SimFixer Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 (edited) The 709th is outta Dover? Thought I read the crew was a ANG bunch. Didn't think Dover had a Guard tenant. Edited April 6, 2006 by SimFixer Link to post Share on other sites
C5sparkcatcher Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 One person on the ground saw the plane pitching up to 40 degrees before the tail hit the ground. where did you hear this? if true, we back to maybe a AMP mod problem, or confusion over new instrumentation? Link to post Share on other sites
C5sparkcatcher Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 The 709th is outta Dover? Thought I read the crew was a ANG bunch. Didn't think Dover had a Guard tenant. Dover and Travis share there aircraft with a reserve wing.don't remember what the airforce calls that (associate wing?) but its pretty common. allows for more manpower and cuts back on workload for the crews. I think some active C-17 wings do the same. ray Link to post Share on other sites
siesta3 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Theres an associate fighter squadron out of Langley F-15s with detachments out of Shaw and Hill for F-16 that have pilots and mechanics that was formed a few years back... think they are the 307th Fighter Squadron. Link to post Share on other sites
dscttyd Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Actually a 30-40 degree pitch up might just indicate a stall. Problem is to recover you must pitch down but in this case you got no altitude to trade to pick up airspeed and recover. Just gotta wonder what else happened. First instict in that situation would to be pitch up, also recall that as the fuselage piches up it can blank out the T-tail making it ineffective. ( a characteristic of t- tails Scott Link to post Share on other sites
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