CAPFlyer wrote:
My understanding is that "Zippos" were outlawed by the USAF (at least for airshows) back in the late 1970's or early 1980's after an aircraft was lost when they allowed the airplane to slow to a speed where the flame walked up into the dump manifold. Crew got out, but the USAF frowned upon any further use of the technique because by that time there weren't a ton left.
Thanks guys. Maybe staying at a good speed would also have resolved the issue - Certainly the RAAF doesn't have so many Pigs it's careless with them. Anyone got details of that accident?
Does anyone remember seeing one by a USAF 'Vark? Either at a show (and if so, when) or if they were serving.
Guess you could also use it to keep the troops warm, too.
Cheers,
I saw one done at an airshow at RAF Mildenhall in '88 or '89. At that same airshow, the SR-71 did a similar display, where they did an "unstart" or something to one of the engines and shot a huge flame from one engine.
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