Roger that...

I was ready to dig out my copy of the FARs dealing with powered lift .

"Jim Baker" wrote in message
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Sorry, I thought it was clear I was speaking about AoA to fly final and
land
the Bone, as you said you use in the Harrier.


"Frijoles" wrote in message
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Good job JB, you compute an airspeed for the Bone. And so your point
is...*what* about landing the Harrier?


"Jim Baker" wrote in message
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You're right Frijoles, in the Bone the correct answer for "What
airspeed
do
you fly on final" is "I don't know/care. I'm flying 7 AoA as required
by
the Dash One". There is however, a chart of airspeed and gross
weights
that
every pilot has and, IAW the Landing Checklist, every final must have
an
airspeed computed.

JB

"Frijoles" wrote in message
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Nozzles aft, Harrier approach speed will be in the 155kt +/-range.
At
20
nozzles and auto flaps(normal for IFR final), you're somewhat slower
but
to
be honest I don't recall the airspeed because my primary reference
was
always AoA. Depending on the type of landing you intend to make,
once
you're in the visual environment, you transition to a higher nozzle
angle
(60-75 depending...), and in some instances, STOL flaps where the
flaps
program automatically as a function of nozzle angle. "On speed" for
a
fixed-nozzle slow landing is around 110kts. The *very* slow rolling
landings you occasionaly see are called rolling vertical landings --
60
kts
ground speed is the target but the transition to that speed will
usually
be
over the runway, not on approach final.

"Darkwing Duck" wrote in message
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"Tetsuji Rai" wrote in message
s.com...
Airspeed limitation below 10000ft is usually 250kts unless you
have
been
authorized by the Administrator. However I guess it's a bit
slow
for
military fighters. So I am curious how fast military fighters
fly
in
the
real world. I guess it's very dangerous military aircraft fly
much
fast
among civilian planes.



So how fast is short final in a F-14 or whatever? Always wanted to
know.