Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!ames!dftsrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!xrtnt From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: F/A 18 Message-ID: <4108@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 6 Dec 90 16:38:56 GMT References: <1990Nov30.175221.343@tc.fluke.COM> <1990Dec1.194329.20431@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1990Dec2.201152.22965@cs.umn.edu> <2049@otc.otca.oz> <17740@teda.UUCP> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 49 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article <17740@teda.UUCP>, bosart@teda.UUCP (Donald R. Bosart) writes... ^alberti@cs.umn.edu (Albatross) writes: ^ ^>In <2049@otc.otca.oz> elson@otc.otca.oz (Elson Markwick) writes: ^ ^> ^ ^>followed. One of my flares took out the IR and I heard an alarm which I ^>thought was a damage indicator but was too busy to read. I killed power, ^>rolled over to turn the jet to face the other direction, and accelerated again. ^>Falling tail-first, I attempted to reduce my downward trajectory while firing ^>on the MIG. Suddenly the grey shape of the conning tower loomed in my port ^>window. My velocity showed ~0 knots. Reacting quickly, I killed my accelera- ^>tion, lowered my landing gear, and dropped my nose. And landed on the deck ^>of the carrier. ^ ^>I do not claim to have done this deliberately, nor have I been able to ^>reproduce this stunt, although my attempts have ended in some spectacular ^>failures :-). ^>-- ^ ^I would not have believe this except for your disclaimer of ^repeatability; this is a neat incident! I suppose it could really ^happen too -- a pilot would have to be truly insane to really try it! ^:-) This reminds me of a picture I once saw. It is of an F18 on full afterburner about 20 ft off the surface of the ocean (the flames just licked the water) poiting as near vertical as one can imagine. The guy said he made a copy of the picture from an air boss on some carrier (name eludes me) where a pilot had missed his landing and ended up off the deck with almost no airspeed. The bugger threw it into afterburner and managed to pull it out without ditching the aircraft. Can't say if it's a true story or not but the photo was pretty. ^ ^>Bob Alberti Micro and Wkstn Networks Ctr, U of MN // aka: Albatross| Unitar- ^-- ^------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^Donald R. Bosart Teradyne EDA West NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.