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From: vexpert!mst@relay.EU.net (Markus Stumptner)
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Subject: Re: Mig-29 operated by Iraq
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.031645.10841@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 25 Jan 91 03:16:45 GMT
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From: vexpert!mst@relay.EU.net (Markus Stumptner)

>From article <1991Jan22.014153.18512@cbnews.att.com>, by newave!john@uunet.UU.NET (John A. Weeks III):
> One of the Tomcat pilots made a 90 degree turn at the end of the runway
> with burners on, then pulled the plane straight up, where it accelerated
> until it was out of sight.  During the right hand turn, the jet blast
> caused hats and umbrellas to go flying, while no other plane in the
> show created any type of noticable jet blast or prop wash.  

That is a clear indication the others were holding back, since the
F-14 engine thrust is not that much stronger that that of other planes
(I do not have the exact figures, but I think it is on the order of
20000 pounds per engine for the older ones, and 27000 for the newer
versions, while the F100 engines of the F-15 are were in the 25-30000
range from the outset).

Markus Stumptner                                mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at
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