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"Mike Marron" wrote in message ... (B2431) wrote: Mike Marron wrote: Thanks for honouring me by using my title. I see that spelling, not unlike aviation, still ain't your forte. Next time you're at the VA hospital picking up your monthly welfare check, be sure to say 'hey' to your good buddy Autocollimator in the psych ward for me would ya? ) Nowt wrong with his spelling Mike, isn't it nice to see Americans spelling the English language correctly for a change! ) Jim Doyle |
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"Mike Marron" wrote in message news Bob McKellar wrote: Bob McKellar, who thinks ignoring all those folks means you can read all of RAM in about 5 minutes a day That's the plan. A better plan would be for you to post to notepad and leave us out of your delusions, Marron. |
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:54:38 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote:
So far, it's been 50/50. The first high-speed low-level military flight, that collided with a glider, was able to make it safely to its original destination. Miraculously, the glider safely landed missing several feet of wing and aileron! If I recall correctly, the NTSB found the glider pilot to be at fault, despite the see-and-avoid regulations! Perhaps I'm daft, but how is a glider supposed to get out of the way of a high-speed military craft? Was he flying in a area he wasn't supposed to be? |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:58:40 -0600, S. Sampson wrote:
"Glenn Westfall" wrote I'm an Air Force Air Traffic Controller and am currently working in Okinawa, Japan. We have F-15's here at Kadena and it is not uncommon for them to come back well above 400 Kts below 10,000. We usually only worry about slowing them down if they are being sequenced to follow another aircraft. Close to final, they will usually slow themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise. I've heard that F-15's and Mig-29's are pigs below 400 knots :-) The AOA is probably in the teens by 250 knots... I'm certainly not an authority on this, but I thought dog fights normally took place in the 300 - 400 knot range. If that's the case, I doubt performance is pig-like below 400. |
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:05:25 -0500, Greg Copeland
wrote in Message-Id: : On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:54:38 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote: So far, it's been 50/50. The first high-speed low-level military flight, that collided with a glider, was able to make it safely to its original destination. Miraculously, the glider safely landed missing several feet of wing and aileron! If I recall correctly, the NTSB found the glider pilot to be at fault, despite the see-and-avoid regulations! Perhaps I'm daft, but how is a glider supposed to get out of the way of a high-speed military craft? See 91.113: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....2.4.7&idno=14 A glider has the right of way over a powered aircraft. It is the powered aircraft that regulations require avoid the glider, not the other way round. Was he flying in a area he wasn't supposed to be? The glider was in class G airspace as far as I can tell, albeit apparently within a Military Training Route. It is my understanding that aircraft operating there are still governed by the see-and-avoid mandate. |
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:36:05 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:05:25 -0500, Greg Copeland wrote in Message-Id: : On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:54:38 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote: So far, it's been 50/50. The first high-speed low-level military flight, that collided with a glider, was able to make it safely to its original destination. Miraculously, the glider safely landed missing several feet of wing and aileron! If I recall correctly, the NTSB found the glider pilot to be at fault, despite the see-and-avoid regulations! Perhaps I'm daft, but how is a glider supposed to get out of the way of a high-speed military craft? See 91.113: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....2.4.7&idno=14 A glider has the right of way over a powered aircraft. It is the powered aircraft that regulations require avoid the glider, not the other way round. Was he flying in a area he wasn't supposed to be? The glider was in class G airspace as far as I can tell, albeit apparently within a Military Training Route. It is my understanding that aircraft operating there are still governed by the see-and-avoid mandate. I understand that. And that was pretty much the basis of my question. The glider had right of way. Yet, "found the glider pilot to be at fault". To me, that says they expected a glider to get the heck out of the way of a highspeed aircraft. Thusly, my paraphrased statement of, "I'm crazy because I don't understand how they could expect that to happen." |
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:54:17 -0500, Greg Copeland
wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:36:05 +0000, Larry Dighera wrote: The glider was in class G airspace as far as I can tell, albeit apparently within a Military Training Route. It is my understanding that aircraft operating there are still governed by the see-and-avoid mandate. I understand that. And that was pretty much the basis of my question. The glider had right of way. Yet, "found the glider pilot to be at fault". To me, that says they expected a glider to get the heck out of the way of a highspeed aircraft. Thusly, my paraphrased statement of, "I'm crazy because I don't understand how they could expect that to happen." I get the feeling you don't understand that a "Military Training Route" is not ordinary see-and-avoid airspace. Rather, it's airspace used in a special way, with military aircraft given exclusive use when the airspace is active. Other aircraft, including gliders, are supposed to stay out of the route when it's active. This glider pilot didn't, and so was at fault. He was in an airspace forbidden to him then, an airspace dedicated at that time to the use of high-speed aircraft. He wasn't expected to dodge the fast-mover but to stay away from the airspace reserved for that fast-mover. The reason the space is reserved is that it's hard to get out of the way of a fast-mover, because there isn't enough time between when you see it and when it's where you are for you to be elsewhere. And the fast-mover doesn't have any more time to maneuver. Maybe less, as gliders are smaller and, maybe, harder to see. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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F-15 pulling 7-8 Gs at 400kts at sealevel is hardly pig-like
-- Curiosity killed the cat, and I'm gonna find out why! "Greg Copeland" wrote in message news On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:58:40 -0600, S. Sampson wrote: "Glenn Westfall" wrote I'm an Air Force Air Traffic Controller and am currently working in Okinawa, Japan. We have F-15's here at Kadena and it is not uncommon for them to come back well above 400 Kts below 10,000. We usually only worry about slowing them down if they are being sequenced to follow another aircraft. Close to final, they will usually slow themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise. I've heard that F-15's and Mig-29's are pigs below 400 knots :-) The AOA is probably in the teens by 250 knots... I'm certainly not an authority on this, but I thought dog fights normally took place in the 300 - 400 knot range. If that's the case, I doubt performance is pig-like below 400. |
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In article , Mary Shafer
wrote: I get the feeling you don't understand that a "Military Training Route" is not ordinary see-and-avoid airspace. Rather, it's airspace used in a special way, with military aircraft given exclusive use when the airspace is active. Other aircraft, including gliders, are supposed to stay out of the route when it's active. This glider pilot didn't, and so was at fault. He was in an airspace forbidden to him then, an airspace dedicated at that time to the use of high-speed aircraft. He wasn't expected to dodge the fast-mover but to stay away from the airspace reserved for that fast-mover. The reason the space is reserved is that it's hard to get out of the way of a fast-mover, because there isn't enough time between when you see it and when it's where you are for you to be elsewhere. And the fast-mover doesn't have any more time to maneuver. Maybe less, as gliders are smaller and, maybe, harder to see. What??? Who gave you the misinformation? Tell me where in the FARs it describes MTRs as PROHIBITED or RESTRICTED or EXCLUSIVE or RESERVED airspace. |
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:54:17 -0500, Greg Copeland
wrote in Message-Id: : I understand that. And that was pretty much the basis of my question. The glider had right of way. Yet, "found the glider pilot to be at fault". To me, that says they expected a glider to get the heck out of the way of a highspeed aircraft. Thusly, my paraphrased statement of, "I'm crazy because I don't understand how they could expect that to happen." The Navy compensated the glider pilot for damages. But fortune was smiling on him. He could have just as easily ended up splattered across four acres of golf course as occurred in another military/civil 'mishap' November 16, 2000 in Florida. |
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