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Jameshow

Veteran
Globemaster C17. How slippery is that rear ramp in the rain ?

Why the c17 rather than the A400m?

Smoother ride??

Why use a heavyweight yank tank rather than European midweight transporter???

Could have given it a fighter escort too?

That would get the republicans shouting!!
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
I've got a book that's all about the F4 Phantom. There's a picture of a Phantom turning whilst supersonic and turning inside it at subsonic speed either an A4 or a T38 Talon (can't remember)

The phantom is going in almost a straight line :smile:
G-force in a turn is a function of speed, so a supersonic F-4 would have to pull a lot more g to match the turn rate of the subsonic aircraft.
Why the c17 rather than the A400m?

Smoother ride??

Why use a heavyweight yank tank rather than European midweight transporter???

Could have given it a fighter escort too?

That would get the republicans shouting!!
Most likely a combination of ground noise, speed and comfort.
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
Quite possible, they don't do "go a rounds" for no reason.
I'm confused now - did it land, or did it go around?
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
Why not runway too short or not stationed there?
The Mildenhall runway is fine for a B-52, but they are typically only seen there in May for the Air Fete.

Otherwise you need to go to Fairford to see one on the ground, on their increasingly frequent deployments there. So likely an unscheduled visit.
 
Saturday 1st

Keyrings!!
J Birkitt
Steep Hill
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

The shop window was full of various gauges from a variety of aircraft!
Sadly, nothing from an AV Roe Vulcan

Seen whilst there, on a circuitous route home from Newark-on-Trent, & Truckfest

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