Airspeed of military planes

Close to final, they will usually slow
themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise.

I hope one of those suckers never gets behind Zero Six Hotel in the
pattern!


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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Close to final, they will usually slow
themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise.

I hope one of those suckers never gets behind Zero Six Hotel in the
pattern!

Don't worry. He won't be there long!
DH

Close to final, they will usually slow
themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise.
I hope one of those suckers never gets behind Zero Six Hotel in the
pattern!

Don't worry, Dan -- they don't occupy the same piece of space for long.
I've flown a pattern with two F-15s, and whatever *they* were doing was
totally unrelated to anything *we* were doing.

We were mere insects to their space-ships.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yes, but the problems occur when us insects splatter on the windshield
of those fast moving "space-ships". Even though it rarely occurs, it is
usually catastrophic for the insects. Remember the incident several
years ago in around Manatee County, Florida when a Cessna and a fighter
collided.

Nick
PA28-180 'D"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Close to final, they will usually slow
themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise.

I hope one of those suckers never gets behind Zero Six Hotel in the
pattern!


Don't worry, Dan -- they don't occupy the same piece of space for long.
I've flown a pattern with two F-15s, and whatever *they* were doing was
totally unrelated to anything *we* were doing.

We were mere insects to their space-ships.

"N. Funk" wrote in message
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Yes, but the problems occur when us insects splatter on the windshield
of those fast moving "space-ships". Even though it rarely occurs, it is
usually catastrophic for the insects. Remember the incident several
years ago in around Manatee County, Florida when a Cessna and a fighter
collided.


It's usually catastrophic for the "space-ships" as well.

"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message
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I'm an Air Force Air Traffic Controller and am currently working in
Okinawa, Japan. We have F-15's here at Kadena and it is not uncommon
for them to come back well above 400 Kts below 10,000. We usually
only worry about slowing them down if they are being sequenced to
follow another aircraft. Close to final, they will usually slow
themselves to 250 Kts or slower unless told otherwise.


The airspeed limitation he's referring to is found in a Federal Aviation
Regulation,
which is applicable only within the US.

Hi Steven,

The airspeed limitation he's referring to is found in a Federal Aviation
Regulation,
which is applicable only within the US.

Also in germany. 250kt below FL 100 except for planes which need to be
flown faster.

Regards,
Peter

Peter Hovorka wrote:

Also in germany. 250kt below FL 100 except for planes which need to be
flown faster.

Probably the same in most ICAO-States? At least it's the same in
Switzerland as well.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote...

The airspeed limitation he's referring to is found in a Federal Aviation
Regulation, which is applicable only within the US.

However, similar rules are common in other countries as well.

"Glenn Westfall" wrote...
I'm an Air Force Air Traffic Controller and am currently working in
Okinawa, Japan. We have F-15's here at Kadena and it is not uncommon
for them to come back well above 400 Kts below 10,000.

How far out over the water does the 250-below-10 limit extend in Japan?