Hope he's still flying it a week later, vertical climbs in Orions sound like they'd result in a good telling-off
I had a right seat fly of both those aircraft (well fly is a long stretch, managing the autopilot is more to the point ) Caribou is a VTOL aircraft if the headwind is too high Globemaster had a flyover up here for the Long Tan rememberance
We had a single Hawk fly up the coast here, but not anywhere near our main memorial, which is a five minute walk from my house The Caribou did one of the most impressive displays I've ever seen. During one of the Red Bull Air Race rounds here a few years back, they flew soooo sloooow along the riverbank that it seemed more like a zeppelin. Love the wheelbarrow landings too
I didn't actually have my camera. I'm just relying on my phone and pics from other people. If I'd heard before I came to work - I'd have some much better shots. Ill see what else I can dig up. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks! There's a not-so-secret to knowing ahead of time - the RAAF usually posts updates about scheduled flypasts etc on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. They're worth a follow Alternatively, Flying Operations - Royal Australian Air Force has all the info in one place.
Some of my B 52's pics from today -Canberra, awesome to see 2 of these planes close overhead, unlikley to see it again. One of them was B52H #60-0033 "MT" from the 5th Bomb Wing/69th Bomb Squadron Knighthawks (Minot AFB, North Dakota,) which has recenlty been based at Anderson AFB Guam carrying out the Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) mission in Asia. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I think that is the water injection causing that from memory. Was told that from the engineers when they were based in Darwin many years ago. They actually went from high altitude bombing runs to TFR like the F-111 which is a very interesting concept for such a huge aircraft
I think a few things (e.g. Vulcan) went from high to low around the time SAMs started working a bit better. B-52s must have been one of the least suited of all, though
There was a sign in a USAF TFW office I saw one day : "SAMs are 50% of the B-52 casualties, the ground is 100%"
I remember talking to a B52 pilot in Alice many years ago after they had flown from Guam on TFR - mostly 200' - would have been something to see.. John
Over the ocean that's easy, the F-111s would attack ships 50' off the deck using the LARA (low altitude radar altimeter) over-ride, doing 480 knots causing a huge wave The idea of low TFR was to give the Phalanx guns less than 12 secs to lock on
John, I'm not sure of the B52H had water injection - I think that they are just smoky old JT3Ds! I remember 707s departing Mascot and it was hard to see the airframe from behind...
Fire hose Wes, fire hose An interesting sidebar is the drop tanks most of the old military aircraft use to run had been removed as the drag produced was more than the supposed additional range they were suppose to get. Our F-111 boys use to rely on the C-130 s ahead of them fpr weather conditions such as air speed and directions so they could pick the optimum height to idle along to the next refuelling station. One nav told me on a trip to the US in 79 that he was getting concerned with the fuel situation when the pilot got pissed at a Boeing pilot laughing at them as he cruised by so the pilot bumped it into 100% to blow the Boeing pilot away but quickly ran into his reserve and declared a PAN landing at Sacramento Ego is not a dirty word .... but it can mean a long walk and explanation
