![]() When reaching a speed of 15 knots, find the rapid exitways, and exit the runway as soon as possible to empty the runway for other aircraft. When you are around 50 knots, disengage reverse thrust, and apply brakes when needed. Then, drop the nose down, and activate reverse thrust. Gently thrust the main gears down, then activate the spoilers. When you are 5 feet above the runway, switch off the engines and flare, pulling up the nose. ![]() When you are above the runway, you should be around 180 knots, with full flaps, gear down. By the time you should be around 500 feet, and aim slightly beyond the threshold, at the two big rectangular boxes. Follow the PAPI indicator, and adjust height accordingly. During final approach, the nose should be close to horizontal. Fly according to ATC instructions, and line up with the runway at approximately 1 mile away from runway. Set flaps slowly, and add a bit of thrust for the increased drag in flaps. Maintain aircraft speed, for jets, around 220 knots, for props, around 100 knots. Descend with a 5-10 degree nose down, with engine at idle. Then, when you are around 30 miles away, maintain a height of 10-20 miles. Fly towards it according to ATC instructions. #svfm #forsvaret #WeAreNATO, identify your destination. This is the first time we release photos showing the three nations together on a mission like this. B-52s dropped three live GBU-31 bombs over Vidsel range, at targets identified by the Swedish JTACs (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers) on the ground.Įarlier today, Swedish and Norwegian fighter aircraft escorted B-52 bombers from over Norwegian territory. Interestingly, HYLA 13 and 14 took part in a joint mission with Swedish JAS 39 Gripens over Sweden, and Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A stealth jets over Norway on their way to RAF Fairford: during the joint exercise, for the first time, the U.S. ![]() ![]() Although the 7 people on board escaped safely from the aircraft, shortly thereafter, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center was asked to regenerate an aircraft from storage at AMARG to restore the fleet to the Congressional-mandated 76 aircraft.Īnd “Wise Guy” was selected to fill the vacancy, resurrected after 10 years at the “Boneyard” and returned to active service last year.Ī clip from the B-52 video today□2 mins of the arrivals is in the link here□ #RAFFairford #Minot #B52 /WDdyEzttbq But the plan changed more or less at 08.30AM LT on May 19, 2016, when a B-52H Stratofortress bomber belonging to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, crashed during take off from Andersen AFB, in Guam. The aircraft was supposed to remain there to be cannibalized of parts needed by front-line BUFFs and never to fly again. After logging more than 17,000 flight hours, “Wise Guy” was first retired at the 309th AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, in 2008. Noteworthy, HYLA13, tail number #60-0034, nicknamed “Wise Guy”, is the second B-52H bomber to ever be regenerated to active service from the “Boneyard” at AMARG (the first one was the Stratofortress tail number 61-007, nicknamed “Ghost Rider,” regenerated at Tinker in 2015). Our friend Ben Ramsay at UK Aviation Movies took the following amazing video of the BUFFs landing at Fairford. The B-52s arrived in the following order:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |