He got a tone.....he had the volume turned down.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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danpass
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ok, I thought at the end that I heard the guy saying 'shoot!' and him answering that he didn't have a tone.
There's a knob in the jet that allows you to turn the seeker volume up and down (WPN knob in the Hornet). I assume it's the same in the Tomcat.
RIO could've had his turned up while the the pilot had his turned down?
Unless later models were changed - and I doubt it - the RIO has no control of the tone volume.
Either the pilot turned up his volume realizing something was wrong, or the seeker head finally was pointed at the IR source.
re: "Isn't this the famous "Leo the RIO" engagment ??"
yes.
also the rio never got a sidewinder tone unless he selected emergency ics thereby using the pilot's ics amp.
monday morning quarterbacking follows:
i never had the impression that the pilot was in total agreement with the first fox one (which missed), initiated by the rio. i'm pretty sure he was just outside max range (they were low).
'aw, jesus!", at 48 seconds in the video, sounds to me, like "there goes my career."
yes.
also the rio never got a sidewinder tone unless he selected emergency ics thereby using the pilot's ics amp.
monday morning quarterbacking follows:
i never had the impression that the pilot was in total agreement with the first fox one (which missed), initiated by the rio. i'm pretty sure he was just outside max range (they were low).
'aw, jesus!", at 48 seconds in the video, sounds to me, like "there goes my career."
Good for him.
SOP back in the day was soon after launch to always switch leads, drop back into trail, checking each others' 'winder to make sure they all had a tone and to adjust the tone volume on the wingman (switches safe of course, but there were "incidents"). Even on an alert launch and hot vector we did this, because you can't go into a fight with blanks.
Turning up the volume after engaging is totally unsat in my book. (however I probably have made some 'similar' unsat mistakes..... but I would deny them even if I did.)
danpass
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DF-ST-90-05759
Two Soviet MiG-29 aircraft en route to an air show in British Columbia are intercepted by F-15 Eagle aircraft of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing.
Photographer's Name: Kevin L. BishopLocation: unknown
Date Shot: 8/1/1989Date Posted: unknownVIRIN: DF-ST-90-05759
http://www.defenseimagery.mil/index.html
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