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From: dvlssd@cs.umu.se (Stefan Skoglund)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Aircraft turnaround and maintenance
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Date: 21 Feb 91 01:27:46 GMT
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From: dvlssd@cs.umu.se (Stefan Skoglund)
>The F-14A must use afterburner during a carrier launch.  The Navy is 
>retrofitting F-14As to the newer F-14A+ which has much more powerful
>engines and does not require the afterburner for a launch.  Therefore,
>if you can get off the ground without using 'burner, that's great.


Well, thoose TF-30 turbofans is a little sensitive for turbine-stall.
It seems that it usually occurs then going from full-afterburner to
Military. Not so nice. And then the Navy decided that all take-off's
would be done on full afterburner ( :-) ).

About shutting of the EBK.
On afterburner you are burning up a lot of fuel so you don't want to have it
running unnecessary ( :-) ).

The only time then you are running afterburner for a longer time 
after take of is then the CAP needs some good help and the Wing Commander
decids to scramble some help in other word then you are attecked unexpected.

dvlssd@cs.umu.se
Umea, Sweden