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- From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
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- Subject: Re: Aurora chase planes (was Re: Aurora)
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 04:32:38 GMT
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- References: <Bzo1Fv.MD0.1@cs.cmu.edu> <SHAFER.92Dec22074730@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov> <1h8beqINN9hv@news.cerf.net>
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- In article <1h8beqINN9hv@news.cerf.net> davsmith@nic.cerf.net (David Smith) writes:
- >accompanying it? (Mary's definition of "chase plane" is the standard
- >one for testing aircraft but we're really talking about an "accompanying
- >plane") Unless there was some major manuevering going on you can't say
- >that the F-15 was "chasing" or attempting to intercept with the intent
- >of shooting it down or identifying an unknown plane rather than accompanying
- >it as a "chase plane".
-
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- Mary, it didn't leap out at me from your post, but I believe most chase planes
- are loaded with a couple of cameras, in the gun mounts and in the
- cockpit, to try and record at or above 24 frames/second the behavior
- of the experimental plane. it is useful to know that a trim tab
- tore off, a minute before the test plane crashed.
-
- I think fighters are preferred in this mode, because with all the hard points
- you have lots of places to stick cameras or sensors.
-
- ALSO IF, repeat IF this is a real plane, running Deep Black, it may be
- very worthwhile to try and conduct interception excercises using
- US front line fighters. if it's made from stealth equipment and has an
- ECM suite capable of spoofing the APS-6? radar in the F-16, then you
- have an idea of wether you want to take the bird deep inside kazakhistan.
-
- if on the other hand, an F-15 or F-16 pilot is able to somehow get enough
- of a skin paint during manuevers to get into visual and then can jump
- all voer the AURORA, then maybe its not as good as one hoped.
-
- One problem on most stealth aircraft is they still have bright angles.
- even teh B-2 is visible at certain angles.
-