03-29-05  15:36, Wayne Chirnside told James Bradley about Intercept.

 Well, how do, Wayne?

 WC> Not too bad James, yourself?

As you can see, it's part of my opening quote, but now that you asked... 

Na! Don't get me started.

 ->  ->  JP> level flight, at 712o C TET...turbine entry temperature.
 ->  ->  
 ->  ->  MM> WOW!  712o C, that's HOT!  I'm not too hip on the
terminology, but
 ->  ->  MM> that temp would be after the compressor stage but 
 ->  ->  MM> before the combustion
 ->  ->  MM> chamber, right? 
 ->  
 ->  ->         It is real funny how memory works. These figures are stuck in
 ->  ->   my mind for the last 50 odd years. The total tankage was 2820 lbs.
 
 ->  WC> I don't find it odd or funny.
 ->  WC> The Canadian Air Force under whatever name it goes by had a
 ->  WC> considerable investment in keeping you alive and your plane intact.
 
 ->  WC> I suspect an intimate knowledge of your aircraft was integral to
 ->  WC> both aims ;-)
 
 -> We can chat all we want about power to weight ratios, 
 -> but this is where "The
 -> rubber meets the road!" Err... Wind meets the wing... Er...

 WC> Yeah, I'm an admirer myself.                            

Something most of us can only dream of. Now that our pinnacle years are
behind us, we would have to pay retail for the chance to fly as a
*passenger.* No government sponsorship for us! <-;



... Those who can, do.  Those who can't, simulate.

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