 2011 New Year Honours list.

Searching the RAF, RN &...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2010, 09:57
Replies: 134
Views: 62,948
Posted By curvedsky

Will “Firestreak” (#42) or Mike Hale (#45) please...

Will “Firestreak” (#42) or Mike Hale (#45) please describe for us the profile that they used to reach a U-2 flying at it’s normal height of some 70,000’+?

On start up, the Lightning Mk3 (including...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jul 2010, 15:37
Replies: 134
Views: 62,948
Posted By curvedsky

What a load of twaddle to write that the U-2 was...

What a load of twaddle to write that the U-2 was intercepted at 88,000' by a BAC Lightning!

Check the aerodynamic possibilities for both aircraft.

Perhaps the Lightning pilot donned his...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2010, 09:55
Replies: 70
Views: 18,737
Posted By curvedsky

(Ref earlier post #5) Buffet boundary at high altitude - Lockheed U-2

Have a look at this extract from a mid-1960s Lockheed U-2 flight manual for the C, F, G, H series with the J-75 engine ...

From this graph, as the U-2 climbs through 70,000' altitude in a mission...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2009, 09:41
Replies: 173
Views: 72,224
Posted By curvedsky

Angel A tribute to the men who fly 'Warbirds' - and to the aircraft .....

Shown below is a link to some early Lightning formation aerobatics by 74(F) squadron filmed 3 years before Dave Stock was born.

YouTube - BAC/English Electric Lightning...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2009, 12:53
Replies: 173
Views: 72,224
Posted By curvedsky

Lightning canopy restrictor mechanism

A February 1962 copy of Lightning F1 Pilot's Notes states:

"Normal operation of the seat

When either firing handle is operated the canopy is jettisoned immediately and removes a restrictor from...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2009, 10:38
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

Two seat U-2 landing with Richard May - Beale AFB...

Two seat U-2 landing with Richard May - Beale AFB 2009

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/fmhshoes/Richard%20May%20landing/?action=view&current=4.jpg

See .. Richard May landing :: 4 - two...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2009, 16:12
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

Wink the tartanterror error corrected ....

In your thread #1 you list John W.McArthur as having first flown the U-2A on 3 Jun 1958. Well John W.McArthur is an american test pilot who has never flown the U-2. This probably stems from a mistake...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2009, 11:54
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,358
Posted By curvedsky

Quote by 747guru ....... who asks about "burst" transmissions

I know little about IT, but as you say, there MUST be a way that modern aircraft can transmit "burst" transmissions on a regular basis (say every 20min) to home base including ALL the info that would...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2009, 13:01
Replies: 358
Views: 55,626
Posted By curvedsky

Thumbs up Kandahar Runway

What a load of rubbish about Kandahar runway being too short - too short for what?

In the mid 90s we used to regularly fly both a G-III & a G-IV into Kandahar taking Gulf state VIPs there to hunt...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2008, 16:42
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

Marty Knutson CIA U-2 pilot 1950s & 1960s ...

This is a picture of Marty Knutson taken at the Las Vegas 2007 Roadrunners Reunion. He was one of the first U-2 pilots based in Turkey.

He flew long missions years before INS or GPS were...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2007, 07:59
Replies: 121
Views: 90,725
Posted By curvedsky

U-2/A-12/SR-71 reunion 2007 in Las vegas

........ a small but moving anecdote from the Las Vegas Reunion. As I stepped off the top of the escalator at the entrance to The Ballroom in the Gold Coast Casino hotel I met an old friend, Marty...
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