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Here is a place 100nm north of Sydney called Port Stephen

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Sydney Harbour refuge beach next to Quarantine beach

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image of Port Stephens 100nm North of Sydney Harbour

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Nice pics, and thanks, guys. The one with the jet streaming fuel is a no-kidding, real live emergency that my wing man had in Alaska a few months ago. The war was knocked off early for a whining F-16 pilot with a minor engine malfunction. We had just come off of the tanker and were going to head home. I decided that since we had a million or so acres available for low-altitude flying that we should use some gas and rage around the country side.

We did for about 45 minutes and then we decided to head home. My wingman decided to dump his excess gas 180 NM North of Anchorage. When he shut the dump switch off, the pressure spike blew the fuel fitting off. He had gas streaming out of every seam on his right wing, from the wing root, and from all of the panel under the back 1/2 of the right side of the fuselage. I had him shut down the right engine, and that slowed the gushing, but he started losing altitude.

I declared an emergency for him because he shut off the left generator to stop the fuel pumps (2 out of 3). When he did that, he lost all electrics (right engine off, left generator off = no generators). He was descending below our cleared altitude. I got us clearance, signaled him to restart the engine, then told him to climb and use full power without afterburners (don't want the spark). We got him back up to altitude and moving fast and then shut down the right engine again to slow the gushing.

After about 25 - 30 minutes of panicked attempts to remedy a brand-new emergency, he landed with a couple of minutes of fuel left. Note to self - don't dump gas until you're within gliding distance of the runway.
 
Hampton said:
Nice pics, and thanks, guys. The one with the jet streaming fuel is a no-kidding, real live emergency that my wing man had in Alaska a few months ago. The war was knocked off early for a whining F-16 pilot with a minor engine malfunction. We had just come off of the tanker and were going to head home. I decided that since we had a million or so acres available for low-altitude flying that we should use some gas and rage around the country side.

We did for about 45 minutes and then we decided to head home. My wingman decided to dump his excess gas 180 NM North of Anchorage. When he shut the dump switch off, the pressure spike blew the fuel fitting off. He had gas streaming out of every seam on his right wing, from the wing root, and from all of the panel under the back 1/2 of the right side of the fuselage. I had him shut down the right engine, and that slowed the gushing, but he started losing altitude.

I declared an emergency for him because he shut off the left generator to stop the fuel pumps (2 out of 3). When he did that, he lost all electrics (right engine off, left generator off = no generators). He was descending below our cleared altitude. I got us clearance, signaled him to restart the engine, then told him to climb and use full power without afterburners (don't want the spark). We got him back up to altitude and moving fast and then shut down the right engine again to slow the gushing.

After about 25 - 30 minutes of panicked attempts to remedy a brand-new emergency, he landed with a couple of minutes of fuel left. Note to self - don't dump gas until you're within gliding distance of the runway.
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Is there any kind of F-16 pilot but a whiny one? They are just pissed cause they drew the short straw and have to fly the Jart.

A friend of mine was an F-14 pilot. 10 years ago they were conducting an exercise in the pacific off of Catalina. He was on the floor at 300 feet when his right engine shredded while in full burner, plane yawed and they ejected right before the plane hit the water. He drove a desk for 6 months until it was determined that the engine was not rotated in storage and several of the bearings had flat spots.

Glad your wing man was able to come back with his plane...My buddy has emphasized to me that coming back without it is no fun! (But better than not coming back)
 
Wow - Cool story. The F-14 mus have some kind of assymetrical thrust. Those engines are really far apart. Also, I'm sure they were movin' really fast. They would instantly have felt tons of drag pushing the jet sideways.
 





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Hampton said:
Wow - Cool story. The F-14 mus have some kind of assymetrical thrust. Those engines are really far apart. Also, I'm sure they were movin' really fast. They would instantly have felt tons of drag pushing the jet sideways.
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Yeah, the engines being far apart played a big role. The theory behind the twin vertical stabilizers (as I'm sure you know) is to provide enough surface area to overcome the yaw created by losing an engine. It works pretty good when cruising at 30,000 feet with plenty of room and time to work the rudders. But it's not quite as practicle when you're screaming across the deck. That was a recurring argument between the engineers and test pilots at McDonnell Douglas...:smt021
 
Screw that! The little boat has the right of way. The sub should correct or they should talk about it on channel 16.
 
Roadrash said:
That water i so blue it looks fake. Great pics
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Thanks! Despite the fact that the camera was set to enhance the water color, the blue is actually very true/natural when we have days like today. It's a refreshing sight to see ... that's for sure. :thumbsup:
 
When I posted that pic I was looking at the building nestled in the hill, the reflection on the water... Then only later did I have a second thought about that dish being in the picture... Nice of you to notice.
 
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