Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:44 pm
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ak7274 wrote:Overshooting... That's a good one
When I was first at Farnborough, there was no such word; a Lightning doing circuits would simply say 'round again' just before touchdown and would light the afterburners and climb away VERY quickly.
NB: Lightnings NEVER did a 'roller' or a 'touch and go' 'cos the average number of touchdowns was about 6 due to tyre wear (they ran at 360 psi).
The bit of runway used for landing was well before the displaced threshold and in the early days was just 18m wide; we knew because when we went out to inspect the runway, we could see the tyremarks!
Last edited by chevvron on Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
There's only one 'F' in Fulham