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AnimeFan188 · 2012-08-07, 16:02

"We didn’t know what 90 percent of the switches did"

"John Manclark was the commander of the 4477th Test & Evaluation Squadron
from 1985-87. At the time, a few of us who took an unhealthy interest in such
matters knew a bit about what 4477TES was, to wit: It flew Soviet aircraft, and it
was secret. (Later, early internet searches started to reveal odd details of
biographies, such as Manclark's claim to have flown the YF-110 and YF-113.)

Some details of the program were declassified in 2006. It was codenamed
Constant Peg, Constant after the callsign of Maj Gen Hoyt Vandenberg Jr and Peg
being the wife of Col Gail Peck, another of its founders."

See:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...3-fff9b8f2f73d

A few more quotes:

"On the MiG-21: "It had no gas – a point-defense fighter.
"We didn’t know what 90 percent of the switches did. We changed the ASI and
parts of the oxygen system. We had one switch that we just labeled BOMB
EXPLODE."

""The MiG-23 was a nightmare, maintenance was a nightmare. The guys hated
flying it, and we checked people out when they had 3-5 months left."

""In 1987 we had the AIM-9P, which was designed to reject flares, and when we
used US flares against it would ignore them and go straight for the target. We
had the Soviet flares – they were dirty, and none of them looked the same – and
the AIM-9P said 'I love that flare'."

2012-08-07, 16:02	Link #1074
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	For the aviation buffs out there. "We didn’t know what 90 percent of the switches did" "John Manclark was the commander of the 4477th Test & Evaluation Squadron from 1985-87. At the time, a few of us who took an unhealthy interest in such matters knew a bit about what 4477TES was, to wit: It flew Soviet aircraft, and it was secret. (Later, early internet searches started to reveal odd details of biographies, such as Manclark's claim to have flown the YF-110 and YF-113.) Some details of the program were declassified in 2006. It was codenamed Constant Peg, Constant after the callsign of Maj Gen Hoyt Vandenberg Jr and Peg being the wife of Col Gail Peck, another of its founders." See: http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...3-fff9b8f2f73d A few more quotes: "On the MiG-21: "It had no gas – a point-defense fighter. "We didn’t know what 90 percent of the switches did. We changed the ASI and parts of the oxygen system. We had one switch that we just labeled BOMB EXPLODE." ""The MiG-23 was a nightmare, maintenance was a nightmare. The guys hated flying it, and we checked people out when they had 3-5 months left." ""In 1987 we had the AIM-9P, which was designed to reject flares, and when we used US flares against it would ignore them and go straight for the target. We had the Soviet flares – they were dirty, and none of them looked the same – and the AIM-9P said 'I love that flare'."