Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Any truth to about controls reversing at near mach 1? Remember the great old English movie /Breaking the Sound Barrier/? Jim Nichols wrote: > Walt, > > Our engineers and facilities worked closely with the folks at Eglin > AFB who decided what stores were needed on each type of aircraft. We > have two wind tunnels that do a lot of store separation work, to find > out how a store will move when it is released. > > You can imagine how upsetting it would be for a pilot to release one > of those large drop tanks and find that it pivots around the leading > edge of the wing and comes back at the airplane. The flow patterns > around high speed aircraft can cause a lot of unusual trajectories > when stores are dropped. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Cigar Box, More Views from the Rockies > > >> Jim >> The mountains are nice but the A10 is my favorite. Damn, those things >> carry more than a squadron of B17s.Also heard they are hard to knock >> down. >> >> Walt >> >> Jim Nichols wrote: >>> When we visited the Rocky Mountain National Park in May 1991, I >>> drove my wife's Volvo 740 wagon up to 11,000 ft, higher than I have >>> ever flown a light plane. The pictures at the top were not >>> spectacular because of the snow and clouds. However, on the way up, >>> the views were great. A couple are linked below. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Rockies+1991.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Perch+With+a+View+1991.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >