Comments on: Flightdeck Friday: TFX – A Time for Turkeys (Pt II) http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/11/30/flightdeck-friday-tfx-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-turkeys-pt-ii Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/11/30/flightdeck-friday-tfx-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-turkeys-pt-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1131 Mike Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:32:57 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/11/30/flightdeck-friday-tfx-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-turkeys-pt-ii/#comment-1131 "But… what really ticked me off was he won some sort of “Airman of the Millennium” competition and bagged an incentive flight in an F-111…over the joint RAF/USAF range in northern Scotland." I've heard stories (perhaps someone can verify) that there was some pretty serious low level flying on that range. As in, WSO got his head off the scope for a second and noticed an intermittent red glow appearing right outside the canopy...which he quickly realized was the anti-collision strobe reflecting off a canyon wall. “But… what really ticked me off was he won some sort of “Airman of the Millennium” competition and bagged an incentive flight in an F-111…over the joint RAF/USAF range in northern Scotland.”

I’ve heard stories (perhaps someone can verify) that there was some pretty serious low level flying on that range. As in, WSO got his head off the scope for a second and noticed an intermittent red glow appearing right outside the canopy…which he quickly realized was the anti-collision strobe reflecting off a canyon wall.

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/11/30/flightdeck-friday-tfx-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-turkeys-pt-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1068 Steeljawscribe Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:22:35 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/11/30/flightdeck-friday-tfx-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-turkeys-pt-ii/#comment-1068 sid: That was one site used in the research, dug up some others as well including a column by ol' Drew Pearson who really took Connolly to task (along with the rest of the Navy) for having said one thing before Congress in '67 and going 180-out in '68...more to follow next week as we get into the whole VFX-1 deal. - SJS sid:

That was one site used in the research, dug up some others as well including a column by ol’ Drew Pearson who really took Connolly to task (along with the rest of the Navy) for having said one thing before Congress in ’67 and going 180-out in ’68…more to follow next week as we get into the whole VFX-1 deal.
- SJS

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