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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 16:49
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

It would be quite a sight somewhere, which no...

It would be quite a sight somewhere, which no doubt is why they are not saying where they are. And wherever it is, has to be secured.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 12:11
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

LockMart confirming what was covered in Congress...

LockMart confirming what was covered in Congress a week ago (at which hearing HASC chair Rob Wittman expressed frustration about having heard about the last delivery delay on an LM earnings call).
...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2024, 18:40
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

Latest is here: ' ...

Latest is here:
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https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/tal-hearing-fiscal-year-2025-budget-request-department-defense-fixed-wing-tactical-and

The meat is in LTG Michael Schmidt's written...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Sep 2023, 01:03
Replies: 100
Views: 27,125
Posted By LowObservable

That's what I thought. My impression is that...

That's what I thought. My impression is that cropdusters dump in level flight and stop spraying before they turn. In this case the pitch-up starts a fraction of a second after he starts dumping...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2023, 17:08
Replies: 13
Views: 2,179
Posted By LowObservable

Someone on the Internet used to have recordings...

Someone on the Internet used to have recordings of the original Nagging Nora, the Nortronics voice alert system from the B-58, but the last time I looked for it it had 404d...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Aug 2023, 16:15
Replies: 431
Views: 194,427
Posted By LowObservable

A good idea, if an obvious one given the F-35...

A good idea, if an obvious one given the F-35 history, where cooling requirements outran the supply. Not sure why, but it was a known issue in 2010. I can't think of any other aircraft that has...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2023, 15:24
Replies: 454
Views: 219,387
Posted By LowObservable

Obviously it was all vewwy vewwy secret. Hey,...

Obviously it was all vewwy vewwy secret. Hey, what's a black Omega doing over here?
...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2023, 22:28
Replies: 107
Views: 44,773
Posted By LowObservable

This was the airplane that struck fear into the...

This was the airplane that struck fear into the USAF Red Hats at Tonopah. Can't help wondering about the judgement behind making it a civilian air show performer.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2023, 11:04
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

Speculation, but would tip vortices on most...

Speculation, but would tip vortices on most fighters get somewhat suppressed by pylons inhibiting spanwise flow?
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2023, 11:02
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

Thanks. I didn't know about the 1999 accident....

Thanks. I didn't know about the 1999 accident. Wiki says that there was a S/W fix, but the source on that has 404'd.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2023, 19:17
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

And you have not lost your skill at.... hard to...

And you have not lost your skill at.... hard to say, really.

Seriously, has anyone heard of wake vortices fubaring the FCS in any other case? Can't think of any, but I'm not omniscient.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2023, 12:13
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

On the bright side, first confirmed A2A kill for...

On the bright side, first confirmed A2A kill for the F-35!

Note that the F-35 sheds very tight, intense and persistent vortices from the wingtips. One of these seems to have blanketed the air data...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2023, 13:17
Replies: 34
Views: 8,794
Posted By LowObservable

Cease of talking the merde du taureau, espece de...

Cease of talking the merde du taureau, espece de rosbif!

Srsly, Dassault did a pretty good job on the Rafale, in terms of balancing cost-driving differences (different parts assembled in different...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Nov 2022, 21:49
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

Not so. The aviation world has become much safer...

Not so. The aviation world has become much safer - since I was an air-minded child, and 707s, DC-8s, 727s and Tridents seemed to stoof in every other week, at traffic levels that were tiny compared...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Nov 2022, 21:12
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

I think most here would agree that in a demanding...

I think most here would agree that in a demanding aviation operation, safety is best served when everyone on the airplane has a job to do and knows when and how to do it, and there is nobody around...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Nov 2022, 16:29
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

"It's not what we don't know that gets us in...

"It's not what we don't know that gets us in trouble, it's what we do know that just ain't so."
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Nov 2022, 18:21
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

Most likely, this will turn out like so many...

Most likely, this will turn out like so many reports: showing weaknesses and omissions both by individuals on Nov 12. 2022, and in how the management and direction of mass air displays have evolved...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Nov 2022, 12:28
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

From the crowd-line perspective, it's...

From the crowd-line perspective, it's understandably challenging to estimate horizontal range. But that means being careful when making those calls in Mk 1 eyeball.



Wouldn't you want to have...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Nov 2022, 12:12
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

38 seconds to descend from a sustained ~1500-1600...

38 seconds to descend from a sustained ~1500-1600 feet and 155-170 knots to a final of 215 knots and 550 feet, with turn such that he could not see outside it? In a sky full of metal?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Nov 2022, 21:17
Replies: 298
Views: 182,273
Posted By LowObservable

My reaction too (although I stop short of...

My reaction too (although I stop short of "intentional"). From one video that shows a wider angle, it looks as a number of aircraft including the B-17 were on a loose left-hand circuit for passes in...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2022, 14:12
Replies: 131
Views: 44,194
Posted By LowObservable

My theory was that the dark lower fuselage would...

My theory was that the dark lower fuselage would present problems on a hot airport ramp. I don't think it would be a problem in the air, but solar IR bouncing off concrete...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2022, 12:19
Replies: 16
Views: 5,630
Posted By LowObservable

The story in FRI a long time ago was that Blinder...

The story in FRI a long time ago was that Blinder was originally assigned to the Tu-128, but then it appeared at Tushino in 1961 carrying AAMs.

Meanwhile, the Tu-22 at Tushino was a surprise.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2022, 12:25
Replies: 16
Views: 3,917
Posted By LowObservable

You rang, sir? ...

You rang, sir?
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/378x500/rear_firing_1273b49da0d34ed678743f54eb8f0e3ceb2ea9fb.jpg
Looks like some kind of retro-thrust device to get it clear of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2022, 19:34
Replies: 225
Views: 43,576
Posted By LowObservable

Nick Pope didn't have ET visitors?

Nick Pope didn't have ET visitors?
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2022, 14:25
Replies: 454
Views: 219,387
Posted By LowObservable

I believe it is enabled in STOVL mode, including...

I believe it is enabled in STOVL mode, including STO, because the same issue can apply - a burp in the powered-lift system can cause a rapid departure to an out-of-envelope attitude. LAL may have...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2022, 14:50
Replies: 454
Views: 219,387
Posted By LowObservable

Without belaboring the obvious, the airplane is...

Without belaboring the obvious, the airplane is upside-down. Since it probably didn't get flipped on the recovery, and given the likely scenario and the dynamics involved, one suspects that it...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2021, 13:28
Replies: 646
Views: 156,663
Posted By LowObservable

The late (and missed) Lex Lafon told the story of...

The late (and missed) Lex Lafon told the story of a Navy pilot named Seaman, who was saddled with an obvious call sign.

Until, one day, four jets were doing ACM over the Central Valley. One pilot...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2021, 19:47
Replies: 52
Views: 13,500
Posted By LowObservable

First electro-optical astro-inertial system was...

First electro-optical astro-inertial system was developed for the Northrop SM-62 Snark, starting in the late 1940s. Airborne star acquisition and tracking was demonstrated around 1952. Snark of...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2021, 16:02
Replies: 48
Views: 20,030
Posted By LowObservable

If I recall correctly, the damage mechanism in...

If I recall correctly, the damage mechanism in cases like this is not simply wind blast. Upon encountering the ground, the downwash flow has nowhere to go except sideways and expands as a...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2021, 16:26
Replies: 48
Views: 20,030
Posted By LowObservable

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1313x1566/v_22_landing_c243104ce53c110beabe96c2acc7cf494545ecfa.jpg
My favorite visualization of V-22 downwash......
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2021, 19:57
Replies: 28
Views: 12,316
Posted By LowObservable

In October 1948, Boeing did have in hand a design...

In October 1948, Boeing did have in hand a design for a four-jet, B-47-size bomber as part of the XB-55 program (This had superseded the four-turboprop mini-Bear design). It had improvements such as...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2021, 14:06
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,063
Posted By LowObservable

UK carrier aviation has gone through some...

UK carrier aviation has gone through some remarkable twists and turns, but this takes the cake, the plate and the little plastic bride and groom on top.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2020, 01:05
Replies: 268
Views: 144,823
Posted By LowObservable

Errm... this wasn't "perfect". An aircraft with...

Errm... this wasn't "perfect". An aircraft with eight people on board and no inflight emergency egress was damaged to the point where return to an airfield was apparently impossible. Fortunately (by...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2020, 20:29
Replies: 237
Views: 142,969
Posted By LowObservable

I could tell you, but then I'd have to use a...

I could tell you, but then I'd have to use a horrible old cliche from a movie about shirtless male beach volleyball that had some airplanes in it.

What I learned over many years is that the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2020, 14:55
Replies: 823
Views: 258,507
Posted By LowObservable

For the record, $12.1 billion is more than half...

For the record, $12.1 billion is more than half the estimated EMD bill for the B-21 bomber, and approximately five times the cost of the Rafale Standard F4 upgrade, which is at least as comprehensive...
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