WOE Refuelling mission (as requested)

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WOE Refuelling mission (as requested)

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RAF F4 Tanker mission for WOE.

 

This mission involves you taking off as a pair of 19Sqn F-4s from RAF Wildenrath and heading North-West to the tanker practice zone.

 

The tanker takes off from nearby Laarbruch - North of Wildenrath.

 

Both you and the tanker have the same tanker-track waypoints programmed into your navigation system so finding the same piece of sky where the tanker is should not be too much of a problem.

 

As there's no radio contact (radio silence on this mission) for briefing purposes you need to know that the tanker is flying at 20,000 ft and a speed of 280kts. This information will prove useful when you line up and start closing on the drogue.

 

Both you and your wingman have the necessary waypoints programmed in to do the tanker track 3 times and then head back to Wildenrath for a touch down. You can fly the whole mission on autopilot if you like. Obviously you'll not rendevous with the tanker if you do it all on AP.

 

The MRTT will also return to Laarbruch after 3 circuits of the tanker track.

 

The overall mission time is about 45 minutes.

 

The weather is set to RANDOM and it's an afternoon sortie (16.00). For more of a challenge set the time to 01.30. The MRTT's lights should come on, including the drogue lights (if you'd included the mod I submitted a while back http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...;showfile=2992).

 

[in case you missed it]

SFP1, WOV and WOE only simulate tanking - you will not take on any fuel during this mission - but it feels realistic enough when your about to hit the drogue!

 

Also, as you're flying as a pair, if you line up behind the starboard drogue (right side) then your wingman appears to line up on the port side. This looks quite realistic when viewed from outside. :-)

 

Hope you like it. Regards, Paul T. (comrpnt).

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• Submitter
  comrpnt
• Submitted
  10/16/2006
• Category
  User Made Missions