Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A must watch

[Les Thompson (les21]

Doug,

Sounds like an Aardvark, F-111.  

Lost one while as was at Cannon AFB in the 70's, bird strike, unfortunately the pod didn't help in that instance. I used to read the IG reports and it seemed like at least twice a month there would be a lost canopy incident where someone pulled the wrong handle at the wrong time. Not cheap, but always wondered what would happen in the F-111.

Les T.

-----Original Message----- 

From: Douglas Anderson 

Sent: Oct 21, 2020 7:51 AM 

To: Les Thompson 

Cc: 'The FerrariList' 

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] A must watch 

Yeah – thanks ClYdE

Picture this – 1975 and I am at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA, as a young Army captain attending a meeting.  After the meeting, and since my dad had been assigned there when I was born I wanted to poke about. 

 

In uniform no one bothered me having been raised by Ferrari Willi to go anywhere with authority no one will bother you, I went into a hanger – there it was – not the whole plane . . . just the “escape pod.”  What a cool idea.  Instead of going thru the roof or ejecting the canopy, a whole kernel of the fuselage ejected.  It had vestigial wings for some sort of flight control.

 

I don’t know how well the idea actually worked but it looked like a good idea.  Anyone . . . . ?

 

Cheers

Doug

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Peter Rychel

Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:26 PM

To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>

Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] A must watch

 

Awesome cLyDe. Thanks for passing along these videos to the ‘List, I always enjoy watching and learning from them (I also download them too).

 

Peter

 

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From: Clarence Romero Jr.

Sent: October 20, 2020 4:52 AM

To: PeterGT4

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: [Ferrari] A must watch

 

Guys if you want to know what’s it’s like to fly terrain following 

Watch this video

It’s long but worth it 

The F-111 and the RF-4 were the only planes that the USAF would let do it at night 

 

“Jeff Guinn chats about flying the USAF F-111 Aardvark. He includes his training, being based at Upper Heyford and flying in Desert Storm.”

 

“ ... 930 knots on the deck”

 

Excellent presentation.  A must watch.  Enjoy. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hrrMlksNA

 

 

 

     RF4-4EVR

 

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

 

If you have no enemies, you have no character !

 

Clyde Romero    

 

 

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