I was an airborne radar intercept officer. I was trained to use Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles in air-to-air combat. While I never was sent up against a Vulcan, I know enough about it to say that it would be a fairly easy target, big and slow. The 104 would be a bit harder, but since it had a turning radius bigger that the orbit of Mars, not difficult to outmaneuver. We had radar controlled missiles to fire head-on from 3 to 10 miles away, and heat-guided missiles to fire from .5 to 1.5 miles behind another aircraft.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In air-to-air combat, neither the F-104 nor the Vulcan would be a >> match for the Phantom. I know; that used to be my job. > > Your job was to shoot down Vulcans and F-104’s? I know the Marines consider > themselves a service apart, but this seems to take that notion too far! > > stan > >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:59 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks Dan - but see my response to Chris! >>> >>> John Coyle >>> Brisbane, Australia >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola >>> Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014 6:31 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank! >>> >>> Great shot! >>> >>> This, however, if what a REAL airplane looks like <G>: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10368188 >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:00 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Sorry for the delay, had to dig out the relevant slides and find a film >>>> scanner to scan slides! >>>> A shot taken at Biggin Hill or Farnborough in probably the early >>>> sixties, when the Canadian Air Force display team was showing off during >>>> the annual air show. >>>> >>>> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/[email protected]/F104.html >>>> >>>> John Coyle >>>> Brisbane, Australia >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
