Groundspeeds
10-11-2009, 05:06 PM
#12
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10-11-2009, 05:30 PM
#13
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10-12-2009, 04:18 AM
#14
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He's Right!!
AZFlyer:
USMCFLYER is correct: the low-levels in Iraq were underneath the Tanker-Track (the tankers were 20 miles or so north). We would exit the low-level and trade speed for altitude and go get more go-juice.
The Hi-alt runs were Functional Check Flight (FCF) profiles; call it a post-maintenance test-flight. We never got more than 60 miles from home-base on those, and at 48-52,000 ft and Mach 1.7-1.8, you can glide a long way!
USMCFLYER is correct: the low-levels in Iraq were underneath the Tanker-Track (the tankers were 20 miles or so north). We would exit the low-level and trade speed for altitude and go get more go-juice.
The Hi-alt runs were Functional Check Flight (FCF) profiles; call it a post-maintenance test-flight. We never got more than 60 miles from home-base on those, and at 48-52,000 ft and Mach 1.7-1.8, you can glide a long way!
Last edited by UAL T38 Phlyer; 10-12-2009 at 04:30 AM.
