Lpt, pretend to be asleep when trespassing on military aerospace. Lol
How did they wake the guy?
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Shoot it down, or just get it’s attention. A lot of the time there’s a radio fuckup. If some guy cruising in his Cessna sees a fighter pull up along side, he’s definitely switching to 121.5.
Otherwise be there to shoot it down quicker if it looks like it might be taking an aggressive action.
Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They didn’t. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522
Happens in small planes too www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65814758
guy@piefed.social 1 week ago
Honking
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Lightly bumping the airplane
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Point of fact: the stall speed of any fighter jet that isn’t VTOL is way higher than the maximum speed of most private prop planes. They can do a fly-by, but they can’t really pull along side them.
Skunk@jlai.lu 1 week ago
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They do, full flaps and uncomfortable high pitch (well, no flaps in that picture as it is a Mirage) but they definitely do.
Of course there are probably certain types of jets that cannot fly below 150kt and it’s not like actual fighters capabilities are advertised on internet. I only know that Rafale is said to go “below 120kt” with 16 degrees pitch up in 15 tons configuration, FA-18 is something like 135kt at pitch 30 !