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Old June 19th 06, 03:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval,rec.aviation.military
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Default OAT for RADAR on fighters?

While reading through Hans-Heiri Stapfer's "Walk Around MiG-21 Fishbed
Part 1" (Squadron-Signal), he makes mention of a temperature probe
mounted low on the nose on an MiG-21F-13. Why would a radar rangefinder
need to know the OAT?