It was only a matter of time.
That's what I was thinking, try crossing a ridge at FL350 and 200 kts.
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Fun Low Level in a Hornet
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That's what I was thinking, try crossing a ridge at FL350 and 200 kts.
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remind me which aircraft DON'T rely on their lift vector.... WTF?
A similar incident happened at VA-174, the east coast A-7 RAG when I was there in '77. Student flying a low level took a hit from one of those famous Florida turkey buzzards in the windscreen and canopy. The bird shattered the screen and temporarily blinded the stud who had the presence of mind to start a gradual climb. The chase IP (for those who don't know, this was before the TA-7 and many syllabus flights were chased by an IP in another A-7) established communications with the stud and talked him back to NAS Cecil Field where an LSO was waiting. The chase IP flew wing and talked the stud through the descent and dirty-up where the waiting LSO took over, talking the stud down to a short field arrested landing. The stud nearly lost an eye, had surgery to repair it, and was fitted with some type of contact lens, and was granted a waiver to continue flying.
And if OttoJoBoy had this in mind I would admit defeat, however.....
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That's 2x the speed of a boat!
That's VERY fast with a CPA of 25 to 35 yards abeam and a closure rate of 70 knots. Head on with PHM's mind you! That's only time I had a little pucker factor on the bridge of an FFG. It relaxed quickly though. Helo's are so much faster.
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Here's the modern day go fast boat. That was a pretty good day...and those Coasties have a pretty good gig there too with an O-3 CO.
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Is that pesky radalt going off every time you break squadron/wing/service LAT SOPs? Did the LATI tell you he'd crsush you if you punched out the Master Caution to make the radalt shut up? Just roll inverted. Problem solved.
BTW, a 1g, near 90 degree nose slice suits me just fine a lot of the time. I haven't flown LAT really close to max gross weight yet, but I can imagine that booming around with heavy tanks and stores with weaker than normal roll rates, and less than normal g available can make for some sporty dive recoveries.
Sounds like an Approach article.
MasterBates
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RADALTS beeping?
No such thing in the Hummer. Just a light that my knee blocks anyways.
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No such thing in the Hummer. Just a light that my knee blocks anyways.
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Aren't they adding a tone soon?
MasterBates
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Soon in Hummer land is measured in geologic epochs.
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Phun Phrog Phact of the Day:
The pinky switch on the cyclic silences the RADALT tone. Quite useful when coming in to land.
Oh - the pinky switch on the -57's cyclic? It secures the AFCS.
Mas lulz until that habit is broken.
MasterBates
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I had some interesting times in early FAMS mostly because I was relying on muscle memory from flying Stab Bar 204/5s before the Navy, and all my 206 time was in stab aug birds.
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I can't be the only person curious as to the tactical value of the Hummer low level.