dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 One for all you Lightning jockeys, 74 Sqn training video, pure old school! enjoy ! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 You don't even have to be a Lightening fan to enjoy this one, thanks for the look Alan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Very cool. Great look inside a Lightning cockpit in action. I noticed at the end the pilot significantly angled his nose into the wind just before jettisoning the chute...a procedure to ensure chutes are blown off the runway I presume? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 20 hours ago, Captain Coffee said: Very cool. Great look inside a Lightning cockpit in action. I noticed at the end the pilot significantly angled his nose into the wind just before jettisoning the chute...a procedure to ensure chutes are blown off the runway I presume? Even if the wind didn't take the chute the engine blast would have cleared it. But yes that was why it was done. A few years ago I was at Bournemouth when Jonathan Whaley brought one of the Hunters back in (There was a vintage jet company operating from one of the hangars at the time, sadly it has gone now.) and popped his chute on the active runway. ATC were not happy as there was a B737 inbound right behind him! Luckily the airfield crew were quick off the mark to recover the chute. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Nice, thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
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