A gorgeous sound. Anyone got it as an audio file. What a ring tone that would make for your mobile phone! 😎

Interestingly, while not the blue note, I seem to remember F-104s having a similarly distinctive howl, as did USAF F4s but not the British ones. Does anyone have similar memories??

F104s and US F4s had J79 engines, the Brits used RR Spey engines. Indeed the F104 fit was very prone to howl. I always found it a dreadful sound.

very expensive and only good as static airframes with lots of work and many parts missing! I think the guy has a BMW dealership, this is his “hobby”.

Yup Piet is well known here abouts, have had a few dealings with him in the past.

Not sure, I always assumed it was the first stage fan because that is what I recall Marine Salvage saying it was. (albeit a very long time ago!) It is certainly from a Victor Conway. It is 36 1/2″ dia. if that helps!
Did all Victor Conways have a zero stage, or was that a mod introduced during service?

Pete

The zero stage was added during it’s Blue Steel days if I remember right. It was still fitted when they were converted to K2’s. They gave us alot of problems being light alloy and so long. At least four failed while I was working on them (1982-1986).

And reduces cruise drag a bit. As I said, the Tornado is a very small aircraft and was designed (don’t knoe why) to carry everythink external.

That’s why a Buccaneer was faster at low level with a war-load (internals only).

🙂

But they had all had quite a hard working life and changes of role… so close to 35 years in service wasn`t bad going.

I read somewhere that HP were planning a civil airliner version… I may be wrong but civil airworthiness certification wouldn`t have been possible with the engines buried in the wing roots….

Actually I meant that is was abit of a Jonah.
It didn’t serve during the Falklands campaign due to an accident, once back together it took the Station Commander to get it airtested (the aircrew were somewhat wary of it).
Some time later it punched through the forward jacking points on the line.
It got fixed again, then did a nosewheel-up landing at Ascension Island.
After being struck-off, it was left to rot at St Mawgan. It was eventually sold to someone who wanted to display it up north I believe. However, it couldn’t be moved so it was scrapped. I think the cockpit survived though.

Can anyone tell me the name of an airfield on the right hand side of the A46, sandwiched between the A46 and the river Trent travelling south
The nearest places are Bleasby,Flintham, East Stoke and Syerston.
The low flying aircraft signs are still there, but the place doesn’t seem to be active. I have looked on Microsoft aerial views, but this does not reveal anything . Also what is or was it used for?

RAF Syerston. I believe in my Cadet days that it was used for gliding.

What about Concorde? used the Afterburners to break Mach 1 then ran dry to Mach 2 + a bit.

True, the ram effect in the intake at Mn 2.0 gave it a pressure ratio of around 6.0:1. Coupled to the pr of the engine (10:1) meant an overal pr of 60:1. That was enough to produce the thrust required.

Actually, I see first class area ruling. And I think it is possible that it went supersonic without afterburner. Some indications that might help to find that out:
– TW-ratio (static)
– bypass ratio
– inlet ramp construction
– drag

The difficulty of finding it out grows downwards, but I guess if the first is close to unity and bypass is zero, we could have a winner. Make the aircraft clean, have a cold day and tell the pilot to be triggerhappy with the throttle and it might suffice.

Supercruise is no Wunder. But I think (though I can’t prove it), that transonic drag has been reduced since first generation Mach 2 jets.

How would an inlet ramp help at low supersonic speeds?
Even the F16 uses what is basically a pitot intake.
The Lightning can supercruise (Mn 1.1 without reheat) and that is a fairly old design.