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1984
1984 - 0433.PDF
DEFENCE ^ USAF tests shale fuel EDWARDS AFB Shale-derived JP4 fuel has been flight-tested on a General Dynamic F-16 as a part of the US Air Force programme to find alternative fuel sources for the future. Flight tests on the F-16 were carried out from Edwards AFB, California, and lasted for about 15hr. Further tests are scheduled to begin shortly at McClellan AFB to check the fuel in an F-lll. Extensive ground tests had previously monitored engine performance using the synthetic jet fuel. The F-16's Pratt & Whitney F100 engine was run for l,000hr and the F-lll's P&W TF30 engine for 500hr. Operational validation of H>g^he fuel over a two-to-four- "year period will begin in mid- 1984 at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and Hill AFB, Utah. Under a four-year contract the USAF will be supplied with 77 million gallons of shale JP4 a year. The USA has enormous reserves of shale, with estimates of recov erable quantities put at over 600 billion barrels at 42 gal/barrel. Casualties 0 Afghan guerrillas claim three "MiGs" and a helicopter shot down near Chanzi between January 1 and 3. • A United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom of the 363rd TRW crashed in the Great Smokey Mountains on January 4. The RF-4C was returning to Shaw AFB, South Carolina, from a night training sortie. Both crewmembers were killed. • A British Army Air Corps Westland Lynx AH.l crashed into the sea off West Falkland on January 4. The crew, Capt John Bolt and Sgt Roger Jones, was killed. • A West German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JBG.38 crashed into the sea off the Dutch island of Vlieland on January 5. The crew of two made no attempt to eject and were killed. The Luftwaffe, after inspecting the flight- FLIGHT International, 17 March 1984 f*«M fern** IflKSfsS mm. IJw>™Wfcfl» CI 'W ESHMBBIW^ JSP m Above Third of the Royal Navy's Invincibte-class light aircraft carriers, HMS Ark Royal, is now being fitted out in the Tyne. The ship will commission next year. Below Contender Bezant is currently being converted for the Royal Navy as an aviation training ship with an aft flightdeck. She will replace RFA Engadine and operate up to six Sea Kings or ferry 12 Sea Harriers iflliltpp pllllllll data recorder, cites "human factors" as the most likely cause. # A West German Navy Panavia Tornado of MFG.l crashed off the Danish coast on January 9. The aircraft had bounced a section of Tornadoes and its pilot lost control at low speed in the following air combat. Both crewmen ejected and were rescued by a Danish Sea King. The backseater was slightly injured. # A Sepecat Jaguar T.2 from the Empire Test Pilots School, Boscombe Down, crashed near Porton Down Chemical Defence Establish ment on January 17. The pilot ejected safely. # A Royal Air Force British Aerospace Hawk of 2 Tacti cal Weapons Unit, RAF Chivenor, overran the runway after a precautionary landing at Swansea Airport on Feb ruary 7. The pilot ejected safely as the aircraft was about to hit woodland. • A Coltishall-based Royal Air Force Sepecat Jaguar GR.l crashed 100 n.m. north west of Nellis AFB, Nevada, on February 7 on a Red Flag exercise. The pilot, Fg Off Joseph Jackson, was killed. • A Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR.l of XV Sqn, RAF Laarbruch, crashed 20 n.m. south-west of Jever, northern Germany, on Feb ruary 13. The aircraft was one of a four-ship training flight which encountered an elec trical storm. Three of the tornadoes were hit by light ning. One aircraft's fuel tanks caught fire and the crew ejec ted safely, and the other two aircraft diverted to Wittmundhaven. The fourth aircraft was not affected. • A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the 453rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Rhein-Main AB, crashed 35 n.m. north of Zaragoza, Spain, on February 28. All 18 on board were killed. Shortly before the acci dent the Spanish base at Ablitas picked up a distress call in which the Hercules captain said he was attempting an emergency landing. The mountainous crash site was 10 n.m. short of the Hercules' parachute drop zone. The accident occurred at night, in snow. • A US Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom crashed on landing at Spang- dahlem AB, West Germany, on March 1. The crew ejected. 671 V
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