And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
From Wikipedia: The Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance as the straight-wing Thunderjet despite having a more powerful engine. In reality, almost 700 pounds-force (3.11 kN) or ten percent of total thrust was lost because the J65 was installed at an angle and its jet pipe was not perfectly straight (in addition to the usual thrust losses from the long jet pipe). On a hot day, 7,500 feet (2,285 m) of runway were required for takeoff roll.[2] A typical takeoff speed was 160 knots (185 mph, 300 km/h).
The early models had the ILS/Glide Slope receiver antenna behind a fiberglass fairing on the intake. New pilots on the walk around asked the crew chiefs. "What is that bump fairing for?" Crew chief would reply: Sir, it's a "Sod Sniffer". Pilot: What does it do? Crew chief: Lt. It's a safety device, "It won't let the plane fly, until it can no longer smell concrete and detects dirt "Sod" at the end of the runway.
If someone built a runway around the world, Republic would build an airplane that wouldn't take off from it.
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ReplyDeleteThe Thunderstreak suffered from the same poor takeoff performance as the straight-wing Thunderjet despite having a more powerful engine. In reality, almost 700 pounds-force (3.11 kN) or ten percent of total thrust was lost because the J65 was installed at an angle and its jet pipe was not perfectly straight (in addition to the usual thrust losses from the long jet pipe). On a hot day, 7,500 feet (2,285 m) of runway were required for takeoff roll.[2] A typical takeoff speed was 160 knots (185 mph, 300 km/h).
The early models had the ILS/Glide Slope receiver antenna behind a fiberglass fairing on the intake. New pilots on the walk around asked the crew chiefs. "What is that bump fairing for?"
ReplyDeleteCrew chief would reply: Sir, it's a "Sod Sniffer". Pilot: What does it do?
Crew chief: Lt. It's a safety device, "It won't let the plane fly, until it can no longer smell concrete and detects dirt "Sod" at the end of the runway.
It appears to be flying wounded.
ReplyDeleteDestined for the Air Guard as soon as it left the factory....with the P-80 and the F-86 flying, and the Century series jets on the boards, why?....
ReplyDeleteBack in the days when we could afford dumb ideas.
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