9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
8:19 a.m.
There is some disagreement about jettisoning the radome. Not sure what
made it fall off, but it is only a fiberglass bubble over a radar
transceiver. Not terribly sturdy because it has to be transparent to
radar waves. It is only there to protect the antennae and for aerodynamic
purposes.
I bet that is one of the only senders on the plane. The rest of it are
antennae for receiving electronic intelligence such as radar frequencies,
radio traffic, microwave traffic, and the like.
In <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104082328560.11155-100000(a)lanshark.lanminds.com>om>, on
04/09/01
at 04:19 PM, "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> said:
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Chris Kennedy wrote:
> - The radome is missing. I'm at a loss to explain how the radome
> got ripped off the aircraft by contact on the wing -- especially
> given that the fuselage forward of the wing root doesn't appear
> damaged.
Was the missing radome collision damage?
Or would jettisoning the radome be standard procedure?
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