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Subject: [OM] Re: Circles.
From: "Walters, Martin" <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:25:47 -0400
Chris wrote "I think that flashing around in a Hunter would suit me fine
now." Well, there are a couple of ex-Swiss planes on the airshow circuit
in the UK. One has a rainbow colour scheme, IIRC. Maybe you just need to
make a couple of calls!

Martin 

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Subject: [OM] Re: Circles.


It would depend on the job, Piers, but right now I would fancy regular
access to flights in a single-seat Hunter.  The T-bird was a bit
large: it has side-by-side seating and great mounds of framework to
obscure the view ahead.  Flying formation in the T-7 was really quite
tricky as a result.  I flew the F6, 6A and FGA9 during training and they
were lovely.  In particular, the F6, stripped as it was of any armament
was a hot ship; it could make 30,000ft in 3 minutes, I gather.  We
didn't do that as we were made to reduce the thrust once we reached
climb speed; but I did to a supersonic run over the sea north of the
Lleyn Peninsula which was rather surreal.

I do yearn for the speed and job of the Tornado, now and then; and I
would love a trip in a Typhoon, especially as I helped to design the
cockpit and various systems, but it's more realistic to hope for a trip
in a Hunter before I reach my dotage.  In fact, i gather that former
Hunter pilots are allowed to fly aircraft at Kemble (see
www.deltajets.com ).  To answer your question, I think that flashing
around in a Hunter would suit me fine now.

Chris

On 18 Apr 2008, at 16:58, Piers Hemy wrote:

> Close, but you can't smoke cigars in the cockpit anyway.
>
> I think the Blue Diamonds were disbanded in about 1962 - I wasn't 
> accusing you of being precocious, but you might have been showing 
> particularly early promise, (in the cradle), old fruit!
>
> So, how about a pilot's comparative review of the Hunter against other

> types?  Given the chance and choice, would you fly one in preference 
> to a Tornado? Or a Typhoon??


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