Thanks Doc even though I was around F-4's the Thud was my fave overall but we spent alot of short holds waiting for the wake turbulence from those J79's to dissipate especially as they took off two abreast most often.A takeoff roll behind four J79's in AB was bad juju for us tail draggers. I have some really nice color photos of evening strike mission launches I'll try to post later..
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
LOL! I can only imagine the wake turbulence from those jets!
They teach you about wake turbulence in ground school, but you have to experience it for yourself--one time--to really "get it". I had that one experience when I was about 50 hours into my flight training, taking off in a Cherokee 160 behind an American Airlines commuter jet. Did my usual smooth takeoff roll and was about 6 feet off the deck when the wake turbulence slammed me back down on the runway... I give those jets lots more room than "the book" says you should, since then!!!
"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars
LOL! I can only imagine the wake turbulence from those jets!
They teach you about wake turbulence in ground school, but you have to experience it for yourself--one time--to really "get it". I had that one experience when I was about 50 hours into my flight training, taking off in a Cherokee 160 behind an American Airlines commuter jet. Did my usual smooth takeoff roll and was about 6 feet off the deck when the wake turbulence slammed me back down on the runway... I give those jets lots more room than "the book" says you should, since then!!!
It can get real sporty landing behind a C-5 in a C-130, especially if you're light.
The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass
There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
I think so???...Its amazing that an aircraft that first flew in the late 1940's is still (just about) in service today with NASA (or the CIA depending who you believe!) operating three highly modified versions over Afghanistan ...
LOL! I can only imagine the wake turbulence from those jets!
They teach you about wake turbulence in ground school, but you have to experience it for yourself--one time--to really "get it". I had that one experience when I was about 50 hours into my flight training, taking off in a Cherokee 160 behind an American Airlines commuter jet. Did my usual smooth takeoff roll and was about 6 feet off the deck when the wake turbulence slammed me back down on the runway... I give those jets lots more room than "the book" says you should, since then!!!
It can get real sporty landing behind a C-5 in a C-130, especially if you're light.
For numbers of production and numbers of air forces using it, the F-4 Phantom series beats all other Western Cold War aircraft. The problem is, if it's a problem, that it did EVERYTHING well but was a master of none.
The current F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet has similar virtues and vices
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I have some really nice color photos of evening strike mission launches I'll try to post later..
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