"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:13:11 -0500, Ronald Gardner
wrote in ::

I suspect gear and flaps down speed of a F15 to be around 110 or 120
knots.

Unfortunately, that doesn't prevent F-15s from endangering the public
by exceeding the 250 knot speed limit below 10,000'.


Umm, military has never been restricted to the 250knot speed. You really
think they are 'endangering the public' when they do this? Do you think
they don't know where YOUR aircraft is long before you see them?

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Chris Schmelzer, MD

The guy in Florida in a 172 that got hit by a military hot shot that broke
every rule in the book would agree that they are 'endangering the public'
except he is dead. To add insult to murder he was given partial blame for
not seeing and avoiding a military fighter traveling at well over 250
knots that came up on him from behind.


That was a ****ty deal in deed. I can't speak for what happened in that
case, but I know for a fact that this accident is a case study that every
new pilot must study and several new regulations were put into place after
this to prevent it from happening again.

It is definitely not the norm for how the USAF conducts daily training
missions.