Cloud9 Phantom Question
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Re: Cloud9 Phantom Question
GPS is for numpties.
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Re: Cloud9 Phantom Question
Take off sequence requires a wet finger pointed upwards to check wind direction, then set compass allowing for wet finger response, check stopwatch, make sure you have correct map suitably folded to show route, then open up engine & brakes off...WhEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Keith
Keith
Re: Cloud9 Phantom Question
Controller:
"Air Force 53, it appears your engine has... oh... disregard that, I see you've already Ejected. "
"Air Force 53, it appears your engine has... oh... disregard that, I see you've already Ejected. "
Re: Cloud9 Phantom Question
RAF Phantoms had an INS system that was, to quote an F-4 Navigator, "accurate enough to determine which hemisphere we were in"
"Speed building both sides.....passing one hundred knots.....V1..rotate...oh sh*t..."