"Why me?"
"Because your the best of..............................................................whats left"
"Nice"
Dawn arrival, here we go again - I wonder what bucket of nails they'll have me testing today:
Ahh the F136B - (i'd heard rumours) Orbital Defense Interceptor, a concept jet fighter capable of Hyper Mach speeds with space flight capabilities. Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking:
A low speed pass with flaps still extended to begin with - nice morning:
Slamb the lever forward & point her skywards - with a claimed climb rate of 9000fpm we were moving at what can only be described as 'a fair old lick':
Testing the 'Viewpoint Smart Mirroring Invisibility' camouflage system:
Cruising past 80,000ft I still had no luck getting the scramjets to kick in - they won't do diddly squat until I crack Mach.1 - & I was struggling to get past 550kias. Oh well - another day maybe:
Fun & games over for today - back down to earth with a bump, ready to settle in for yet another debriefing & no doubt one of Katahu's notorious injections:
Make her safe boy's - i'm done for the day:
Cheers for looking,
TSC.
Bar by Mees
