Your Toss bombing computer sounds just like the one in the backseat of the
F-4 (it was built by my father while he was at GE). Quite interesting to
fly with something my dad built.

It worked well, so long as you had all the points plotted correctly and flew
the planned airspeeds, altitudes and the pull was done to the proper g-load
and onset rate.

I have also done toss bombing using only the hack clock in the back seat,
and gotten comparable scores. When you have to salvage a check ride you can
think of lots of tricks.

--
Les
F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret)


"Gary Watson" cf104@ihate spam.shaw.ca wrote in message
news:dGw5b.591$J6.146@pd7tw3no...
Tha Canadian CF104s that were tasked to the Nuclear Strike role in Germany
in the 1960s were bare aluminum except for the wings which were white.Teh
cockpit had a special aluminized /retractible canopy shield and the pilot
wore a gold-visored helmet.

Ed, I am curious about the Bomb Toss computer in your a/c. We had a simple
dual timer setup in the CF104. One clock was started at the run-in fix (or
whatever it was called) and when it annunciated, the pilot performed the
pitch-up/toss maneuver. At the appropriate time in this manuver the second
timer went to zero and released the bomb.
Seemed like a very simple (read cheap) system and I know the guys were
often
putting the 2,000 lb cement shaped charge within 100 mtrs of the dead
centre
on the range in Sardinia. Close enough with a nuke IMHO.Depending on the
mission profile, the clocks were set to the appropriate number of seconds.


Gary Watson ex RCAF


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
(Smartace11) wrote:

Always wondered what a camo B-58 might look like.

The Valiants, Victors and Vulcans were subsequently camouflaged
from that point on. I was stationed at Goose Bay, Labrador when the
transition took place. You've never seen anything prettier than a
Vulcan flying at tree top-level. Especially when you are on a hill
looking down on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers...Chris

Like a fast moving forest.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
***"When Thunder Rolled:
*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
*** from Smithsonian Books
ISBN: 1588341038