By: PeterVerney - 26th November 2010 at 19:04
“Spins” or “passes” ? Didn’t think spinning was practised much in the early swept wing jets.
I’ll get my coat.
I always remember when on 152 with Meteor NFs we would get bounced by gash Yanks while patiently doing daytime PIs. I well remember more than once calling my pilot to break for a swept wing Thunderjet F84F. The moment he tried to tighten his turn he flicked into a slow spin and disappeared from view many thousands of feet below. We sat there laughing our heads off, although we did have a crew killed in Oct ’54, when a Yank Sabre bounced them rather too vigorously.
By: ozplane - 26th November 2010 at 18:13
Ah, orbit type spins as opposed to spinning type spins.
By: Pen Pusher - 26th November 2010 at 17:25
“Spins” or “passes” ? Didn’t think spinning was practised much in the early swept wing jets.
I’ll get my coat.
Spins as going round in circles. 😀
Brian
By: Bograt - 26th November 2010 at 17:05
About lunchtime? That would have been a certain Grumman fighter…….
“It’ll all be on the blog”
By: ozplane - 26th November 2010 at 15:59
“Spins” or “passes” ? Didn’t think spinning was practised much in the early swept wing jets.
I’ll get my coat.
By: Pen Pusher - 26th November 2010 at 12:46
The Sabre did a couple of spins over RAF Wyton around 11.30 ish this morning.
That doesn’t sound like a Merlin 😀
Brian
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