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1. 10:37 AM - Them Russian are at it again... (Daniel Fortin)
2. 02:20 PM - Re: Yak-18 (Doug Sapp)
3. 03:21 PM - Re: Yak-18 (Jim Selby)
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| Subject: | Them Russian are at it again... |
One of the perks of being a corporate pilot is that once in a while you end
up at the right place at the right time. This year was exactly that. I just
spent the at the Paris Airshow in Le Bourget. And thanks to a good friend of
mine who connected me to the right people, we (my co-captain and I) were
guest in one of the many Corporate lodge and were treated to a very nice
lunch might I ad.
But back to real stuff...
Having spent all morning running away from one TRW+ after another, we feared
the show would be cancelled. But immediately after our extended lunch it
began.
First up was the new French Tiger helicopter. Now here is something I had
never seen; This thing hovers at about 500' then rolls to the inverted and
pulls a split S.... Then he went on to do a bunch of rolls, but no loop. The
last manoeuver was something else; again he hovers, then the tail drops to
the vertical, slides around 1/2 a fuselage length and recover with 3/4 of
the loop. WOW.
Then came a slew of the high speed stuff. The Rafale (French fighter) was
impressive (I guess there is only 2 positions on the throttle; Idle or after
burner. He did the complete show in afterburner... Going to idle only in the
last manoeuver, a reverse cuban, where he dropped the gear and landed from
the vertical...), the Eurofighter also, the F16 lived up to its expectation
and so did the Tornado. But the one I really wanted to see was the last one
of the day. The Mig 29. Finally I was going to see the cobra manoeuver. The
Mig took off, did a bunch of usual manoeuvers, did the tail slide (twice)
and as he was leaving show center to reposition he had a fart. The LH engine
threw a flame about 20ft out of the tail pipe. The pilot simply dropped the
gear and landed :-( I guess I'll have to wait again. You should have seen
the Russian mechanics, they were all looking for a rock to hide under.
That pretty much it from the French front,
Cheers,
Dan Fortin
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Jim,
Time to say yes or no on the CJ5/Yak18 engines, Last chance to make the
truck is Monday (in China), which is our Sunday.
Tried to call you but no answer at the hanger number.
Doug
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Doug,
Sorry for the delay, my sister was in a motorcycle accident ( She's
OK )down in Paso and I was with her for a few days and my Dad and Mom are on
the way in now, I'll have him get a hold of you ASAP?
Did Shelley get a hold of you regarding one of the Engines.. Thank you,
Best Regards
Jr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Sapp" <rvfltd@televar.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Yak-List: Yak-18
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> Jim,
> Time to say yes or no on the CJ5/Yak18 engines, Last chance to make the
> truck is Monday (in China), which is our Sunday. Tried to call you but no
> answer at the hanger number.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
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