*** Posted by run *** [Have the Danish F-16's returned home now?] Some have returned, but some will stay. run

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** In a article in the magazine of the painters union, I have seen that Aalborg airbase have decorated one of their F-16's related to NATO's 50 year anniversery this year and the RDAF's next year. This is a absolutely must for Your site! Even if you havent heard of it yet!? Kim

*** Posted by Rapier *** Have the Danish F-16's returned home now?

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, That's right I knew that was his name, I was siting here for 5 min's trying to remember it. Yeah your right he did do some serious mistakes! Did'nt he get a first blip on his TWS (Threat Warning System) that there was a ground threat? I dont think he was flying lead that day but his lead told him to push it up so ...

*** Posted by run *** [---snip--- Does it happen in the same way around mach 1 and the ''sonic boom'' (the boom appears quite sudden and is hard to pass (while it dosnt rise in level thereafter)??? Kim Nielsen.] Most of the noise in an f-16 is engine or ECS (Environmental Control System) related, so you don't hear much of the airnoise. Even ...

*** Posted by run *** Hi Rapier The name was Scott O'Grady & he did a lot of fuck-ups. It was partly his own fault he got shot down in the first place, and on the ground he wasn't too familiar with his survival equipment (fx he didn't know how to turn on the light in the GPS, which is kind of important to know since you are only moving at ...

*** Posted by kim *** [I am well aware that you are talking about the SUDDEN appearence of the airnoise around the plane. Please tell me why are you facinated by this phenomina? xxxxxxxx Facination is not the right word. Morely: an interrest in the technics behind the suddennes of the airnoise. ---------- .......That's the loudest plane I've ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, Have you ever wondered what it would be like Run if you did have to eject over unknown territory hyperthetically I mean. I suppose you need to be phisically fit but more importantly mentally fit to deal with what's happened to you. I remember that F-16 pilot who got shot down over Bosnia a few year's ago now, Scott

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Run, Yeah that's it! It was something to do with cabin pressure being to high or low or something. The pilot found it very difficult to breath let alone speak. I could not understand what he was saying when he was trying to speak and he did not want to speak because it was exremely difficult to do so. I saw it on ...

*** Posted by run *** Hi Rapier Yes it is true. We train a lot to be prepared for a situation like that. run [Hej Run, Is it true that pilot's have to know survival tactic's if they ever eject over enemy or unknown territory? I picked up this book from the shop's the other day written by an X SAS soldier and it's real interesting, you can ...