GPS approach question

Stan,

I was only kidding about the frightening part... little exaggeration.

My closest encounter with a military type was when I came around the
west end of Catalina island at low level, and as I rounded the corner
there was an F16 coming the other way doing the same thing in the other
direction.

It wasn't *that* close (nobody had to maneuver)... and he *did* wave.
Regards,

Gene

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My closest encounter with a military type was when I came around the
west end of Catalina island at low level, and as I rounded the corner
there was an F16 coming the other way doing the same thing in the other
direction.

It wasn't *that* close (nobody had to maneuver)... and he *did* wave.
Regards,

We used to see jets low-level in Germany all the time. F4s were no
problem, because you could see the smoke trailing from them for miles.
The bad ones were the F101s, just a small fuselage and about 3 feet of
wing on the sides, flying at 500' or less at better than 500 knots. You
didn't see them until they passed just off to the side, waving and
grinning. I still hate to see an F101.

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Regards,

Stan

"Stan Gosnell" wrote in message
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The bad ones were the F101s, just a small fuselage and about 3 feet of
wing on the sides, flying at 500' or less at better than 500 knots. You
didn't see them until they passed just off to the side, waving and
grinning. I still hate to see an F101.

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Regards,

Stan

Not the F-101 I'm thinking about. Wingspan is 39 feet 8 inches.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...hter/f101b.htm

Maybe you were thinking the F-104 which has a wingspan just under 22 feet.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...hter/f104g.htm

J. Severyn
KLVK

"J. Severyn" wrote in news:1105314602.934461
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http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...hter/f104g.htm

Yes, you're right, I meant F104. The numbers sometimes blur after 25+
years. ;-)

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Regards,

Stan

"Stan Gosnell" wrote in message
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"J. Severyn" wrote in news:1105314602.934461
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http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...hter/f104g.htm

Yes, you're right, I meant F104. The numbers sometimes blur after 25+
years. ;-)

For some of us they blur after 25 _minutes_.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

"Stan Gosnell" wrote in message
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wrote in news:1105262338.845935.121730
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My closest encounter with a military type was when I came around the
west end of Catalina island at low level, and as I rounded the corner
there was an F16 coming the other way doing the same thing in the other
direction.

It wasn't *that* close (nobody had to maneuver)... and he *did* wave.
Regards,

We used to see jets low-level in Germany all the time. F4s were no
problem, because you could see the smoke trailing from them for miles.
The bad ones were the F101s, just a small fuselage and about 3 feet of
wing on the sides, flying at 500' or less at better than 500 knots. You
didn't see them until they passed just off to the side, waving and
grinning. I still hate to see an F101.

Are you thinking of an F-104 with the stubby wings?