Single Pilot, Single Yoke Military Aircraft
11-30-2010, 10:37 AM
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11-30-2010, 10:59 AM
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Boeing B-47 had two yokes and two pilots. Their must be a different term for the F-102 / F-106 cockpit "stick" with two grips. Is that really a yoke ?
11-30-2010, 10:59 AM
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When someone mentions single seat they are talking about F-5/16/18, etc.... type of aircraft (I'll add - IN MY EXPERIENCE).
Even when talking about two-seat Eagles/Vipers/or Hornets - they are just called two-holers or family models - you get the idea.
The title of the thread, and some of the responses to it, has me confused about exactly what the OP was asking to tell the truth.
I thought he was basically asking what SINGLE SEAT AIRCRAFT had a YOKE (like the P-38).
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11-30-2010, 11:09 AM
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Sorry to confuse the group. I flew the RB-57F which (unlike the B-57) has only one set of flight controls for two seats. When you check out in the aircraft, the instructor gets to sit in the back seat and watch.
I was wondering how many other military aircraft required the pilot to get in and fly without any "dual" instruction. It could be in a single seat aircraft or two seats where the second seat does not have access to flight controls.
Ther "yoke" criteria came from the RB-57F and U-2R which are high performance aircraft not by speed / g forces but by coffin corner flying.
I was wondering how many other military aircraft required the pilot to get in and fly without any "dual" instruction. It could be in a single seat aircraft or two seats where the second seat does not have access to flight controls.
Ther "yoke" criteria came from the RB-57F and U-2R which are high performance aircraft not by speed / g forces but by coffin corner flying.
11-30-2010, 11:20 AM
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Sorry to confuse the group. I flew the RB-57F which (unlike the B-57) has only one set of flight controls for two seats. When you check out in the aircraft, the instructor gets to sit in the back seat and watch.
I was wondering how many other military aircraft required the pilot to get in and fly without any "dual" instruction. It could be in a single seat aircraft or two seats where the second seat does not have access to flight controls.
I was wondering how many other military aircraft required the pilot to get in and fly without any "dual" instruction. It could be in a single seat aircraft or two seats where the second seat does not have access to flight controls.
The A-10 also fits your criteria too then. No two-seat A-10s. First time in the plane is truly a solo experience (from my understanding)
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11-30-2010, 11:43 AM
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Wiki says:
YA-10B Night/Adverse Weather-Two-seat experimental prototype, for work at night and in bad weather. The one YA-10B prototype was converted from a A-10A
For Ftrooppilot's purpose - I thikn the A-10 still fits his criteria. USMCFLYR
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