Originally Posted by 2dotslow
You got that right...not to mention...prohibited. Having flown F-4s for several years, I'd say the "right pilot at the controls" that
Nightflyer referenced was really a dumb pilot if he's purposely tail-sliding the beast. FWIW, if you really, really
f-up'd a normal spin recovery, you could get the T-37 into an inverted spin. Again...the right = dumb pilot axiom applies.
Both the tailslide and inverted spin were mandatory maneuvers in the T-2C Out of Control Flight syllabus. You got bonus points on the tailslide if you could pull the tip tank dump handle and observe the tanks dumping up as you slid down.
I knew a guy who once got into an inverted spin in the A-4, while trying to see who could do the slowest loop. He lost and had to eject, as the g forces ripped both the tail and a drop tank off the plane. The cone of death was accurately described in the NATOPS, and rightly so.
What is prohibited in one aircraft, may be required in another.