Tartan 51/52 today 19 Jun

[DaveB]

Oh.. I agree completely mate but the procedure is there listed in ATP-56(B). Whether it'd be used or not is a different matter ;-) I suppose that if the poor receiver had been brought down to (for example) a non-military field and the fault couldn't be fixed there.. if the rest of the aircraft is functioning okey dokey, then why not fly it out following a lead aircraft Rare as hens teeth I'd imagine

ATB

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[Garry Russell]

Although nothing to do with this as such OFFTOPIC

Here is an example of pulling a crippled aircraft back into the air for a crash landing elsewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3iMw7Q7H68

Garry

[Nigel H-J]

Thanks for the link Garry, the captain was very lucky to have got it back up in the air as the port wing made contact with terra firma.

Many thanks for that explanation Tonks and hope you are enjoying Kemble.

Regards
Nigel.

[Paul K]

Thanks for all the information, gents. I had an inkling it was something to do with escorting a damaged colleague to the ground, reading off the speed to him and all that, but then I thought...nah, you've been watching too many 'Airport' films. Great stuff to read, as ever in this forum.

CHEERS

[DaveB]

Oo-er.. that sounds cool

Cheers Mr T

Hope you had a good weekend at Kemble btw ;-)

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[DaveB]

Hi Chaps

I received this earlier from Pete (Motormouse)...

IIRC the accompanied departure is all to do with a/c weight ,take-off performance, and length of rwy available.
The Victors' had to do this , get 2 airborne half full, then one would tank the other to full, then the full one accompanied by a 'spare' which followed on in case #1 went broke, went on to 'task rendezvous'

(read Vulcan 607, Rowland White's account of the Black Buck raids, you'll get the idea)...as for accompanied let-downs...thats' why fighter pilots always go around in pairs y'know...also known as 'shepherding'

ttfn

Pete (from the colonies still)

Don't ya just love it when you keep learning new stuff

Cheers Pete ;-)

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