Malaysian MiG-29s got trounced by RN Sea Harrier F/A2s in Exercise Flying Fish

"Ian Craig" wrote in
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So at a rough guess, you don't believe me? Well thats your choice,
but when you consider the air mass displacement the buc had at low
level, anybody trying to get in behind it was going to end up in
trouble, as I previously mentioned. This was in the days before a
true look down shoot down missile existed, and anything that did try
to lock on, usually ended up (or would have if they were real missiles
- Red Flag) getting lost in ground return - the point I was making.

"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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Would this be the same Buc that carried a full load at 250ft (or
below)
that
the F16s and F15s were BANNED (yes you did read that right) from
fighting
in
the weeds due to the severe performance advantage enjoyed by the
Buc. Not sure if its true, but I've heard that at least one f16(?)
tried to fight
in
the weeds, and ended up becoming a weed?

What utter Bullsh**. The Buc would not last 5 minutes in the same
sky with an F -15 or an F-16. It was, repeat was, a fine a/c thirty
years ago, now it is a museum piece.

Al Minyard


Yeah, I don't believe you. What you quote is a 'book legend.' A
practice almost exclusively enjoyed by the British.
Whatever happened to British understatement? Instead its given way to
British Hyperbole: seemingly impossible feats of daring do accomplished
only by Brits in their obsolete, funny looking airplanes.

I'm getting tired...
Can you tell me a good fairy tale? Why don't you tell me the story about
the Buc that hooked a tumbleweed on its pitot tube.
I love that one!

Your Pal,
Chuck