Aircraft

Carruthers · 01-15-2016, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

so. to take off it starts with the dollies and then ejects them when airborne?

how extravagantly impractical

Gravity assists, except when....

There's nothing worse than a hung pogo.

Scanned from the above mentioned manual.

Carruthers · 01-15-2016, 05:46 AM

There are no U-2s permanently based at Fairford, but they stage through from time to time usually en-route to having a prod around one of the world's trouble spots.
Their visits to RAF Fairford always create a great deal of interest amongst aircraft enthusiasts and this hasn't gone unnoticed by the USAF.

Mike B, one of the administrators at www.fightercontrol.co.uk seems to be well known.

There is a permanent U2 detachment at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
I understand that the Cypriot government has its reservations about the aircraft being based there, but the Sovereign Base Area is essentially British territory so that's that.
The official position is that the aircraft are engaged in 'weather research'.

In 2014 the unit celebrated it's fortieth anniversary at Akrotiri with the slogan 'Still not here after forty years'.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2016, 01:30 AM

Swoooosh...

glatt · 01-21-2016, 07:57 AM

Beautiful. Can you imagine being rich enough that you could have flown on the Concorde? That would have been amazing.

Gravdigr · 01-21-2016, 11:22 AM

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ETA: That Tornado shouldn't have had too much trouble keeping up with the Concorde, not at mach 2, anyway.

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Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,400 km/h, 1,490 mph) at 9,000 m (30,000 ft) altitude;

~ Wiki

Gravdigr · 01-21-2016, 11:32 AM

An RAF Tornado:

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xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

ETA: That Tornado shouldn't have had too much trouble keeping up with the Concorde, not at mach 2, anyway.

~ Wiki

I tried to find the altitude before I posted that, but without success.
The Tornado was low on fuel, over the Irish Sea, and I'd assume at mach 2 uses fuel at a prodigious rate. So four minutes of balls to the wall, playing with a camera, and watching the fuel gage, kept him busy. But you can ask him at his site, Adrian Meredith. You can buy a print signed by him and the Concorde Chief Pilot Mike Bannister, for £50.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2016, 02:14 PM

Pesky peckers...

01-15-2016, 05:46 AM	#2
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	There are no U-2s permanently based at Fairford, but they stage through from time to time usually en-route to having a prod around one of the world's trouble spots. Their visits to RAF Fairford always create a great deal of interest amongst aircraft enthusiasts and this hasn't gone unnoticed by the USAF. Mike B, one of the administrators at www.fightercontrol.co.uk seems to be well known. There is a permanent U2 detachment at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. I understand that the Cypriot government has its reservations about the aircraft being based there, but the Sovereign Base Area is essentially British territory so that's that. The official position is that the aircraft are engaged in 'weather research'. In 2014 the unit celebrated it's fortieth anniversary at Akrotiri with the slogan 'Still not here after forty years'. __________________

01-21-2016, 01:30 AM	#3
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pesky peckers... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Beautiful. Can you imagine being rich enough that you could have flown on the Concorde? That would have been amazing.

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