180 knots on final. Not as fast as
a medevac Citation, but still pretty
cool.
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:10 am
by mmm...bacon
Oh, those Russians!
What's that about Citations?
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:27 am
by praveen4143
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What's that about Citations?
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I think the Colonel is referring to another post where someone mentioned that a citation crew refused to take off to go to a gravel strip of 3000 feet because they considered it unsafe.
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:17 am
by Colonel
To be fair, these guys had a lot more
than 3000 feet of grass for their MiG-21's.
But still, pretty cool. 180 knots short final,
in formation, landing supersonic fighters
on grass. That's badass.
[quote]a citation crew refused to take off to go to a gravel strip of 3000 feet because they considered it unsafe.[/quote]
I really doubt the numbers worked for them.
I suspect I approach faster than their Citation
in the L39's (125 knots short final) and I don't
use all of 4,000 feet (done right, it's closer to
3,000 feet) but I'm just a dumb aerobatic pilot
that doesn't know that kinetic energy is a function
of velocity squared.
They probably needed a balanced field for
takeoff, too and I seriously doubt they had
that.
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:17 pm
by David MacRay
It was at night also.
Personally I did not like the fact that it was published something like, "rises 60' drops 30' rises..." Yeah that's the sort of place I want to land at night.
I hope I never drive a nose wheel into the runway but that sounds like a place where it's more likely to occur. Am I wrong about that?
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:23 pm
by Fendermandan
Super easy with those giant tires.... Once someone that had an experience flying and landing in Russia, said that even the paved runways are rough fields ;D
Re: Mig-21's on grass
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:03 pm
by Colonel
[quote]pavement pricesses[/quote]
A few years back, we were taxiing out
in the two L39's, which consume 70 gph
each at idle (56% N1).
Well, someone started farting around
on the taxiway and Bob couldn't stand
it - he cut across the infield. Not even
mowed. Very uneven ground. Nose
going up and down, throttle firewalled
to keep moving.
Try that in a western jet.
PS I waited for the PPL clown to finish
fumbling on the taxiway, but I'm used
to people doing stupid and annoying
things to me.