Need a Tow?

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 09/25/2018 at 18:05 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Here is a F-106 being towed by a C-141A as part of a NASA experiment. The intent was to test to see if a delta winged rocket could be towed to altitude by a transport category aircraft. It worked, but you had to be careful.

CaptDale - is secretly British > f86sabre 09/25/2018 at 18:09

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Huh, interesting 

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 09/25/2018 at 18:10

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So you wouldn’t need a dedicated mother ship? Seems pretty harebrained. But those were the days.

For Sweden > f86sabre 09/25/2018 at 19:16

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Maybe they just really want to go soaring

Supersonic soaring

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 09/25/2018 at 19:17

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Someone deep in Lubyanka was spending resources investigating this, so mission accomplished.

Tristan > f86sabre 09/25/2018 at 21:13

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That’s gotta have issues with wake turbulence.

Only Vespas... > f86sabre 09/25/2018 at 21:40

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Look at the bend in that tow line!  It must have been terrifying for both pilots!

f86sabre > Only Vespas... 09/25/2018 at 21:55

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They were pros and NASA does pretty good work.