Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
I remember being allowed to enter the break at 330 kts, 45 degrees of bank,
in a KC-10 at an unspecified forward deployed base!
Yes, I know its not a fighter and we are very speed / bank limited, but it was really really cool. Unfortunately, some "old guy" was at the base one day and saw a KC-10 come up initial. Suddenly we were forbidden to even using the overhead -- something everything USAF pilot is trained to do at UPT.
It was brought back later to our "procedures", but they put more limits on our speed and bank.
That is unfortunate. I like to see the Marine KC-130s come into the break.
So bringing a KC-10 into the overhead at 330 kts and 45 degrees AOB place you at the proper abeam distance for you normal pattern - or is there even a specified pattern that you fly (meaning certain altitude and distance abeam)?
USMCFLYR