*** Posted by Rapier *** [ I've noticed Your coversation, but dont think that any grill woudt prevent objects with the size of a bolt or nut to be sucked into the engine, and its here the problem is. I've talked with some baseguards, who told that during base inspection they had to get out of their car to check the tire treads for picked up ...

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** [ Hello Kim, [...............] I have seen some F-16's (very few) with a grill at the front of the intake to guard from foriegn objects flying into the engines and damaging the engine, but I have talked to RUN about this before and it seems that the RDAF dont use them. I will try to find a picture of these ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, Can anyone tell me why most squadrons have a number of digits in front of their squadron name and what it represents? Eample: 112th Fighter Squadron. Thanks Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi to all, I just read in ''Air Combat Magazine'' that russian MIG-29's are to update their systems with western avionics very similar to the F-16's. Does this mean that F-16's have found their match? Comments welcome... Regards Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** [ Might bee! But: I have been doing some road racing during the last ten years. Due to the tight pupolation in Denmark is motorcircuits always a controversial subject and the overall posssibility is only two, more or less useable, circuits. A possible way to compensate for this lack of training and ...

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** [History has shown though that we did make the right choise ;-) I think F-16 was the ''pilots choice'' from the beginning! xxxxxxxxxxxxx Might bee! But: I have been doing some road racing during the last ten years. Due to the tight pupolation in Denmark is motorcircuits always a controversial subject and the ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** [ My kids & the web My name ''RUN'' is just three letters taken from my real name. RUN] Hi RUN, I see, silly me. Have you had the chance to take your kids on a tour of the base yet? Are they interested in aircraft as well? Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Just a quick question RUN, Do you want historical fighter sounds? By this I mean WWII aircraft and old jets as well. Thanks Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Hi RUN, Spatial disorientation, is that when a pilot is not aware of what's around him or what's going on for a few seconds? Like after a pilot has recovered from G-lock. Rapier Spatial disorientation is when you get a wrong feeling of whats up & down and this feeling sticks to you, so you start douting that the ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** [ He uses a little plastic bag with a spunge inside so nothing runs out again. It's not especially easy to do it so I personally prefer to wait till I get down. Sometimes the misions are so long that you have to do it though. RUN] Hi, So you just flick the autopilot on and presto you do what you have to do. What about