Questions tagged [f-111]
F-111 Aardvark, a military aircraft. First flight 1964, now retired.
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Why does the F-111 have a capsule ejection system rather than a conventional system?
Following on from the questions F-111 emergency landing with no wheel; what is done to reduce risks when loosing a wheel? and
Are there any known incidents of ejections by capsule? What are the ...
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F-111 emergency landing with no wheel; what is done to reduce risks when loosing a wheel?
There's an interesting incident described here about an F-111 that lost a wheel during take off.
Couple of questions:
What are the relative risks of an ejection vs a ...
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Why does the F-111 sometimes squirt a giant fire plume behind it? (NOT afterburners!)
As seen in multiple pictures:
First, this one, it appears the aircraft is spraying copious amounts of fuel into the exhaust!
Surely this provides no thrust, not in the way an afterburner (which the ...
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