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From: fredc@bmcg.UUCP (Fred Cordes)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: re: starfighter yarn
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 16:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 16:20:00 1985
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Regards "bellying in" an F104- I recall reading a pilot report about
flying these planes. An instructor was interviewed about dead-stick landings.
He said that the short, very thin wings have (had?) BLC- boundary layer
control. This is high pressure air from one of the engine compressor stages
that is ducted over the wing near the leading edge. It prevents boundary
layer separation (and stall) from occurring in steep angles of attack
that are needed for approach to landing. If there is a flameout, the
minimum landing speed would be raised to 250 kts to compensate for no BLC.
The instructor knew of no one who'd landed this way.

fred cordes