F-16 stall speed?
 

Could've been a factor...

NORAD: U.S. jets intercept ultralight plane from Mexico – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Could've been a factor in what?
It isn't like the F-16s are/were trying to fly formation on the Ultralight.

USMCFLYR

Just struck me as funny...
16's overflying/circling a 45mph craft...
"There he is- where'd he go ?"

Wonder if it was a druggie testing a new means of delivery?

Sad thing is we spent several thousand dollars following a guy burning 3 gallons an hour.

Or maybe just some dude who was lost.

Not a factor. I know you're not going to believe this but we do have procedures to deal with this situation...:rolleyes:

Like,uh, accidental A/B wake turbulence?

A/B wake turbulence? Are you trying to say Afterburner wake turbulence or did you mean to say A/C wake turbulence - as in Aircraft?

Regardless of the kind of wake turbulence - accidental wake turbulence on who's part?

Sorry I'm not getting it here; but I'm just trying to understand where your concern lies.

USMCFLYR

I think he may be referring to an incident where a flight of F-4's intercepted a Beech Bonanza and knocked him out of the sky when they overshot him and ripped his tail off with AB turbulence.

That was years ago and I believe that it was off the coast of Florida.

Turns out that the Bonanza was on a flight plan and talking to ATC a complete FUBAR on somebodies part.

That's my guess anyway..

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 :confused:

USMCFLYR