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- From: davehyde@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
- Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
- Subject: Subject: SR-71 / MIG-25
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 08:39:26 -0600
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- In article <1992Nov14.043322.20437@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> "Toby . Hughes"
- <thughes@lonestar.utsa.edu> writes:
-
- >The primary arresting gear on most USAF installations, even 10 years ago,
- were the
- >BAK-9 and BAK-12, which were (and are) arresting cables. Kinda hard to engage
- >one without a hook!
-
- You've probably flown a T-38, then. See a hook? There are tabs on the main
- gear doors that are
- supposed to catch the cable after the nosewhhel kicks it up. Sounds like one
- of those "trust me"
- things.
-
- >BTW, I may hold the USAF record for the slowest arresting gear engagement,
- >having snagged the mid-field MOREST at Cam Ranh Bay in an F-4 at a speed less
- >than 10 knots.
-
- Navy humor (very little): LIG LOAW _EGTL_ OK-1
-
- Dave Hyde
- davehyde@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
- So I said to the Navy, "These are my opinions, go and get your own."
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