April 19, 20206 yr Well, my attempt was over the water!! Where better to depart from than my local defence contractor airfield at Warton - EGNO. then just head straight over to the Isle of Man. EDIT - Sageburner was the world record attempt at low altitude in which one aircraft succeeded in setting a record of almost 903 mph over a 3 km course at the White Sands Missile Range on 28th August 1961. The attempt was somewhat marred by the tragedy of an earlier fatal flight in May (loss of aircraft and crew). https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/operation-sageburner/ No need to use afterburners..yet. Like the utter Pirate (of aviation) that I am, I thought the Jolly Rogers paint scheme would be quite fitting ...AAARRRR! Besides, I'm not aware of a Sageburner repaint. Time to unleash the the fuel pumps The dangers of flying with your ears pinned back and your fangs out on the deck is that the deck gets far too close too quick! Also if you let the plane overspeed slightly when supersonic, the control surfaces lock until you slow down.. Enough of that shenanigans: Up to a safer altitude and use diesel power to get back home! Warton in sight, coming in supersonic. ...and... BREAK.. Any noise complaints just tell the local populace to ask the Royal Navy.. It must have been one of their new fangled F-35s.. then again they may not believe that something so ugly with a lift fan can go that fast.. Edited April 19, 20206 yr by HighBypass Added link and history. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 20, 20206 yr The pics are superb, but your comments are even better !! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
April 20, 20206 yr Author LOL! Thanks Bernd. I do try and inject a bit of fun into my posts: I don't take the best shots, don't have the optimised PC setup, nor do I edit the screenshots afterwards. Edited April 20, 20206 yr by HighBypass spelling Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
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