F-4 ready to launch.

January 22, 2021 / 2 Comments

North Dakota National Guard.

2 Comments

Michael McGuirk

January 23, 2021 at 2:05 am

The open canopies may increase the take-off roll of the ND Nat Guard F-4. But maybe it doesn’t matter because of the extra thrust they get from the cold North Dakota inlet air. Dick Brownfield, a Canadian F-104 pilot, reported that in northern Canada his squadron SOP was to raise the gear handle at 100 kts on take-off roll to avoid overspeeding the gear. Amazing that the Canadian pilots never thought of just leaving the canopy open.
- rdeak
  
  January 23, 2021 at 2:23 am
  
  great to have an MIT perspective on what makes airplanes fly-it’s really all about smoke and mirrors!!!