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F-18 carrier brake problems
SUBS17:
Yeah I've seen Kahu A4s refuel in barrel roll it looked quite impressive pity they lost one doing that manouver though.
SpazSinbad:
subs17, the barrel roll formation with one plugged was called 'the swan'. I have my thoughts on the crash that are not relevant for this forum. However there are lots of good videos of the 'Kiwi Red' doing 'the swan' online. I guess one of your links above shows it. In the meantime here is a video of a would be 'Kiwi Red' coming to grips with ARF: http://files.filefront.com/RNZAFrefuelYIPSwmv/;13807798;/fileinfo.html (3Mb .WMV video)
SUBS17:
Yeah I've always wanted to do that in mp hopefully either Jet Thunder, FighterOps or DCS will feature an A4 with that ability in MP. In VRS Superhornet there is a buddy refuel pod for the Superhornet but its invisible in MP with FS2004. I'm hoping the FSX version might work better since FSX supports slingloads so you can connect objects to aircraft. It was very sad about the A4 lost doing that barrel roll as it affected all the other A4s in service getting less used until they mothballed them.
SpazSinbad:
Subs17, your comment about the A4Ks 'being less used' because of an accident is not true. Reason why RNZAF Strike Wing disbanded was political and yes the Skyhawks were getting old, needing upgrading again; but it gets too complicated to explain in detail for this forum. Standing out in the rain today they are not likely to be ever sold - after all this time being grounded. Old, more capable US aircraft (F-15s & F-16s) will become available soon to probably flood the civilian / warbird support market in the USA. I'm hoping the RNZAF A4Ks will go to museums etc. One example KAHU is owed to the FAAM museum at NAS Nowra (gentleman's agreement at the time of sale from Australia to New Zealand). My choice would be the survivor TA4G (turned into a KAHU). That one would be a great asset for display showing how the G became a KAHU.
SUBS17:
Speaking of A4s.
Nice to see VBA using them here.
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