Tha Canadian CF104s that were tasked to the Nuclear Strike role in Germany
in the 1960s were bare aluminum except for the wings which were white.Teh
cockpit had a special aluminized /retractible canopy shield and the pilot
wore a gold-visored helmet.

Ed, I am curious about the Bomb Toss computer in your a/c. We had a simple
dual timer setup in the CF104. One clock was started at the run-in fix (or
whatever it was called) and when it annunciated, the pilot performed the
pitch-up/toss maneuver. At the appropriate time in this manuver the second
timer went to zero and released the bomb.
Seemed like a very simple (read cheap) system and I know the guys were often
putting the 2,000 lb cement shaped charge within 100 mtrs of the dead centre
on the range in Sardinia. Close enough with a nuke IMHO.Depending on the
mission profile, the clocks were set to the appropriate number of seconds.


Gary Watson ex RCAF


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
(Smartace11) wrote:

Always wondered what a camo B-58 might look like.

The Valiants, Victors and Vulcans were subsequently camouflaged
from that point on. I was stationed at Goose Bay, Labrador when the
transition took place. You've never seen anything prettier than a
Vulcan flying at tree top-level. Especially when you are on a hill
looking down on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers...Chris

Like a fast moving forest.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
***"When Thunder Rolled:
*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
*** from Smithsonian Books
ISBN: 1588341038