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"Pete" wrote:
"Mary Shafer" wrote The book I would like to find is too old, and too insignificant, to ever show up in digital form on Amazon. It's a schlocky story about a bunch of fighter pilots, flying F-15s out of Langley AFB, I think, with some sort of contrived drama and happy ending. The reason I'd like to find it is the description of the "dead bug" game, which I think was a "dead Klingon" version. The author's first name may have been "Maggie" and the title may have had "Eagle(s)" in it. Or maybe not. I don't expect to ever find this book, obviously. Mary Might this be it: http://www.maggiedavis.com/file/eaglesinfo.html http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook1127.htm Maggie Davis - Eagles 1980 [excerpt] "Ladies and gentlemen," a voice said from the overhead loudspeakers, "on your right you will see the F-15 Eagle, the Air Force's new supersonic air superiority fighter, taxiing to the runway for takeoff. In a few minutes, the F-15 will perform a thrilling flight demonstration to illustrate to all of us here today this remarkable aircraft's capabilities." available in various forms of eBook for $7 Pete embrace the google maggie+eagle+f-15 = the above link The google rocks...all bow down to the google... -- -Gord. |
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 04:27:11 GMT, "Pete" wrote:
"Mary Shafer" wrote The book I would like to find is too old, and too insignificant, to ever show up in digital form on Amazon. It's a schlocky story about a bunch of fighter pilots, flying F-15s out of Langley AFB, I think, with some sort of contrived drama and happy ending. The reason I'd like to find it is the description of the "dead bug" game, which I think was a "dead Klingon" version. The author's first name may have been "Maggie" and the title may have had "Eagle(s)" in it. Or maybe not. I don't expect to ever find this book, obviously. Might this be it: http://www.maggiedavis.com/file/eaglesinfo.html http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook1127.htm Maggie Davis - Eagles 1980 [excerpt] "Ladies and gentlemen," a voice said from the overhead loudspeakers, "on your right you will see the F-15 Eagle, the Air Force's new supersonic air superiority fighter, taxiing to the runway for takeoff. In a few minutes, the F-15 will perform a thrilling flight demonstration to illustrate to all of us here today this remarkable aircraft's capabilities." Dear God. 1980. Twenty-three years ago. Come to think of it, I borrowed it from the guy who was our NLO (Naval Liaison Officer, for the obligatory military aviation reference) before Fast Eddie and Ed came to Dryden in 1983 (he's retiring at the beginning of next year). I was at Langley Research Center, which is at Langley AFB, one Friday back about then, watching the F-15 performing a thrilling flight demonstration to illustrate this remarkable aircraft's capabilities and it decided to demonstrate the remarkable capability to stream a flame the length of the airplane from one engine. Needless to say, it then demonstrated the capabilities of quickly shutting an engine down and getting on the ground. Of course, I had previously seen the remarkable airplane illustrate its capability of having an MEA (Mid-air Engine Anomaly), aka a disintegrating F-100 compressor disk, for the first time, so I was prepared for a surprise. available in various forms of eBook for $7 I don't do e-books, but now I can try abebooks. embrace the google maggie+eagle+f-15 = the above link I never thought to try google. I tried abebooks with "Eagle" and "Eagles" and got too many hits to bear, although I did notice Anton Meyer's "Once an Eagle" and reread it (I recommend it highly, even though it's about the Army and not aviation). Thank you very much. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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Mary Shafer wrote in message . ..
snip I never thought to try google. I tried abebooks with "Eagle" and "Eagles" and got too many hits to bear, although I did notice Anton Meyer's "Once an Eagle" and reread it (I recommend it highly, even though it's about the Army and not aviation). One of the real modern classics of the military genre. Spent eons on the Army Chief of Staff's recommended professional reading list, and is probably still on it. There was a rather decent (and compared to most similar efforts rather true to the book) miniseries adaptation of it on TV back in the late seventies; Sam Elliot played the role of "Sam Damon". Brooks Thank you very much. Mary |
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The current altitude record for a small helicopter is:
FAI Class E1b - Altitude Without Payload - takeoff weight 500-1000 Kg International: 40,820 ft; 12,442 m. Jean Boulet (France) Alouette SA 315-001 Lama Artouste IIIB 735 KW engine Istres, France June 21, 1972 John Hairell ) Well then, poor "Pedro", a stock H-43 didn't do too badly in 1959 at somewhere near 10,000 m., wooden blades a'flappin'! Old Chief Lynn |
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John Hairell wrote in message . ..
snip Coming into the thread a bit late. The current altitude record for a small helicopter is: FAI Class E1b - Altitude Without Payload - takeoff weight 500-1000 Kg International: 40,820 ft; 12,442 m. Jean Boulet (France) Alouette SA 315-001 Lama Artouste IIIB 735 KW engine Istres, France June 21, 1972 It should be pointed out that Boulet achieved the helicopter (not just the class) absolute altitude record above by climbing the Lama until it ran out of fuel, and then making the world's longest autorotation descent. Not exactly representative of practical operational capability. But the Lama may still be the best high altitude light utility chopper, even all these years later -- it's still in commercial service in parts of the world that need its hot/high capability, although its operating costs rule it out for more routine work. In addition to the above altitude record, it also holds the (far more useful) record for highest landing and takeoff. In 1969, an SA-315B making demonstration flights for the Indian military, carrying a crew of two and 308 lb. (120 kg)of fuel, landed and took off again at 24,600 ft. (7,500m) in the Indian Himalaya, so lifting a pilot and single patient from the lower end of the Western Cwm of Everest (ca. 21,000 ft) should be (relatively) easy (depending on the density altitude and the winds) for a stripped-down Lama, especially as you can cache fuel at Everest Base Camp (18,000 feet) a mile or two away for the trip back down the valley to the hospital. Unlike the Indian army (for whom it was originally developed; they call it the Cheetah), the Nepalese military doesn't have any Lamas. Getting a Squirrel (Ecureil) up that high is quite a feat, and Col. Madan has rightly been recognized for the rescue. While lift is a problem at such heights, engine limitations (temps, torque) and control issues (loss of tail rotor effectiveness, etc.) are often of equal or greater importance. Even assuming that adequate control in high, gusty mountain winds and sufficient power/lift was available to allow routine operations at such heights, the market for helos that meet these specialized requirements would be extremely small. Unless your army has got a good chance of needing to fight in the Himalayas, Andes or the few other ranges of similar height, such performance isn't routinely necessary, and you generally sacrifice much else (speed, maneuverability, operating costs) to get it. In Afghanistan the U.S. military had such a requirement for the first time, but fortunately the CH/MH-47s (and probably Marine CH-53Es) had the ability to operate at such heights with useful (albeit considerably reduced) payloads. From what I've read the SpecOps MH-47s were transiting at up to 18,000 feet or so (pax would need supplemental O2) to get over the Hindu Kush (one of the Himalayan sub-chains; the highest point in Afghanistan is over 24,000 feet, but they didn't need to go that high) from their base in one of the surrounding 'stans, and then making insertions or extractions at heights in the 10-13,000 foot MSL range. MH-60s were able to get high enough along with a reasonable payload, but not while carrying sufficient fuel to eliminate the need for AARs, given the transit distances involved. Sikorsky S-70 (H-60) altitude versus weight graphs for IGE and OGE hover and service ceiling are available at Sikorsky's website. The Mi-8/17 family (the Mi-24 uses the same powertrain and rotor system) has also developed a reputation for good high altitude performance; the Indian military was apparently carrying supplies and doing troop movements with them at altitudes up to 15,000 feet MSL (density altitudes probably a couple of thousand feet higher) during the Kargil fighting in 1999. BTW, AFAIK the highest piston-engined helo rescue was by a civil Hiller UH-12E on Mt. McKinley back in the early '60s (IIRR). Two climbers were brought down (singly) from 18,000 ft. +, and IIRC the UH-12 in question had a normally aspirated engine rather than a turbocharged one (the latter may not have even been in production yet, but I forget). Guy |
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