Guest MitchBaernet Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I was talking with my uncle last night, and enjoyed listening to his description of the Mach 2+ intercepts they used to practice what he was an F-106 driver. Yes, I know that going Mach 2 at 30,000 feet does not feel any different then going Mach 0.8 at 30,000 feet, but I still think it would be cool if the pilots on this board would "go for bragging rights" and discuss thier fastest moment in the jet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sleepy Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 To all-- Before this begins, have your BS meter handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flecth033 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 The other day in the 172 I rotated at 61 kts instead of the usual 55. Dare anybody to top that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lightninbo Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I had the t45 sim up to 1.0. With a 500kt tail wind my groundspeed was around 1200 kts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder1587 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Too bad that one guy WXpunk recorded with all of those stories isn't on this board or he'd show all of us up, especially the one about him in a F-14(?) doing flying like +Mach 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lovelacm Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I once saw SCNS read a GS of 425 in an E Model Herk... No, I'm not smoking crack, but we were empty and runnin' hard with the wind. Of course, I've also seen a GS of 84... as we headed up to Keflavik and took 130kt winds in the face all day.. then we turned around (a week and 2 ATMs later) and flew back... and we caught the same winds in the face on the way home. Linda's PCS Countdown: 1.5 days Cheers! Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 M1.5 in a Viper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rotorhead Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I've taxied out from the chocks with the airspeed over the wings at just under Mach. (Okay, so the cockpit was doing 10 knots). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C-21 Pilot Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Indicated Mach 0.81, w/ 172 Kt tailwind from St Paul to Andrews (Groundspeed was 672 "mph"). I've heard of guys going over 700 in the C-21, but have never done it myself. For us, all the conditions have to be perfect (ISA, Tailwind, Light, etc) for a speed over 580. [ 13. September 2005, 13:24: Message edited by: C-21 Pilot ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONE Co-driver Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 610 GS @ 500AGL during low level. In the sim we "practice" once in a while landing with the wings stuck full aft...final approach and touch down in the 260 KIAS range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toro Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Mach 1.2 and change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearedHot Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Linda, I saw 480GS on the SCNS in a -7 E model during a 250ish descent into Shaky's Pizza with 200kts on the tail. I think we even took a picture. These days my average daily speed is a tad under 1038MPH, the roatation speed of the earth under my freaking desk in the puzzle palace. CH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest degarbage Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Did slow flight in the Tweet (approx 70 kts?) into a 90 kt headwind, actually flew "backwards" with a negative GS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VL-16 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I hit 130kts in a Cessna 172S a few months back ....of course it was during a steep break turn hurdling towards mother earth...what a rush! Bah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 M=1.6 at 1000' AGL in a F-15E-220 across the Tonopah Test Range on 28 March 2001. Part of a Nuclear WSEP, verified by Sandia Nat'l Labs and Department of Energy. I think that it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 680 KCAS IIRC. For you F-15E guys who might wonder how the f*ck I was able to get a -220 Strike Pig (with a B61 hanging on LC2) up to that speed...let's just say that the speed run began at FL350 in Pahute Mesa all ready well over the Mach, and was achieved via a .8 AOA unloaded descent down to the deck. After hitting 1.6, the speed was decaying by the second after leveling off. It was slowing so quickly that I actually thought I had missed the desired speed for the drop, but the radar cameras verified the speed. EDIT: Photo added... [ 13. September 2005, 16:29: Message edited by: Hacker ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Navtastic Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Originally posted by Lightninbo: I had the t45 sim up to 1.0. With a 500kt tail wind my groundspeed was around 1200 kts. Let me guess - 3rd period sim and the INs wanted to go home? I saw those numbers far too many times to count. You want to ask for mercy when it's a check ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xtndr50boom Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 .879 in the 10. Vne .88. Silky smooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest croftfam Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 130 KIAS at 50'AGL in a pretty cool canyon. We had a 25knot tailwind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hoser Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 M 1.2ish at Altitude 660 GS at 500' about 2 weeks ago egressing during Red Flag. Hacker, what is the Safe Escape Maneuver after doing a 1,000 SLD of a B-61?? Hoser [ 13. September 2005, 18:59: Message edited by: Hoser ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 That reminds me...160-240 KIAS anywhere from 50-500 AGL as 2 in fluid trail through the hill country NW of San Antonio on a LL/TF checkride in the C-12. Yeah, sure it was a UPT sortie (last one), and though not the fastest it was BY FAR the coolest flying I've ever done. First time I've looked up at land right off my wing tip. It didn't even seem real to me when we first got onto the route. There is lots to be said for flying low. Can't imagine M1.6 at 1000 AGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirt Beater Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Hacker/Hoser/Toro: How much more of a "kick" will the -229s give the jet? Are the -229 jets at AK, MO, and LN? 220s at SJ? Saw a video floating around, I think on that patricksaviation.com website of an E model from Elmendorf with no CFTs and it was pretty damn impressive. With the 220s I guess it would have just been like a C/D model, but IIRC the Elmendorf airplanes have the -229s. Hacker, I remember the old days of SPN you mentioning the dudes at the 422 flew a no-CFT mudhen with the 229 motors and it kicked some ass. [ 13. September 2005, 19:41: Message edited by: NSFW ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimNtexas Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 M1.7, EF-111A M1.5, F-4C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Originally posted by Hoser: Hacker, what is the Safe Escape Maneuver after doing a 1,000 SLD of a B-61?? I think the boldface was something like: ASS - KISS GOODBYE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 See my profile pic... Cheers! M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirt Beater Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Awww come on, get a fender eliminator! Very nice M2. Anyone know the upper limits of the Hog's airspeed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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