Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Sounds like a problem from many different angles!
The airflow around two different aircraft can certainly be a problem - especially when talking about aircraft of vastly different capabilities.
There was a Class A mishap with two fatalities when a T-34C tried to take a look at an F-14's gear after the TomCat reported a gear problem when he lowerd his gear at NAS Corpus Christi back in '91.
The T-34 IP was a former F-14 guy I heard and he had a Marine SNA with him. He offered up a visual inspection. The T-34 just got to close and WHAM! - sucked right up into the F-14 (at least that is what the SIR came up with)
Well....I can't imagine, unless for some REALLY close observation, that there would be any reason to be getting very close to the other aircraft
USMCFLYR
F-104 was pulled over on it's back and into the XB-70 that crashed by the wingtip vorticies. That was the theory anyway.
By the way, for all those asking, intercepting an ultralight is not that hard. It can be done from any altitude. He may not have even known he was being followed. You think it's that hard to orbit above him and watch him on the FLIR? Or with mk1 mod0 eyeballs?