It's also not moving forward around 40 mph.They just have to remember the runway doesn't rock back and forth.
It's also not moving forward around 40 mph.They just have to remember the runway doesn't rock back and forth.
An F-16 Crew Chief I knew back in the day had worked on F-111s previously. He talked about how in England an F-111 came in hot with the wings stuck fully swept back. Tailhook caught the wire of the arresting barrier, SSSPPPRRROOOIIINNNNGGGGG!!!! It stopped it, really fast.
How hard can it be? Officers do itIt's also not moving forward around 40 mph.
I didn't know F 111s had tailhooks.An F-16 Crew Chief I knew back in the day had worked on F-111s previously. He talked about how in England an F-111 came in hot with the wings stuck fully swept back. Tailhook caught the wire of the arresting barrier, SSSPPPRRROOOIIINNNNGGGGG!!!! It stopped it, really fast.
How hard can it be? Officers do it
Arresting wire is before the barrier. If it catches the wire the plane stops. If not it hits the barrier.I didn't know F 111s had tailhooks.
And shouldn't the barrier stop the FRONT of the aircraft, not the back?
Norfolk NAS (Naval Air Station... I think it's changed designations since then), there was a F-14 breaking in it's engines after a rebuild.They were loud
The mention of an F111 reminded me of an incident during exercises in the North Atlantic. We were steaming as a 5 ship formation on high alert to be attacked by a squadron from England flying F111's. I had a few minutes to run topside and see the ocean/get some fresh air. Cool overcast day, nice North Atlantic weather. Spotted something on the horizon off the stern moving fast. It was coming straight on to us right on the surface of the water. It was an F111 in afterburner trying to penetrate our defenses. It was followed by one of our F14 Tomcats nearly in his tailpipe. When it got close I could see it was below the level of our flight deck, about 60 feet. It did a barrel roll over the carrier with our F14 following him. They were loud!!
Very impressive.
Don
F-15, F-16, F-35A all have tailhooks. Maybe others as well. It’s actually called a “emergency arrester” or something like that. Not as robust as Navy tailhook, but not for every day use either. Most USAF bases have a complementary cabling system also, and there is a deployable version of it. They’re only supposed to be used in an emergency like no brakes, or has to land too fast or otherwise unlikely to stop in the normal allotted runway length.I still didn't know they had tailhooks.
That's usually a Navy/Marine thing.
I was at military funeral at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio a while back. There were so many funerals going on that day that the firing squad would fire their rifles, right face and march directly to the next funeral, fire, march to the next funeral, lather rinse repeat. They only stopped to fire the rifles.My mom had 7 brothers, all vets of WW2 or Korea. Each had a firing squad at their funeral. Every time the squad would quietly march out BEHIND the attendees and fire the salute. It always scared the crap out of the crowd. I mean screaming and crying from some of the women. I was a pall bearer at several and standing facing everyone I could see what was going to happen and tried to warn people.
Don
Norfolk NAS (Naval Air Station... I think it's changed designations since then), there was a F-14 breaking in it's engines after a rebuild.
They literally bolted the plane to the ground with some kinda struts.
I was on the other side of the fence, just absorbing the sound and vibrations.
It was something else.
The mention of an F111 reminded me of an incident during exercises in the North Atlantic. We were steaming as a 5 ship formation on high alert to be attacked by a squadron from England flying F111's. I had a few minutes to run topside and see the ocean/get some fresh air. Cool overcast day, nice North Atlantic weather. Spotted something on the horizon off the stern moving fast. It was coming straight on to us right on the surface of the water. It was an F111 in afterburner trying to penetrate our defenses. It was followed by one of our F14 Tomcats nearly in his tailpipe. When it got close I could see it was below the level of our flight deck, about 60 feet. It did a barrel roll over the carrier with our F14 following him. They were loud!!
Very impressive.
Don
Probably, I remember compressor stalls being a problem.The F-111 used a P&W TF-30 engine. Same basic engine was put into F-14A and Navy A-7A. First after-burning turbofan engine. It worked fine in F-111 and A-7A, not-so great in the F-14A - compressor stalls were an issue, e.g. Goose, Revlon.
So Actaeon and Nazgul may have been listening to the same engines (including the chaser and the chasee), depending on the vintage of F-14s involved.
thanks for the infoF-15, F-16, F-35A all have tailhooks. Maybe others as well. It’s actually called a “emergency arrester” or something like that. Not as robust as Navy tailhook, but not for every day use either. Most USAF have a complementary cabling system also, and there is a deployable version of it. They’re only supposed to be used in an emergency like no brakes, or has to land too fast or otherwise unlikely to stop in the normal allotted runway length.
thanksI don't read a lot of the tl ones, but yours are usually educational.