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[Windjammer]

Notice Abhinandan dropping in for Tea in the background.

 

[Engima Chaudhry]

Wait wait wait… the block-52’s have a drag chute?
I saw that tail and knew it had to be for a chute but never really saw it in use so was always thinking why did the PAF not get it with the chute

More surprising is the fact that f16 was also planned with a tail hook for carrier landing , only if it had won the naval contest against f18 Hornet.

 

[SQ8]

More surprising is the fact that f16 was also planned with a tail hook for carrier landing , only if it had won the naval contest against f18 Hornet.

tail hooks existed earlier for arrested landings on land as well. A variant of the F-16 was pitched against the hornet but wasn’t optimized well for that scenario.

 

[waz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506651023019966467

When that Boss music starts....

 

[North Star]

I don't want to be a party pooper but I noticed that the lead F-16 didn't perform vertical rolls as it normally does during previous fly pasts.

 

[Windjammer]

I don't want to be a party pooper but I noticed that the lead F-16 didn't perform vertical rolls as it normally does during previous fly pasts.

You probably also noticed that the F-16 wasn't flying alone this time either, it was part of a formation and conducted a Linear Bomb Burst.

 

[North Star]

You probably also noticed that the F-16 wasn't flying alone this time either, it was part of a formation and conducted a Linear Bomb Burst.

Yes I did thank you, but if you watch the video clips of this linearbomb burst in rehearsals, the lead F-16 does climb sharply at 90 degrees popping flares while doing multiple vertical rolls.

 

[Windjammer]

Yes I did thank you, but if you watch the video clips of this linearbomb burst in rehearsals, the lead F-16 does climb sharply at 90 degrees popping flares while doing multiple vertical rolls.

Yes those were rehersals without the ACM in the back seat, he is probably not fit enough to sustain the high Gs.

 

[Windjammer]