Jets with Yaw String ?
Albert Sykes
I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
Tallyho !
Alpha Kilo
John Weiss
>From: kens...@news.epix.net (Albert Sykes)
>Subject: Jets with Yaw String ?
>Date: 17 Jun 1995 22:49:42 GMT
> OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
> I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
F-14
kra...@ibm.net
In <3rvm66$e...@grape.epix.net>, kens...@news.epix.net (Albert Sykes) writes:
> OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
> I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
>
> Tallyho !
> Alpha Kilo
>
Ken Duffey
> OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
> I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
>
> Tallyho !
> Alpha Kilo
>
I seem to remember a close-up of the windscreen area of an F-14 in the
film `Final Countdown` that showed a yaw string. Real hi-tech stuff !
Ken Duffey - Speaking only for myself
RJMDroopy
<had a "Weather Vane" forward of the windscreen.
All Harriers have those, including AV-8Bs, GR5s and GR7s
Martin Sagara
:
I think the early Harrier GR's & AV-8A's actually
had a "Weather Vane" forward of the windscreen.
Martin Sagara
msa...@lookout.ecte.uswc.uswest.com
Mary Shafer
experiment. We'll have to find a heat-resistant string!
The NT-33A variable-stability aircraft has a yaw string, by the way.
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Daniel Hilliker
Albert Sykes (kens...@news.epix.net) writes:
> OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
> I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
>
> Tallyho !
> Alpha Kilo
Hi There...
The F-101 (or CF-101 up here) had one...
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string. Any straffing without one was usually with poor results.
C. J. Stephens
Chris Kiser
: OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
: I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
: Tallyho !
: Alpha Kilo
This brings back memories of RF-4C RTU. I remember the first time I saw this
string hanging down. It took us a while to accept it (being 2 Lts!) Made me
feel better after sitting the desk and getting calls in from others with the
same question about this string hanging from the jet.
CK |
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BRYAN H WILBURN
strings ?:-)
>> I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
>>
>> Tallyho !
>> Alpha Kilo
Yaw strings are found on a lot of modern birds. The ultimate head out
display to ensure the bird is in trim prior to poping a missile or gun
shot. The B-47 also used them. A number of french helicopters use
the.
Bryan Wilburn
Darin L. Ninness
In a previous article, cki...@bga.com (Chris Kiser) says:
>Albert Sykes (kens...@news.epix.net) wrote:
>: OK, you airplane trivia nuts, what supersonic jets have yaw strings ?:-)
>: I know of one, the RF-4C. Any others ?
>: Tallyho !
>: Alpha Kilo
>
>This brings back memories of RF-4C RTU. I remember the first time I saw this
>string hanging down. It took us a while to accept it (being 2 Lts!) Made me
>feel better after sitting the desk and getting calls in from others with the
>same question about this string hanging from the jet.
>
>CK |
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>
How about the F-14??? As I recall, that was a big deal: Hi Tech/Low Tech.
Well?
Darin
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Steve Royce
> How about the F-14??? As I recall, that was a big deal: Hi Tech/Low Tech.
>
The F-14 has one .
Steve
kra...@ibm.net
At first they were taped to the top of the radome with duct tape. Some crew chiefs
added a white line down the center line of the nose - in white grease pencil or
paint. Later small hole was drilled in the radome and the string held in place
by a knot under the hole. The string was standard postal string.
Kirk Ransom, 2207 hrs in the RF-4C.
Albert Sykes
: When we first started putting yaw strings on the RF-4C, the crew chief did it.
Hey Kirk, are you an ol' white noser ?
Tallyho !
Alpha Kilo
kra...@ibm.net
>
> Hey Kirk, are you an ol' white noser ?
Yes, I was assigned as a PSO right out of UPT to the first class of RF-4C's. I
arrived at Shaw for training before any RF's had been delivered to the AF.
Then Shaw, Tan Son Nut, Alconbury and Bergstrom. Got about 80 Mach 2 runs.
Last flight was in '73. Then HQ TAC for 4.5 yrs, then ATOC Kalkar. It was
a great career. There is a RF-4C ( 64 1064) here at the Air Guard Museum at the Mpls
St Paul Airport that I may have flown at Alconbury. It has nothing missing and
is in great shape but would require a lot of inspection and seal/hose replacing
before one could "Kick the tires, lite the fires, first one to the runway is lead,
we'll brief on guard".
What's your story?
And what do you know about Reno's airplanes - how much longer will they keep
flying. I would think about a trip out west to smell the burning JP-4 again.
Kirk