Comments on: The squirrel cage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Snake Eater http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417487 Snake Eater Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:10:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417487 M-6, Many thank for the response... I read a lot as a kid about WWI & WWII flying aces...I know that story is out there I'll keep digging...just a friendly snark re the " expert" tag... agree totally about the flippen "per diem experts". Best M-6, Many thank for the response… I read a lot as a kid about WWI & WWII flying aces…I know that story is out there I’ll keep digging…just a friendly snark re the ” expert” tag… agree totally about the flippen “per diem experts”. Best

]]> By: Marine6 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417486 Marine6 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:24:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417486 Snake, I don't think I've ever heard the story about Immelman that you mention. But it has been some time since I did any reading on that era and I'm anything but an "expert." (After all, isn't an "expert" anyone who is more than 50 miles away from home and drawing per diem?) Snake,

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the story about Immelman that you mention. But it has been some time since I did any reading on that era and I’m anything but an “expert.” (After all, isn’t an “expert” anyone who is more than 50 miles away from home and drawing per diem?)

]]> By: Bill C http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417485 Bill C Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:20:07 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417485 Justthisguy, Right you are. The spads had a laydown weapon, the mk 105 "Hotpoint". It was parachute retarded with a spike in the front to dig into a runway. It had a 60 and 120 second thermal fuse. They had to use this type weapon because they simply couldn't get the seperation distance with a loft maneuver. China Lake developed a rocket assisted weapon for them to loft but they never could get the burn rates right to insure any kind of ball park accuracy. Justthisguy,
Right you are. The spads had a laydown weapon, the mk 105 “Hotpoint”. It was parachute retarded with a spike in the front to dig into a runway. It had a 60 and 120 second thermal fuse. They had to use this type weapon because they simply couldn’t get the seperation distance with a loft maneuver. China Lake developed a rocket assisted weapon for them to loft but they never could get the burn rates right to insure any kind of ball park accuracy.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417483 Justthisguy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:02:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417483 Oh, Bill C, there was a time, in the late fifties and early sixties, I believe, when AD pilots were trained to fly the nuke mission, all by themselves, at low altitude with the motor leaned out to the max. There was an article about it in the online Smithsonian magazine a year or three ago, if I recall correctly. Oh, Bill C, there was a time, in the late fifties and early sixties, I believe, when AD pilots were trained to fly the nuke mission, all by themselves, at low altitude with the motor leaned out to the max. There was an article about it in the online Smithsonian magazine a year or three ago, if I recall correctly.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417484 Justthisguy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:07:49 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417484 My previous attempted comment on this post did not appear. I'll say again, Thanx, Lex, for the visual aids for those of us whose verbal-to-visual-thinking translation skills are somewhat obnubilated by consumption of malt beverages. My previous attempted comment on this post did not appear. I’ll say again, Thanx, Lex, for the visual aids for those of us whose verbal-to-visual-thinking translation skills are somewhat obnubilated by consumption of malt beverages.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-417482 Justthisguy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:33:30 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/15/the-squirrel-cage/#comment-417482 Thanx, Lex, my verbal-to-visual thinkin' translation skills tend to fade a bit, if I've been medicating myself. Thanx, Lex, my verbal-to-visual thinkin’ translation skills tend to fade a bit, if I’ve been medicating myself.

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