Overhead Break Turn
Overhead Break Turn
WOW-Yesterday on my way home from work I saw a C17 do the Overhead Break to land ...that was one of the coolest freaking things!! Such a big plane doing it!
There were 2 of them doing tng's at the time, so I tried to get a picture of the second one just in case it did it too, but it just did a low level flyover(?) and stayed in the pattern.
I know for you real-life military folk, this ain't really a big deal, but for we civilians, it's pretty freakin' sweet!
okay-I'm done.
There were 2 of them doing tng's at the time, so I tried to get a picture of the second one just in case it did it too, but it just did a low level flyover(?) and stayed in the pattern.
I know for you real-life military folk, this ain't really a big deal, but for we civilians, it's pretty freakin' sweet!
okay-I'm done.
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Yea I saw the C-17 demo at this past year's NAS Oceana airshow. It's pretty impressive what that thing can do.
Which is why, if by god's good graces I get selected for pilot training this May, the C-17 is my number 2 choice
Which is why, if by god's good graces I get selected for pilot training this May, the C-17 is my number 2 choice
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They did it at Offutt "Arrows to Aerospace" show this year also. I went out to see the arrivals and they did it then too. The overhead break isn't exclusive to fighters. It is actually a fuel saving manuver to avoid a long rectangular approach. I recall learning a similar technique, a 180 side, approach in private pilot training.
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yeah, all military aircraft except rotary wing use it I believe, some of my friends going through primary have mentioned how cool it is to get to "call the break" in T-6As and T-34sGZR_Sactargets wrote:They did it at Offutt "Arrows to Aerospace" show this year also. I went out to see the arrivals and they did it then too. The overhead break isn't exclusive to fighters. It is actually a fuel saving manuver to avoid a long rectangular approach. I recall learning a similar technique, a 180 side, approach in private pilot training.
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Yea the purpose of "the break" is to take aircraft that are in a tight formation and seperate them as efficiently as possible and make them far enough apart for a safe landing. Saves fuel, saves time as a/c approach the field rather fast and use the break to slow down for landing thus eliminating long slow approaches, and saves time-on-runway too
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Above all correct and also used in a "combat" environment, as stated, as to not have the landing aircraft drag in the approach.
For the helos, USN/USMC students do the "break" the TH-57's at NAS Whiting Fld South, probably just a carry over from primary flight training in the T-34.
For the helos, USN/USMC students do the "break" the TH-57's at NAS Whiting Fld South, probably just a carry over from primary flight training in the T-34.
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We would do the "break" mostly after doing a fly over mission on our H-60 Blackhawks. If I was in the "lead" helo, I (Crewchief) would remind the pilots to call for a break overhead on our return to our unit base and it did make an impression on the guys in the ground, ( it feel awesome also in the air). Flying in Army Guard helos for 25 years gives you some "voice" in the cabin. Lewis
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Nice Lewis, come back and crew for me. Having a Navy background and very used to watching fast movers come in to a NAS for the break. I can't convince anyone to do it, besides the Army controller wouldn't understand my request! Now I just joke about, "Hey lets do the break".
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