Flight Of The Valkyries, pt 3 - XB-70 27.jpg (1/1)

it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's F-104

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Patrick R7

Patrick R7 wrote in news:48f73c43$0$7937$7a628cd7
@news.club-internet.fr:

it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's F-104



Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............

Mitchell Holman wrote:

Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............


They're not chase planes. The aircraft were assembled for a photo shoot for
the benefit of GE, the manufacturer of all the engines of the five aircraft
to be photographed.

Mitchell Holman a écrit :
Patrick R7 wrote in news:48f73c43$0$7937$7a628cd7
@news.club-internet.fr:

it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's F-104



Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............




.... sorry, I don't know. Perhaps it's necessary to watch, to keep an eye
all around this very complex and original aircraft ... ?



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Patrick R7

Steven P. McNicoll a écrit :
Mitchell Holman wrote:
Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............


They're not chase planes. The aircraft were assembled for a photo shoot for
the benefit of GE, the manufacturer of all the engines of the five aircraft
to be photographed.


but several flights were with "chase planes" like "B-58", T-38, etc .

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Patrick R7

Patrick R7 wrote:

but several flights were with "chase planes" like "B-58", T-38, etc .


Of course. But the question was about the planes in the photo on that
flight.

Steven P. McNicoll a écrit :
Patrick R7 wrote:
but several flights were with "chase planes" like "B-58", T-38, etc .


Of course. But the question was about the planes in the photo on that
flight.



OK. I understand now :-)

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Patrick R7

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Patrick R7 wrote in
news:48f73c43$0$7937$7a628cd7
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it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's F-104



Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............

It didn't. It was a promotional phot op for GE. They provided engines for
all of the aircraft in the formation as I recall. I read about this a while
back so my memory may be faulty.

Nick

"Canuck" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's
F-104



Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............

It didn't. It was a promotional phot op for GE. They provided engines
for all of the aircraft in the formation as I recall. I read about
this a while back so my memory may be faulty.

Nick



AND in Chuck Yeager's opinion:
an accident that should not have happened.
the F-104 driver was NOT a good enough formation pilot to be
in that formation.

"Yeager"
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